Research Guides: Archaeology: Overview

Recommended Resources

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals, as well as books and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Nature Archaeology
Find research into the physical evidence left by past societies; search by keyword to access resources from all Nature journals.

America : History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present, from as far back as 1910.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
A digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.

The Archaeology Channel
Audio and video streaming on topics in archaeology; searchable by keyword, list or by region of focus on a map.
Archaeological Institute of America
Includes AIA news, annual reports, educational resources, fieldwork opportunities and more.
The Digital Archaeological Record
Supported by major research universities and government agencies in order to preserve and maintain access to archaeological data, tDAR is the international digital repository for digital records of archaeological investigations.
FASTI
Includes information on archaeological excavations, conservation and field studies, back to 2000.
Digital Penn Museum
This fantastic online repository of digital content offered by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has artifacts, archival films, articles, lecture series, and more.
Journal of Open Archaeology Data
Features peer reviewed data papers describing archaeology datasets with high reuse potential.
Texas Archaeological Society
Offers newsletters, a resource library and other resources that you may find useful for research.

The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology by Barry Cunliffe (Editor); Chris Gosden (Editor); Rosemary A. Joyce (Editor)
Publication Date: 2009
Explains archaeology in the words of the archaeologists themselves. A go-to resource for understanding various aspects of the field.
Milestones in Archaeology by Tim Murray
Publication Date: 2007
A chronology of key discoveries, events, people, techniques, and controversies in the history of archaeology that includes photographs, maps, and drawings.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology by Timothy Darvill
Publication Date: 2002
Covers the essential vocabulary for everyday archaeological work in the English language, focusing especially on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas.