ARI - Online search in archaeology and anthropology

Online search

Note : the web sites listed here are exclusively ones with a database search capability.
One should cross check with the 'bibliography' page where books and papers listings can be found on various matters.

ADAM : a database for Anthropology (in french - 4,000 sites and 50,000 skeletons)

http://ianthro.unige.ch/lp/ADAM/

ANT-ARQ Data base (portuguese and spanish speaking anthropologists, with search engine)

http://www.naya.org.ar/base

Anthrobase.com : A searchable database of anthropological texts

http://www.anthrobase.com

Anthropological Index Online

(Royal Anthropological Institute; covers the periodical collection of the British, Museum Department of Ethnography {Museum of Mankind})

Anthropological Index Online http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AIO.html

Anthropological Index Search page http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/uncgi/Search_AI/search_bib_ai/anthind

Anthropological Review Database (ARD)

http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/

Anthropology Intermedia Library - CSAC Ethnographics Gallery

http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/library.html

Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/info/c14.html

Archaeology Data Service (ADS) Catalogue

(search through : Council for British Archaeology (CBA) 'Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland', Museum of London 'Archaeological Archive' (MoLAA) 1907-1991: a guide to records of excavations by the Museum of London and its predecessors, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) 'National Monuments Record of Scotland' (NMRS), Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) 'Excavation Index for England', RCHME 'Index to Microfilmed Archaeological Archives', West of Scotland Archaeology Service (WoSAS) 'Sites and Monuments Record for the West of Scotland', York Archaeological Trust (YAT) 'York Archive Gazetteer' detailing archaeological activity by the Trust during the last 27 years, library catalogue of the Society of Antiquaries in London, the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB) on-line for all pre-1992 publications)

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/

ARCHI, the Archaeological Sites Index (for the United Kingdom)

http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/archi.htm

AREA : Archives of European Archaeology

http://www.area-archives.org/

Banque de données des dates radiocarbones de Lyon

http://www.univ-Lyon1.fr/carbon14/banadora.html

Base archéologie, Direction des musées de France

(catalog of more than 9,700 archaeological pieces from 20 french museums - in french)

http://www.culture.fr/documentation/archeos/pres.htm

Base ethnologie, Direction des musées de France

(catalog of more than 4,700 ethnological objects from 14 french museums - in french)

http://www.culture.fr/documentation/ethnos/pres.htm

Belgian libraries on line

http://www.fusl.ac.be/Files/General/BCS/BibBel.html

Bibliography African Archaeology

http://141.2.187.123/start.fau?prj=ifaust

Bibliography for media and anthropology

http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/anthropology/media/pathbib.htm

Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory and Related Areas

http://stream.blg.uc.edu/nestor/nsearch.html

Bibliothèque Nationale de france - http://www.bnf.fr/

Catalogues et ressources électroniques (on line search : BN-OPALE PLUS, BN-OPALINE, MANDRAGORE, Catalogue des documents audiovisuels, Bases de données et cédéroms, Périodiques électroniques)

Catalogue Collectif de France (Localiser des documents imprimés, audios, vidéos, multimédias et en demander le prêt, la reproduction ou la réservation dans la bibliothèque de votre choix. Trouver des informations détaillées sur les bibliothèques françaises et leurs fonds (anciens, locaux ou spécifiques), connaître leurs services et interroger leur catalogue en ligne.)

British Library Public Catalogue

http://blpc.bl.uk/

California Radiocarbon Database

http://www.californiaprehistory.com/radiodb1.html

Canadian Theses Service (Access for free the full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations that were published from the beginning of 1998 to August 31, 2002; Search AMICUS, Canada's national online catalogue, for bibliographic records of all theses in the National Library of Canada theses collection, which was established in 1965)

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html

Canada's digital collections

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/

Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (the main CARD database: over 6000 dates of archaeological and vertebrate palaeontological sites in Canada) (in english and in french)

http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/radiocarbon/card/card.htm

Canadian Heritage Information Network, Artifacts Canada : Archaeological sites

http://daryl.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/e_MasterLayout.cgi?db=3

Catalogue Collectif de France

http://www.ccfr.bnf.fr

Celtic Coin Index

http://www.writer2001.com/cciwriter2001/index.htm

Centres de documentation en archéologie (french archaeology documentation centers : online search throughout the national network)

http://mistral.culture.fr/culture/sedocum/archeo.htm

COPAC -- Combined Universities Library (access to the catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland)

http://copac.ac.uk/copac/

Dictionnaire de données des sites archéologiques, Canada

http://www.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/RULA/f_hp_rula.html

Directory of Africanists in Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP)

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/african/AFSAAPFile/
AFSAAPDirectory_folder/Directory_index.html

Directory of North American Egyptologists

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/EGDIR_INTRO.HTML

Documentary Educational Resources - search for anthropological films

http://der.org/docued/films/index.html

EuroPreArt (Prehistoric Art in Europe database)

http://europreart.net/index.htm

Excavations Ireland : a searchable database of irish excavation reports

http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/HomePage.php

Fichier central des thèses - Université de Paris X (central PhD data base, link to all the PhDs in France)

http://www.fct.u-paris10.fr/

Finderseeker : The Search Engine for Search Engines

http://www.finderseeker.com/

Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies (FAMSI, Florida, USA)

