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• AERA: Ancient Egypt Research Associates

  http://www.aeraweb.org/
  Non-profit organization researching Egypt’s archaeological record seeking the origins of civilization. Provides information on the projects being undertaken and the specialist studies involved.

• Aerial Archaeology

  http://archaero.com/archeo31.html
  Jacques Dassié explains aerial archaeology and related techniques. Illustrated articles using examples from the Poitou-Charentes region of France.

• Aerial Archaeology - Developing Future Practice

  http://archeo.amu.edu.pl/leszno/program.htm
  Program of a NATO Workshop held in Poland in November 2000. Includes abstracts of all presented papers.

• Aerial Archive

  http://luftbildarchiv.univie.ac.at/
  The Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory of the University of Vienna explains the history, methods and uses of aerial archaeology. Description of the archive and samples from it.

• Aerial Surveys of Persepolis and Ancient Iran

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/surveys.html
  Includes aerial photographs of excavations in progress in 1936, of sites under consideration at that time, and of other areas of Iran that were archaeologically unknown in 1936.

• Archaeological Site Modelling

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/lab/model/
  Article from the Oriental Institute Computer Laboratory presenting the methods and uses of data acquisition, templates, and computer analysis for site modelling. Contains link to a computer model of the Giza Plateau as an example.

• Archaeology and GIS--The Linux Way

  http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2983/
  A description of an archaeology project making use of the freely available geographic information system GRASS. From the Linux Journal, an article by R. Joe Brandon, Trevor Kludt and Markus Neteler.

• Archaeology in Baden-Wurttemberg: A Pilot's View

  http://home.bawue.de/~wmwerner/english/braasch.html
  Aerial photographs of archaeological sites by Otto Braasch.

• Archiving Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing Data

  http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/apandrs/
  Document is intended to be a guide to good practice in the creation and maintenance of digital resources related to aerial photography, satellite and airborne remote sensing, and archaeological interpretations made from such data sources.

• BG-Map Cultural Resources Module

  http://www.bg-map.com/cul_resc/
  Archaeology and anthropology database and mapping software for documentation of historical properties and their inhabitants.

• City Planning System of the Ancient Bohai State

  http://www.hgeo.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ogata/Bohai/summary-E.html
  Using Corona satellite photos, Noboru Ogata, Kyoto University Japan, studied city plans of an ancient kingdom which existed in northeastern China (7th - 10th century AD).

• Digital Technologies at the Colesseum and the Baths of Caracalla

  http://www.siggraph.org/~fujii/campfire/archaeology/html/052200_4.html
  Presentation of the results of a Virtual Heritage project to scan the architecture of the Baths of Caracalla and the Colosseum. The work utilized long range laser scanning to capture detailed model data of the structures.

• GIS and Remote Sensing for Archaeology

  http://www.informatics.org/france/
  A long-term project by Dr. Scott Madry on the applications of remote sensing and GIS in the Burgundy region of France. Methodology, bibliography

• GIS and Remote Sensing:Burgundy, France

  http://www.informatics.org/france/france.html
  Detailed information regarding a multi-disciplinary research project: Applications of Geomatics for Long Term Regional Archaeological Settlement Pattern Analysis.

• GIS for Archaeology

  http://www.esri.com/industries/archaeology
  The uses of Geographic Information Systems in archaeology presented by ESRI, publisher of ArcGIS.

• GIS Guide to Good Practice

  http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/
  Document designed specifically to provide guidance for individuals and organisations involved in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation of GIS-based digital resources.

• GISarch Discussion List

  http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/gisarch.html
  This list is intended to facilitate discussion between archaeologists making use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.

• Ground-Penetrating Radar in Archaeology

  http://mysite.du.edu/~lconyer/
  Introduction to using radar geophysics to locate and map buried archaeological features. Includes links to sites on which GPR has been used.

• How Geophysical Methods Can Help the Archaeologist

  http://www.ldolphin.org/Geoarch.html
  A long article by Lambert Dolphin.

• New Zealand Archaeology: The Aerial View

  http://nzarchaeology.org/aerial/opacs.html
  The aerial photographs in this compendium are oblique or low oblique (near vertical) images taken by Kevin L. Jones.

• North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

  http://www.cast.uark.edu/nadag/
  Database and website that aims to promote use, education, communication, and a knowledge base of the practice of archaeological geophysics in North America. Image library, projects database, bibliography, educational materials, instruments and manufacturer, practitioners, and events.

• Pitcalc

  http://www.pitcalc.com/
  Computer program written to assist in the planning of archaeological discoveries in difficult field situations. Includes its method, projects, photos, and download instructions.

• Remote Sensing and Archaeology: The Chora of Chersonesos

  http://www.csr.utexas.edu/rs/research/arch/
  The Center for Space Research and the University of Texas Institute of Classical Archaeology project investigating the use of remote sensing in a comprehensive regional study of the ancient Greek agricultural territory. Includes an area description and historical background, excavation sites, remotely sensed data.

• Resistivity Survey of the Nevis Jewish Cemetery

  http://www.tc.umn.edu/~terre011/Resistivity.html
  The information on this page is taken from "'What are you doing?': Examining a colonial period Jewish cemetery in the Caribbean", a paper given by Michelle Terrell at the 31st Annual Meetings of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

• Securing a Future for Essex's Past

  http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/1099/essex.html
  Article from ArcUser magazine on the use of GIS by the County Council's Archaeology Section.

• Sensuous and Reflexive GIS: Exploring Visualisation and VRML

  http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue1/gillings_toc.html
  Developing a synergy between VRML and GIS. Internet Archaeology 1996.

• Space Radar Laboratory Images of Angkor, Cambodia

  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/angkor.html
  Images from the international Space Radar Laboratory may help researchers find previously unknown settlements near the ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia.

• The Aerial Archaeology Newsletter

  http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/TableOfContents.html
  A single issue by Baker Aerial Photography in 1996 discusses the history, methodology and uses of aerial photography for archaeology, with examples.

• The Sky's Eyes: Remote Sensing in Archaeology

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ubar/tools/
  NOVA Online article that describes the remote sensing techniques used to find "The Lost City" of Ubar.

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