The "Tomb of Aigisthos" at Mycenae in Greece
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The "Tomb of Aigisthos" at Mycenae in Greece |
ARCHNET Archnet is quite literally a virtual library on all aspects of archaeology, with world-wide coverage.
The Winckelmann-Institut has its own quite useful Virtuelle Bibliothek for Classical Archaeology.
Ioannis Georganas'
MEDITERRANEAN
ARCHAEOLOGY RESOURCES is a super stop. It's especially good for all aspects
of Greek archaeology.
Ross Scaife at Kentucky has a nice set of
links related
to art and archaeology. It's part of a
much larger set
of pages he developed for the UK Classics Department.
Archaeology on the Net has an interesting set of links not referenced by some of the other major sites. It has world-wide coverage.
Perseus has a large set of images and artifact catalogs.
Looking for an excavation or field school? Look at the AIA's Fieldwork Opportunities.
Check out my Archaeology News Page, which I maintain when I'm in a good mood or not too swamped.
The Archaeological Institute of America has a well-maintained news page on the site of one of its publications, Archaeology Magazine.
Yahoo also has a news page dedicated to archaeological topics.
Those interested in Biblical/Near Eastern archaeology will be interested the news page of The Bible and Interpretation
Here are some excellent examples of the WWW's potential as a resource for archaeology:
Jeremy Rutter's Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean. For years, the course text Jerry Rutter wrote and employed in his Aegean Prehistory course at Dartmouth circulated in samizdat format. It's now available to all on the WWW.
Ian Hodder's Çatalhöyük Excavation Site. This is a good example of a current excavation making its finds available before formal publication.
TAY (Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşmeleri) is a project designed to build an inventory of all of Turkey's cultural heritage: would that more countries pursue a database such as this!
How about the University of Evansville's own Tin City project? This is an excavation of a post-WW II area of campus housing on the UE campus, conducted as part of our ARCH 340 Field Methods class.
You may think that Professor T is full of... beans, but if you are in one of his courses and are using the Internet to help research your papers, you might want to look at this.