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Bone :

Knochenarbeit : Archaeozoology, taphonomy and worked bone (site in english and german)
http://www.knochenarbeit.de/

see also Specific Topics Directories - Zooarchaeology
Ceramics :

Ceramic petrology
http://www.postex.demon.co.uk/petrology.htm

Ceramics and Glass collection, Museum of London
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/frames.shtml?http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/

Ceramics database, SMU Archaeology Lab
http://www.stmarys.ca/academic/arts/anthropology/sdavis/ceramics/

Ceramics today : history and archaeology
http://www.ceramicstoday.com/links/history.html

Ceramics Web
http://grafik.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb//

Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland (United States)
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Index.htm

Islamic Ceramics Online
http://islamicceramics.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/

Medieval Pottery Research Group
http://www.medievalpottery.org.uk/

Potsherd : roman pottery
http://www.potsherd.uklinux.net/

Spoilheap : pottery
http://www.spoilheap.co.uk/medpot.htm

Worcestershire Pottery (from Prehistory to c 1900AD)
http://www.worcestershireceramics.org/

Charcoal :

Charcoal analysis Web
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/%7Etcrneas/Index.htm

Digital / Software :

Archeograph, infographie et archéologie en ligne
http://www.archeograph.com/

Digital Archaeology
http://www.online-archaeology.com/index.htm

Digital Imaging
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/imaging/

Digital imaging, Little Salt Spring Archaeological Project - Florida
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/lss.html

Expert systems for lithic analysis
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/expsys.html

see also archaeology related softwares.
Excavations / Fieldwork :

An Online Guide to Health and Safety for Archaeologists
http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/health.htm

Dumfries and Galloway Excavations (United Kingdom)
http://orgs.man.ac.uk/research/dunragit/

Fieldwork : the anthropologist in the field
http://www.melanesia.org/fieldwork/tamakoshil/

Give me WHS or give me death!
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~assem/2/2trowel2.html

The mysteries of çatal höyük (Turquey)
http://smm.org/catal/

Exhibits :

Anthropology Exhibits on the WWW
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/exhibits.html

Archaeological Parks in the United States.
http://www.uark.edu/misc/aras/

Voyage into Archaeology (Virtual Archaeology; oriented toward young students)
http://www.educ.sfu.ca/archaeology/

Walking on the rock art paths/Sui sentieri dell'arte rupestre (educational rock art site created by middle-school children)
http://www.comune.torino.it/servizi-educativi/rupestre/

Films:

Archaeology on Film
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/videos/index.html

see also Visual anthropology
General reference :

Archaeology : An Introduction - 4th Edition 2002 the Online Companion (by Kevin Greene)
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/kevin.greene/wintro/

Archaeology for interpreters : a guide to knowledge of the resource (National Park Service, Archaeology and Ethnography Program, United States)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/afori/index.htm

Chaos in Prehistory: the potential of Complexity Theory for the study of Palaeolithic Archaeology
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/CHAOS/chaoscon.html

COOL : Conservation OnLine Resources for Conservation Professionals
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

Interpretation for archaeologists : a guide to increasing knowledge, skills and habilities (National Park Service, Archaeology and Ethnography Program, United States)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/IforA/index.htm

Managing Archeological Collections (National Park Service, Archaeology and Ethnography Programme - United States)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/collections/index.htm

MATRIX (making archaeology teaching relevant in the XXIst Century) : Intro to archaeology
http://www.indiana.edu/~arch/saa/matrix/ia/ia03_mod_overview.html

Metamedia at Stanford : e-publication (Metamedia is a publishing environment. We explore the implications of all kinds of digital authorship and publication - pdf, multimedia, wikis, blogs, hypertext.)
Acts of Discovery: An Ethnography of Archaeological Practice, by Matt Edgeworth : http://traumwerk.stanford.edu:3455/edgeworth/home
The Portrayal of Archaeology in Contemporary Popular Culture : Opportunity or obstacle for professional archaeologists ?, by Cornelius Holtorf : http://traumwerk.stanford.edu:3455/PopularArchaeology/Home

Siftings.com (news, announcements, and documents from archaeological organizations)
http://www.siftings.com/

Standards in Archaeology (Archaeological Data Service) !!
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/userinfo/standards.html

Standards for Bibliographic References (Style Manuals)
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/~dhmorton/cribpbs.html#STYLE

GIS :

Nice Geography sites (GIS) - links University of Utrecht
http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html

Réseau Information Spatiale et Archéologie (ISA) (in french - "Spatial information and archaeology network" ... or GIS)
http://www.univ-tours.fr/isa/

Lithics :

Caveman's Armory (technical info about atlatl, archery, harpoons, ...)
http://www.nativewayonline.com/cave.htm

Experimental Archaeology on the Afon Ystwyth, Wales, UK (by R.T. Hosfield & J.C. Chambers - published in Antiquity Vol 78 No 299 March 2004)
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/chambers/index.html

Flintknapping (sometimes slow connection)
http://www.geocities.com/theflintknapper/index.htm

FlintSource.net (location and description of stone material from Europe)
http://www.flintsource.net/index.html

Interpreting the function of stone tools
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/bar/bar1.html

Lithics-Net : North American Aborigine Projectile Points and Lithics
http://members.aol.com/artgumbus/lithic.html

Lithics Site, The (a resource for archaeological lithic analysts)
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Lithics/

Stone Age Reference Collection (the typology, technology, raw materials and study methods of the Stone Age)
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/sarc.html

The Application of Ultraviolet Fluorescence to Lithic Sourcing
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Lithics/uvfa.html

The 'chaîne opératoire' approach to lithic analysis
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/opchainpaper.html

Phytoliths :

Christian Mulder phytolith web page : Ecological significance of grass leaf phytoliths from southern Africa
http://www.bio.uu.nl/~palaeo/Research/Namibia/namibia.htm

Mikail Blinnikov phytolith web page
http://coss.stcloudstate.edu/mblinnikov/phd/light.html

Opal Phytoliths in Archaeology : Why are Archaeologists Interested in Phytoliths?
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/artifactanalyses/a/phytoliths_2.htm

Phytoliths: Background Information
http://coss.stcloudstate.edu/mblinnikov/phd/opalextractionfromsoils.html

Phytolith database (University of Missouri)
http://www.missouri.edu/~phyto/index.shtml

Phytolith Net
http://www.phytolith.net/

Terry Ball's Phytolith Page
http://webpub.byu.net/tbb/
Surveys :

Aerial Archaeology
http://aarg.univie.ac.at/aerarch/aerarchwelcome.html

Archaeological Sampling Strategies
http://archnet.asu.edu/uconn_extras/theory/sampling/sampling.html

Archaeosurvey
http://www.planetinternet.it/archaeosurvey/default.htm

Ground penetrating radar in archaeology
http://www.du.edu/~lconyer/

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Mapping as a Method for Planning Excavation Strategies, Petra, Jordan
http://e-tiquity.saa.org/%7Eetiquity/1/

Sampling Strategies
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/denbow/labs/survey.htm

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