National Archeological Database
A computerized communications network from the National Park Service. Includes reports, the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act, GIS maps, and permits.
Southwest Web Ring
Essays related to southwestern Native American history, pre-history, and contemporary issues. Includes photo galleries of ancient southwest ruins.
Links to the Past: Archeology
Information for the public and professionals from the National Park Service includes illustrated, popular articles or longer reports on sites, indexed by state.
1860s Warship May be Salvaged
From the Charlotte Observer, the Army Corps of Engineers has begun an investigation of how to save the remains of the sunken confederate warship CSS Georgia.
Archeologists Find Buried Slave Plantations in North
From Red and Black, slaveholding plantations are no longer uniquely southern, based on new archaeological discoveries.
Iraqi Treasures to Tour US
From BBC, Baghdad Museum is sending some of its artefacts to the US, months after they were feared lost.
Solving Hunley Sinking Mystery May be Matter of Time, Experts Say
The Charleston Post and Courier, archaeologists studying the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley say a clue to the sub's sinking may come from the historical fact that the Southern navy and the Northern navy used two sets of clocks to record the time of day.
How long ago was America settled?
From MSNBC, evidence that humans inhabited western Pennsylvania 16,000 years ago is still dividing archaeologists, 30 years after blade tools and materials to make beads were found in a rock shelter.
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, As Amended
Primary historic preservation legislation in the US.
First,...Recognize That It's a Penny
Report on the "Newark" Ritual Artifacts, they date to the Late Medieval period.
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