Collins Memorial Library: Greek, Latin, &amp; Ancient Mediterranean Studies: Archaeology

Resources for Archaeology

This tab highlights several additional resources that you may find useful if you are researching archaeology.

Sites & Excavations

Metis (QTVR)
Explore archaeological sites from multiple angles.
tDAR
The Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is an international digital archive and repository that houses data about archaeological investigations, research, resources, and scholarship. tDAR provides researchers new avenues to discover and integrate information relevant to topics they are studying. Users can search tDAR for digital documents, data sets, images, GIS files, and other data resources from archaeological projects spanning the globe. For data sets, users also can use data integration tools in tDAR to simplify and illuminate comparative research.
Ancient World Mapping Center
From the University of North Carolina. This project exists to promote cartography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies.

Encyclopedias, Guides, & Handbooks

Archaeology by Robert L. Kelly; David Hurst Thomas
ISBN: 9781111829995

Publication Date: 2012

This text pairs two of archaeology's most recognized names: Robert L. Kelly and David Hurst Thomas, who together have over seventy years of experience leading excavations. The sixth edition of ARCHAEOLOGY reflects the most recent research and changes in the field, while covering core concepts in an exceptionally student-friendly fashion using personalized examples and high-interest topics.
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece by James Whitley; Norman Yoffee (Contribution by); Susan Alcock (Contribution by); Tom Dillehay (Contribution by); Stephen Shennan (Contribution by); Carla Sinopoli (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9780521622059

Publication Date: 2001

The Archaeology of Ancient Greece provides a synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods (1000-300 BC).
An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology by Nancy T. De Grummond
Call Number: DE5 .E5 1996 (vols. 1-2) Reference

ISBN: 9780313302053

Publication Date: 1996

This book considers archaeological study in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern era. It includes entries on individuals whose activities influenced knowledge of sites and monuments and sites as seen, changed, and interpreted through time; entries on major works of art excavated during the Renaissance; and works that were known in the Middle Ages.
The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, 2nd ed. by Neil Asher Silberman (Editor)
Call Number: Click the title above for online access.

ISBN: 9780199735785

Publication Date: 2012

This book provides thorough coverage to historical archaeology, the development of archaeology as a field of study, and the way the discipline works to explain the past. In addition to these theoretical entries, other entries describe the major excavations, discoveries, and innovations. Recent developments in methods and analytical techniques which have revolutionized the ways excavations are performed are also covered; as well as new areas within archeology, such as cultural tourism.
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites by Richard Stillwell (Editor)
Call Number: DE59 .P7 Reference

ISBN: 9780691035420

Publication Date: 1976

Published over a generation ago, but this reference resource may still provide some valuable information.