Further Resources
Weblinks
15.3 Archaeology gateway websites
- Archnet (USA) http://archnet.asu.edu/
- Britarch (UK) http://www.britarch.ac.uk/
- Discovery (Ireland) http://www.discoveryprogramme.ie/
- Ireland http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/links.html
- BBC Archaeology (UK) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/
- Archaeology in Europe http://archaeology.eu.com/weblog/
- Kevin Greeneās website http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/kevin.greene/wintro/
- Online archaeology provides the latest news stories http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/
15.4 Archaeology discussion groups
The Britarch discussion group run by the CBA can be joined at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/britarch.html
15.5 Places to visit
A selective but recommended list:
- British Museum http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
- Museums list (UK) http://www.museums.co.uk/
- National Museum (Wales) http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/
- National Museums of Scotland http://www.nms.ac.uk/
- Petrie Museum (Egyptology) http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
- Kilmartin House (Scotland) http://www.kilmartin.org/
- Sutton Hoo (England) http://www.suttonhoo.org/
- Crannog Centre (Scotland) http://www.crannog.co.uk/
- Mary Rose (England) http://www.maryrose.org/
- Archaeolink (Scotland) http://www.archaeolink.co.uk/index.html
- Devizes Museum (Bronze Age) http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/
To book group visits to English Heritage sites, the following form is used:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/
Field Trip possibilities are endless. The following are trips recently undertaken by A Level Archaeology Groups:
- Suffolk: Sutton Hoo, Thetford (Motte/Iron Age) Castle, WW2 sea defences at Bawdsey, Landguard Fort, Ipswich Museum, West Stow, Grimes Graves, Flag Fen. Stay at Tangham and Thetford campsites.
- Orkney: Isibister, Maes Howe, Skara Brae, Stenness, Cuween, Mine Howe, Bough of Birsay, Gurness, Mid Howe, Rousay Tombs, Ring of Brodgar, Kirkwall Museum, Scapa Flow. Stay at Kirkwall Youth Hostel or camp at Sports Centre.
- Stonehenge, Avebury, Butser Ancient Farm, Mary Rose, Cranborne Chase, Maiden Castle, Peat Moors visitor centre, Salisbury, Devizes and Andover Museum, Danebury. Stay in Youth Hostels.
- Newgrange/Boyne Valley, Dublin Museum, Loughcrew, Carrowmore, Carrowkeel, Corlea Trackway, Trim Castle. Stay in hostels in Sligo and Boyne Valley.
- Hadrian's Wall, Chesters, Black Middens (Bastle House), Hermitage Castle, Duntisburgh, Berwick-on-Tweed, Norham, Lindisfarne, Bede's World. Stay in Youth Hostels.
15.6 Miscellaneous resources
A link page for jobs in archaeology is:
http://www.bajr.org/
Archaeological image bank:
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/learning/image_bank/
A really useful glossary site is:
http://www.archaeologyexpert.co.uk/AGlossaryOfArchaeologicalTerms.html
A truly excellent site providing definitions of archaeological terms http://www.archaeologywordsmith.com/
The website for the Mesolithic stories for children by Michelle Paver is:
http://www.torak.info/
A simple quiz is at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/excavations_techniques/
The subject centre for teaching archaeology in Higher Education is at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hca
An online teaching aid related to Spitalfields is at:
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/patois/module4/index.html