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Links
Forum on Information Standards in Heritage
Promotes and develops standards covering the compilation and organization of 'inventories' of archaeological and architectural heritage.
English Heritage: Archaeology and Buildings
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1134
Works in partnership with others to improve the public understanding of the historic environment, from prehistory to present-day.
Council for British Archaeology
Gateway to British archaeology online. Press cuttings service, message forum, fieldwork opportunities. Popular magazine 'British Archaeology' (news sections available immediately online, other content two months later), CBA Briefing online. Large directories of links and email.
British Archaeological Jobs and Resources
Offers job and course listings, CVs and who's who in the world of UK heritage.
British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography
Online, searchable version of the published bibliography covering publications from 1695 to the present day on archaeology and the historic environment, historic buildings, maritime and industrial archaeology, environmental history, and the conservation of material culture.
Bones Unearthed at Medieval Ship Site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2569801.stm
From BBC, experts digging up the remains of a 15th century ship from a Newport river uncover two leg bones which they believe were a medieval salvage worker's.
Ben Lawers Historic Landscape Project
Uses geophysics, underwater archaeology, soil morphology, grazing and woodland history, place-name studies and oral and settlement history to gain a greater understanding of the Ben Lawers area.
BBC Online - Archaeology
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/
Features include marine archaeology by Colin Martin, a 'Hunt the Ancestor' game and column from Julian Richards, virtual archaeology, A-Z of carbon dating, Piltdown Man and dig reports.
Ancient Human Occupation of Britain
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/
Specialists several institutes and universities investigating when people first arrived in Britain, and what factors led to their survival or local extinction. Includes project information, picture library and printable summary chart.
Ancient Britain
http://www.britainexpress.com/articles/Ancient_Britain/index.htm
Britain Express provides a guide to prehistoric stone circles, mounds, and other megalithic sites in England and Wales, including an A-Z gazetteer of sites, feature articles and visitor information.
An Outline of British Archaeology
http://www.btinternet.com/~ron.wilcox/onlinetexts/onlinetexts-index.htm
Ron Wilcox provides a text-only introduction to archaeological methods and types of evidence and site from Palaeolithic to Medieval.