The scientific study of material remains (such as artifacts and monuments) of past human life and activities. The archaeologist's objective is to gain an understanding of a culture or civilization by examining these objects and their use.
Please submit only academic or scholarly subjects related to the study of archaeology, not anthropology, history, or another related field.
Institutions of higher learning, or sections thereof, engaged in teaching and research into archaeology.
Sites should be submitted by country according to campus location. Sites should be in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Please submit sites in other languages to the appropriate category in https://curlie.org/World.
Only institutions and departments whose major concern is archaeology should be submitted here. Where archaeology is treated only as a sub-discipline of Anthropology, with no option to study archaeology alone, please submit to Science: Social Sciences: Anthropology: Academic Departments
This category contains the personal sites of individual professional archaeologists. Organization is based on area of research interest. For example, an archaeologist who is employed in Australia but specializes in the archaeology of Mesoamerica is listed under Central America.
This category is NOT for the commercial web-sites of individual contractors or consultants or individuals of archaeological units or companies, which should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory under Science/Social Sciences/Archaeology/Contractors and Consultants. Please do not submit personnel pages of archaeology consultants or contractors to Science/Social Science/Archaeology/Archaeologists.
Forthcoming and past conferences, symposia and workshops with an archaeological theme. Organization is primarily based on the location where the conference is/was held.
This category is for the commercial sites of individuals and organizations who offer archaeological services such as terrestrial or underwater excavations, cultural resource management, specialized artifact analysis, and artifact illustration.
Each company or independent consultant is limited to one listing in this category (including the subcategories). If the consultant or company offers general archaeology services, please submit the site to the geographic category in which the company is located. If the consultant/company only offers a specialized service such as zooarchaeology or geoarchaeology, please submit the site to the appropriate subcategory of Contractors and Consultants.
Institutions, or sections thereof, offering training in archaeological techniques in actual excavations or surveys, or opportunities for field-work experience.
Sites are to be submitted to the national or regional category corresponding to the site of the excavation. Example: A site for an field school in Romania sponsored by Indiana University would be submitted to Archaeology: Field Schools and Fieldwork Opportunities: Europe: Romania, not Archaeology: Field Schools and Fieldwork Opportunities: North America: United States.
For sites concerned exclusively with the history of archaeology.
This category is not for historical archaeology i.e. the archaeology of sites dated to historical periods. Please submit these to Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Post-Medieval.
Sites describing the methodology employed in archaeology and allied scientific disciplines that contribute to the dating or evaluation of objects discovered in archaeological investigation.
Sites of laboratories or individuals offering commercial services should not be submitted to this category.
Organized body of people aimed at the advancement, exchange of information, or group activities in the field of archaeology.
Sites should be submitted by country according to relevance. Sites should be in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Please suggest sites in other languages to the appropriate category in World.
For web-sites focusing on the archaeology of a specific period and/or culture.
Please submit general sites about the ancient history of Egypt to Society: History: By Region: Africa: Ancient: Egypt To avoid overlap, sites are listed only in the more appropriate of these two categories. Exceptions are rare.
Books and periodicals, either print or electronic, whose subject matter is, or includes, archaeology.
Sites should be submitted by country according to relevance. Sites should be in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Please submit sites in other languages to the appropriate category in http://dmoz.org/World/.
The investigation of past cultures through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
Sites should be submitted by country according to relevance. Sites should be in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Please suggest sites in other languages to the appropriate category in World.
Most research activities will either occur in academic departments or in research institutes (which may either be in universities or external). Both of these are included in this category.
Please submit only websites that have English language content to this category. If your site is in a language other than English, please submit it to the appropriate category of World.
For web-sites focusing on a particular subject within archaeology, rather than a period, culture or region.
Please submit sites that focus on the methods, theories, and applications of archaeobotany to this category. Sites regarding individuals or organizations that conduct zooarchaeological research should be submitted to either Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Archaeologists/Archaeobotanists or Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Contractors_and_Consultants/Archaeobotanists (not both). More information can be found in the descriptions of those categories.