| American archaeology and A Guide - Resources and Review
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| Describes the archaeological project investigating the remains of 1607 Jamestown in the Chesapeake region of North America. Provides maps of excavation areas, an annotated bibliography of field reports and publications, tourist information, and images of artefacts including ceramics, tools, coins, and household furnishings. Also contains information on armour, trading, eating, and famous historical figures who lived in or visited the town.
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Mesoweb is devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures: the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs and others (the word Mayan is used for the language and Maya for the people and their culture). Includes an archive of Maya imagery, an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica, recent archaeological news, and an animation interface.
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List of Alwynne B Beaudoin's personal publications dealing with palaeoenvironmental and geoarchaeological work in western Canada. Includes a Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations, Paleoenvironmental Records of Postglacial Climate Change in the Prairie, and a 'Dung File' of references on pollen, parasites, and plant remains in coprolites and latrines.
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Set of documents discussing the writing systems, governments and religions of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec peoples. Also includes an example of the Mayan calendar and a list of related links.
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Index to anthropology resources, including linguistics, physical anthropology, archaeology, and native American resources.
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Organisation promoting archaeological research, communication, and dissemination of knowledge in Canada. Provides contents pages from the Association's bulletins and the Canadian Journal of Archaeology, a searchable archive of abstracts from conferences, and a set of links to Canadian university departments. Also available in French.
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The 'type site' for information and links to archaeology sites in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. It also has an anti
archaeology section.
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Reveals cultural and archaeological discoveries about the Anasazi, a group of agricultural people who inhabited Montesuma County, North America, from before 1 AD to 1275 AD. Describes the area's national parks which preserve remnants of Anasazi culture, including villages, ruins, cliff dwellings, pottery, tools, wall paintings, and petroglyphs.
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The Archaeological Institute of America reports recent archaeological discoveries. Includes table of contents, news briefs. article abstracts and subscription information.
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An international organisation founded in 1934 dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas.
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Exhibit showing photographs and images of items recovered from the archaeological excavation of Five Points in New York, a centre of vice and debauchery throughout the nineteenth century. Artefacts reveal information about the private lives, personal choices, and political allegiances of those who lived in the notorious slum.
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Details of membership, current projects, publications, and tours. Also includes information about educational resources and provides access to publications such as Archaeology Magazine.
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Describes research carried out into the archaeology and ethnoarchaeology of the Canadian Arctic. Discusses the characteristics of the Arctic environment relevant to human occupation of this region, the cultures that have been identified as having lived there, and some of the logistical problems of conducting archaeological fieldwork in the area such as short field seasons and excavation into permafrost.
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