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Archaeology Resources

Online

Databases

  • Archaeology Data Service (ADS)
    The (ADS) aims to collect, describe, catalogue, preserve, and provide user support for digital resources that are created as a product of archaeological research.
  • Art & Architecture Source
    Searchable database.
  • ZENON
    German Archaeological Institute catalogue. Includes some open-access content: see “e-publications.”
  • Arachne
    The object database of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
  • ArtSTOR.
    Database of Images, including sites.
  • Artefacts
    French database of “petits objets archéologiques.”
  • FastiOnline
    Database of worldwide excavations since 2000.
  • British Museum Online Collection
    Searchable catalogue of artefacts held in the collections of the British Museum. World-wide, multi-period coverage from prehistory to the present.
  • Portable Antiquities Scheme Database
    Searchable database of artefacts found by metal-detectorists in the UK. Multi-period coverage.
  • AATA Online Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
    Abstracts from books, reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, and more, on the conservation and preservation of works of art, material culture and archaeological and architectural sites. Includes all volumes of AATA and its predecessor, IIC Abstracts.
  • Abstracts in Anthropology
    Comprehensive coverage of significant, current scholarship in cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, & linguistics.
  • Anthropological Index Online
    Anthropological Index Online (AIO) is published by the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) in cooperation with Anthropology Library and Research Centre at the British Museum. It is an index to articles in journals taken by the Library and to films held at the RAI. Records cover 1957 to the present.
  • Anthropology – Alexander Street
    Comprehensive, multimedia resources for the study of anthropology (mostly contemporary), including the largest collection of ethnographic videos and previously unpublished archival field materials.
  • AnthroSource
    Provides current content from the American Anthropological Assoc.’s 35 anthropological publications which includes journals, books, monographs, bulletins and newsletters.
  • Archaeology in Greece Online (Chronique des fouilles en ligne)
    Topographical database with a mapping feature to locate field projects within sites and regions. It provides information about the latest archaeological discoveries in Greece and Cyprus.
  • The Ancient City of Athens
    A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). It is intended primarily as a resource for students and teachers of classics art & archaeology.
  • Ancient Athens 3D
    “This site was created in order to present the monuments and buildings of Athens from the Mycenaean period (1600 BCE) to the Early Modern period (AD 1833), through 3D reconstructions.”   
  • The excavations of the Athenian Agora
  • Bornblum Eretz Israel Synagogues Website“This website provides bibliographic references, geographical locations, photos, plans and brief descriptions of ancient synagogues from the Roman and Byzantine periods in the Land of Israel.”

Handbooks

Organizations & Websites

In Print

  • Archaeology: An Introduction. Greene, Kevin. Routledge, 2010. Classmark: CC 75
  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Sherrat, Andrew, ed. New York: Crown Publishers/Cambridge University Press, 1980.
    Classmark: CC 165 SHE
  • The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology. Bahn, Paul G. Cambridge University Press, 1999 1996. Classmark: CC 100
  • A Dictionary of Archaeology. edited by Ian Shaw and Robert Jameson, 1999.
    Classmark: CC 70 JAM
  • Archaeological Investigation Carver, M. O. H. Routledge, 2009
    Classmark: CC 75 CAR
  • Field Archaeology: An Introduction. Drewett, Peter. Routledge 2011.
    Classmark: CC 76 DRE
  • Archaeological Method & Theory: An Encyclopedia. editor, Linda Ellis, 2000.
    Classmark: CC 75 ELL
  • Atlas of Ancient archaeology Hawkes, Jacquetta. Heinemann, 1974.
    Classmark: LRG GN 739 HAW
    Although dated, this atlas provided brief introductory facts about archaeological sites in antiquity. It covers known and lesser-known sites from around the world. It includes site maps and a brief bibliography of each site, and a chronological chart from 7000 BC to 2000 AD.
  • Classical archaeology of Greece: experiences of the discipline. Shanks, Michael. Routledge, 1996.
    Classmark: DF 78 SHA
  • The dark age of Greece: an archaeological survey of the eleventh to the eighth centuries BC. Snodgrass, Anthony M. Edinburgh U.P., 2008.
    Classmark: DF 221.5 SNO
  • Greek Art and Archaeology. Pedley, John Griffiths. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993; 1998 (2nd ed.).
    Classmark: LRG DF130 PED
    Covers art and architecture from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period.
  • Greek architecture. Lawrence, A. W. Yale University Press, 1996 Classmark: LRG NA 270 LAW
  • Art and archaeology of the Greek world: a new history, c.2500-c.150 BCE. Neer, Richard T. 2012
    Classmark: N5630 nee
  • Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Whitley, James. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
    Classmark: DF 77 WHI
  • British Archaeological Reports: A Complete Catalogue, 1974-1994. Makjanić, Rajka. Tempus Reparatum. 1994.
    Classmark: LRG CC 97.G7 B75 MAK
  • Annual of the British School at Athens
    Classmark: PER PA 1.B7
  • Digging Numbers: Elementary Statistics for Archaeologists. Fletcher, Mike. Oxford University Committee for Archaeology, 2005.
    Classmark: CC80.6 FLE
    Accessible introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics for beginners in archaeological research. Emphasis is on using appropriate techniques for research questions and understanding results in statistical and archeological terms. Examples of statistics exercises using SPSS and MINITAB may prove useful.
  • Quantifying Archaeology. Shennan, Stephen. Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
    Classmark: CC 80.6 SHE
    This book draws from archaeological sources to introduce and work through descriptive, inferential and probabilistic sampling in archaeology. Covers both basic statistical and multivariate analyses as it translates archaeological questions into quantitative terms. Has multiple examples and exercises in each section.
  • Handbook of archaeological sciences. Brothwell, Don R. J. Wiley, 2005 2001
    Classmark: CC 75 BRO
  • Ceramics for the archaeologist. Shepard, Anna O. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1956.
    Classmark: NK 4235 SHE
  • Fundamentals of geographic information systems. DeMers, Michael N. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, c2009.
    Classmark: 910.285 DEM