Bibliografia Mesoamericana : http://www.famsi.org/research/bibliography.htm

Maya Vase Data Base : http://research.famsi.org/kerrmaya.html

Tikal Digital Access Project : http://research.famsi.org/tikal.html

Maya Codices (Dresden Codex, Grolier Codex, Madrid Codex, Paris Codex) : http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/codices/

Mesoamerica Culture Maps : http://www.famsi.org/maps/

Frantiq french database [access to the catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in France : Frantiq ETS (Ensembles thématiques signés), Frantiq Image, Frantiq CCI (Catalogue collectif indexé)]

http://portail.univ-lyon2.fr/frantiq/portal.php

Gabriel :"Gateway to Europe's national libraries"

http://portico.bl.uk/gabriel/en/countries.html

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) -- (has latitude/longitude information. It is a searchable database)

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/

HADDON (online catalogue of archival ethnographic films and film footage shot during the first half-century of cinema. contains records of over 1500 films and lengths of film footage shot between 1895 and 1945 - University of Oxford, UK)

http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/haddon/HADD_home.html

Historic Environment Information Resources Portal (HEIRPORT) - United Kingdom

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/cfm/heirport2/

International Directory of Aegean Prehistorians

http://classics.uc.edu/nestor/IDAP/isearch.html

Lake File (The) (palaeoenvironmental sites within the SCAPE study area (western interior Canada and northern US))

http://www.scirpus.ca/lakes/lakes.shtml

Library of Congress Online Catalog

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/

Map collections : 1544-1996 - (from Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (USA))

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Maya Vase Database

http://www.mayainfo.org/kerr/default.asp

Mesoamerican Databases

Metafro/DICE : on-line catalogue of data sets and data sources on Central Africa, including Angola, Burundi, and Rwanda (Belgium, Tervuren Museum for Central Africa)

http://www.metafro.be/

Métallurgies africaines : le répertoire des chercheurs et de leurs publications

http://www.unesco.org/culture/dialogue/iron/html_fr/repertoire.shtml

Micronesia Center, The (provides a forum for the global promotion of amateur and professional scholarship and discussion concerning all aspects of prehistoric Micronesia)

Abstracts Catalogue : http://www.micronesia-center.com/abstracts.htm

MIC Associates Program : http://www.micronesia-center.com/associates.htm

MIC bookshop : http://www.micronesia-center.com/bookshop/

Picture gallery : http://www.micronesia-center.com/gallery/

Enlarged papers archive : http://www.micronesia-center.com/papers3.htm

Museum Information System (MIS), University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/MIS/

National Aboriginal Document Database (Canada)

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/aboriginaldocs/

National Anthropological Archives : http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/

SIRIS: the Smithsonian Online Catalog : http://www.siris.si.edu/

Guide to the Collections of the National Anthropological Archives : http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/_toc.htm

Guide to the Collections of the Human Studies Film Archives

Guide to Anthropological Fieldnotes and Manuscripts in Other Archives

National Archeological Database (U.S.)

http://www.cast.uark.edu/products/NADB/

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (an annotated database of online electronic resources of interest to the preservation community : archaeology, historic architecture, historic landscapes, materials and objects conservation, history : queries on WWW sites, gopher sites, ftp sites, listservs, usenet groups, telnet)

http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/

National Information Services and Systems (NISS - Great Britain)

http://www.niss.ac.uk/

Nestor - Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory and related areas University of Cincinatti, searches 1957-1997

http://classics.uc.edu/nestor/nsearch.html

New Zealand archaeological radiocarbon database

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/nzcd/search.pl

New Zealand Archaeologists and Related Experts : Email Address List

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/nzaa%20archaeologists%20email/Archlist.htm

Northeast Lithic Database (NELD)

http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/NELD/

OCLC PICA : a European Library Co-operative. OCLC PICA is committed to helping libraries serve people by providing economical access to knowledge through innovation and collaboration.

http://oclcpica.org/?id=2&ln=uk

Online 14C databases (does not have all the 14C labs...! e.g. Lyon lab is not there)

http://www.radiocarbon.org/Info/index.html

Perseus Project : an evolving digital library

(Collaborators initially formed the project to construct a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world)

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Radiocarbon research labs web sites around the world

http://www.radiocarbon.org/Info/index.html

Rock Art Studies : A Bibliographic Database Search Form (Bancroft Library, University of California)

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/rockart/search.html

SCRAN (a fully searchable resource base of Scottish material culture and human history)

http://www.scran.ac.uk/

Ship Information Database (SID) (based on ship registration records at the National Archives in Ottawa. Sometimes the fate of the ship has been indicated, sometimes not))

http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/basisbwdocs/sid/sid.html

Shipwreck Databases,Indices, and Lists

http://www.adp.fsu.edu/uwdirectFiles/shipwreck.html

Society of Antiquaries of London On-Line Library Catalogue (in partnership with the Archaeology Data Service)

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/antiquaries/

Stoa Waypoint Database (repository of geographic coordinates for sites, features, objects, routes, etc. of the ancient world)

http://www.stoa.org/cgi-bin/gnd.cgi

SUDOC to search french universities and other similar education centers' libraries for all kinds of documents, and to check out which library keeps the document (click on 'catalogue' to start your search)