European archaeology and E Guide - Resources and Review

Details and pictures of the cave paintings discovered in 1995. The large galleries accommodate more than 300 paintings and engravings dating to the Paleolithic era (between 32,000 and 30,000 years ago).
 
Society for those interested in the study of Rome and the Roman Empire. Scope includes Roman history, archaeology, literature and art to about AD 700.
 
Guide to European megaliths and other archaeological sites such as stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows and hill forts, containing details and images. Stones are listed by country and by name, and on clickable maps. The ambience, access and impression of the stones are evaluated (subjectively), and a glossary is provided.
 
Describes the authentication, significance and carbon dating of a cave in the Ardeche region of France which accommodates more than 400 paintings and engravings dating from the Palaeolithic era. Evidence of human activity such as hearths, flint stones, and footprints is provided, and an album of pictures of rhinoceroses, felines, bears, owls, and mammoths depicts the bestiary of the cave.
 
Examples of prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux, France, viewable using the mouse as a flashlight. Provides information about the discovery of the cave art work in 1940, its deterioration in 1955, and the subsequent closure of the cave in 1963. Also includes details of painting and engraving techniques, dating methods, and information necessary to plan a visit to Lascaux. Available in English, French, German and Spanish.
 
Project aiming to connect all Northern European archaeology departments into a forum for development, information, and discussion. Links together research groups in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, North Germany, and the Netherlands.
 
Paper examining the relationship between archaeology and European identity.
 
Links organised by resource type including texts, projects and bibliographies, field projects and site
specific reports, course material, teaching resources and museums.
 
Archaeological journal with full text peer reviewed papers and excavation reports concerning the early prehistory of the Mediterranean Basin. Also investigates the anthropology, sedimentology, pedology, and palaeontology of this geographic area, and hosts a newsgroup for discussion of these topics.
 
Article tracing the discovery of the temple of Poseidon in 1952 by Oscar Broneer, the director of the University of Chicago Excavations at Isthmia, and the subsequent excavation of the central plateau containing the temple, altar, surrounding buildings, and a Roman hero shrine.
 
Presents research results investigating the function of cart
ruts at Misrah Ghar il-Kbir on Malta. The ruts reveal that a number of vehicles were used to transport blocks from quarries for the erection of buildings in the Phoenician, Punic, and Roman periods.
 
Site describing the excavations at Catalhoyuk, in Turkey, including newsletters, archive reports and a bibliography.
 
Offers 19th and early 20th century photographs of ancient Greek and Roman architecture, focusing on Greece, Asia Minor, the Aegean islands, Cyprus, South Italy, and Sicily. Arranged by location and monument.
 
Information, news and events for those with an interest in the pottery vessels that were made, traded and used in Britain and Europe between the end of the Roman period and the 16th century.
 
The Hellenic Society was founded in 1879 to advance the study of Greek language, literature, history, art and archaeology in the Ancient, Byzantine and Modern periods. Site gives details of membership, publications, events and tables of contents for the Journal of Hellenic Studies.
 
Directory of links to prehistoric, megalithic and ancient sites of all types. Arranged alphabetically, by geographic location, and by type of prehistoric site.
 
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