Links

Archives

  • Archaeology Data Service
    The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) provides a search facility of a number of online archaeological databases.
  • British History Online
    British History Online is a digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles, created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.
  • East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service
    The Online Archive Catalogue contains detailed information about the records available for consultation in the ERYA research room. The Catalogue contains a summary of each archive collection and descriptions of individual documents.
  • MAGIC
    Online access to graphical representation of a variety of archaeological and environmental information.
  • Pastscape
    This online resource from English Heritage's National Monuments Record (NMR) provides a way to find information about many of England's ancient and historical sites, buildings and monuments.

Community Archaeology

  • CAF (Community Archaeology Forum)
    Launched early in 2007, the CAF site is part of the CBA's website, and is designed to allow local community archaeology groups to publish their findings.

Curatorial

  • English Heritage
    Body overseeing curation of Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Listed Buildings etc.
  • NYCC Heritage Unit
    Information on the Heritage Unit of North Yorkshire County Council.
  • South Yorkshire Archaeology Service
    Sheffield city Council page dedicated to the South Yorkshire Archaeology Service.
  • West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service (WYAAS)
    Details of the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service (WYAAS), which holds and maintains the Historic Enviromental Record (HER) for West Yorkshire.

Local Archaeological Contractors

  • Archaeoscope
    Archaeoscope specialise in the surveying/computing aspects of archaeology, but also undertake small scale fieldwork projects and have been involved in a number of projects associated with MGA.
  • On-Site Archaeology
    Home page of On-Site Archaeology, a local unit which has undertaken a number of projects on behalf of Mike Griffiths & Associates.
  • York Archaeological Trust
    Home page of The York Archaeological Trust.
  • York Osteoarchaeology
    York Osteoarchaeology specialises in the excavation, analysis and reporting of human remains. They are able to provide professional osteological services to archaeological contractors and academic institutions.

Portals

  • About Archaeology
    A variety of archaeological resources.
  • BAJR
    Jobs, Discussions, Resources etc relating to British Archaeology
  • Google Directory of Archaeology
    Links to various archaeological resources, including academic departments, museums etc.
  • Humbul
    Search or browse a database of archaeological resources which have been selected, evaluated and described by subject specialists (target audience is lecturers, researchers and students within UK higher and further education).

Web Design/Software/Computing

  • Archaeoscope
    Archaeoscope have designed several archaeological web projects, including this site and the Community Archaeology Forum site of the CBA.
  • Lightbox JS
    Home page of 'Lightbox'; a javascript which places images above the current web page rather than navigating away from it.
  • TimeMap
    Home page of the TimeMap project, a Java applet for producing online GIS with the ability to animate features through time.
  • WordPress
    Open source software using PHP and a MySQL database to enable 'blogging'. This has been used in the APC Chronicle section of this web site.

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