Archaeology

World Archaeology Special Issue on Open Data

Published: Thu, 2012-12-20 14:54 by Helen Morgan

The latest issue of World Archaeology is a special issue on "Open Data"

Articles includes:

September Treasure of the Month

Published: Thu, 2012-09-20 16:02 by Elizabeth Alvey

While most of our iconic images of adventurous archaeologists are born from page or screen (perhaps, Cairo Jim, Indiana Jones, or Murder in Mesopotamia?) this September, Fryer's treasure of the month explores the life of John Henry Iliffe - a noted British Archaeologist and the first curator of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum - whose life, archaeological work, and contribution to the Antiquities collection at UQ are captured in his papers…<

Repository of the Week: tDAR

Published: Wed, 2012-07-04 14:05 by Amy Cross

tDAR - the Digital Archaeological Record - is an international digital archive and repository. It houses data about archaeological investigations, research, resources and scholarship, to provide broad access to a wide range of archaeological data.

Repository of the Week : Data Archiving and Networked Services

Published: Wed, 2012-06-13 14:57 by Amy Cross

Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), based in the Netherlands, promotes "sustained access to digital research data". DANS actively encourages researchers to archive research data through the online archiving system EASY.

Digging data

Published: Wed, 2011-08-10 12:46 by Belinda Weaver

Advice on data management is always more useful when it is discipline-specific. The Archaeology Data Service has produced a modular guide, Managing Research Data in Archaeology, that does just that.

Archaeology

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopedia of archaeology

Encyclopedia of archaeology : History and discoveries

Encyclopedia of archaeology : The great archaeologists

Archaeological method and theory - an encyclopedia

The Oxford companion to archaeology

Encyclopedia of anthropology

Handbooks:

Archaeology in practice : a student guide to archaeological analyses

The first farmers : origins of agricultural societies

Handbook of archaeological sciences

On the road of the winds : an archaeological history of the Pacific Islands before European contact

Browsing the Shelves:

CB3-CB482 History of Civilization
CC Archaeology
DE - DG Ancient Mediterranean
DT43 - DT154 Ancient Egypt
DU120 Australian Archaeology
GF Environmental Archaeology
GN69 Forensic Archaeology
GN700 - GN890 Prehistoric Archaeology

Image Collections

Image Collections:

Archaeology in Action - flickr group with a rich collection of archaeology related photos

eKokuhou - Images of archaeological and other objects from the National Musuem of Japan

School of Oriental and African Studies - Image collections and online exhibitions from countries across Africa and Asia

Western Australian Museum - Archaeological and anthopological image collections, including maritime archaeology

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

Key databases

APA-FT

Indexing and full text database providing access to journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. APA-Full Text includes all the journal indexing from the Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) database.

Humanities index

Indexes publications in all areas of the Humanities, including archaeology, from 1984

Australian heritage bibliography (formerly HERA)

Indexes and abstracts articles from material on Australia's natural and cultural environment

Mura

Catalogue of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) library which contains comprehensive collections of print materials on Australian Indigenous studies

Other databases

Anthropology Plus

Provides indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies

JSTOR

A database established in August 1995 to convert back issues of paper journals into electronic format. Subject collections include arts and sciences, general science and language and literature

Humanities retrospective

Indexes publications (1907-1984) in the areas of: art, archaeology and classical studies, dance, drama, film, folklore, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology.

Browse all databases for Archaelology

Maps

Maps:

Arch atlas - Geospatial mapping and archaeology

Archaeological atlas of the world

Atlas of ancient archaeology

Primary Materials

Primary Materials:

Australian pottery from the 1930s - Collection of images and information on Australian pottery from the 1930s

Identification of historic bottles - A resource to assist with dating, identification and classification of historic bottles and bottle fragments

Project Perseus (art and archaeology artifact browser) - Includes coins, buildings, sculpture and pottery

Specialised Resources