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Archaeology Site Reviews
Starinar
The website "Starinar" contains the online version of this journal published by the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and accessible on the web pages of the National Library of Serbia. The journal is published annually and is dedicated to the archaeological studies in Serbia and the neighbouring countries with direct relevance to Serbian past, with studies ranging from Palaeolithic to Roman times and early Christianity. On this website only the issues from 2002 to 2006 were available at the time of cataloguing, although "Starinar" was first published in 1950. The issues can be browsed by tables of contents, which list all the titles in English. The research studies and articles however can be in Serbian, English, German, French or Italian. Files are in PDF format, which can be downloaded or read online; the site also offers the option of emailing the articles. The site offers no information about the editorial board and policy of the journal; similarly, the usual submission guidelines for authors are not available.
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Apuntes de Egiptología
Apuntes de Egiptología is a free and full-text online journal published by the Centro de Estudios del Antiguo Egipto and edited by the late Prof. Jorge Roberto Ogdon. The yearly journal publishes short referenced papers in several languages (primarily Spanish, English and French) and on any subject related to ancient Egypt, including archaeological and text-based studies. Some papers have illustrations; most are available as Web pages, with a few available in PDF format. Although the contents are reliable, the presentation of the contents does not look professional: the journal is the effort of a group of scholars to circulate their work and keep alive Egyptology in Argentina. This should not be considered a problem and it is hoped that after the death of the editor the journal will continue to be published. The journal also publishes timely reviews. Researchers in particular may find this journal useful.
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Archivo español de arqueología
Archivo español de arqueología is a peer-reviewed journal published since 1940 in Spain and focusing on the prehistoric and classical archaeology of Iberia. Since 2006 (vol. 79) the yearly journal is also published online with free abstracts and the full content of all but the current edition. The referenced and illustrated papers are available in PDF format, and can easily be found through the simple interface of the website in both Spanish and English. The journal also publishes reviews. The interface of the website allows to access a series of tools which allow to find papers on similar subject (the website hosts other journals focusing on Iberia, and as more editions will be added, the tools may prove increasingly helpful); it is possible to contact the author and search through dissertations, databases and fee-supported journals. Both researchers and students may find this journal useful.
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Bova Marina archaeological project
This is the official website of the Bova Marina archaeological project, which contains information and preliminary reports on the fieldwork carried out since 1997. Bova Marina is located in southern Calabria and has yielded Neolithic, Bronze Age and Classical period artefacts. The articles in English and Italian are clear and concise, and are valuable as introductions to the archaeological sites or as a source of images. The referenced preliminary reports are available in PDF format from the bibliography section and anybody needing more than a summary introduction should head there immediately. The reports are usually well edited: there is a summary in Italian, illustrated sections on all work carried out and a bibliography (most references point to previous reports, but these are nonetheless useful). However, the early reports do not have pictures and are understandably shorter (there is a warning on the website about this). The most recent reports are very large and approach the quality of full publications, focusing on detailed contexts and tranches. It would be already commendable to have regular preliminary reports, but the quality of these reports should be prized. The detail of the reports limit the potential readership to researchers specifically interested in the local archaeology or on the site, as obviously preliminary reports are not the correct place for broader generalisations. The website also provides contact details of all current members of the project. The project has been funded by the AHRC.
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No man's land : the European group for great war archaeology
This is the website of No Man's Land : The European Group for Great War Archaeology. The group is involved in a number of archaeological digs relating to battlefields of the the First World War. Indeed as the 'Trench Team' (precursors of No Man's Land) the group were involved in the dig at Auchonvillers ('Ocean Villas'). The group is also leading an archaeological excavation around the Battle of Messines in 1917 (the project is called Plugstreet) with the Comines-Warneton Historical Society, in collaboration with the UK Ministry of Defence and academic departments including the Universities of Bradford, Cranfield (Shrivenham), Bristol, Cambridge, Northumbria, Birmingham and London Metropolitan, as well as Ghent in Belgium. The website provides information on the group's projects, aims and a list if publications, as well as details of the staff members involved.
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Polimetrica open access publications
Polimetrica is an Italian academic publisher that allows authors to have their publications "open access": readers can buy the printed version or read for free the full online version. This website lists the growing selection of open access volumes, which can be downloaded in PDF format. The publications can be relevant to any discipline and in any language. Most publications however are in Italian or English, and at the time of review they were largely focusing on migrations; linguistics; philosophy and archaeology. Among the available titles that may interest a humanities-focused readership are: "Open Problems in Linguistics and Lexicography" (Sica); "Topics on General and Formal Ontology" (Valore); "The De-Mathematisation of Logic" (Hartley Slater); and "La necropoli protostorica di Montagna di Caltagirone" [the proto-historic necropolis of Montagna di Caltagirone, Sicily], (Tanasi) . This website may be useful primarily to advanced students and researchers.
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Progetto KASA
This is the website of project "KASA" (Koiné archeologica, sapiente antichità), an Italo-Maltese research project aimed at better studying the mutual influence that Sicily and Malta had throughout their history. Visitors to this website can read information about the project, and accessing section "Pubblicazioni", download all the publications prepared as part of the project; they are in Italian or English. Focusing on Malta and Sicily, the publications range from landscape studies to specialist ceramic and historical studies, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary period. Among the full and free volumes accessible at the time of review were "Paesaggi Archeologici della Sicilia Sud-orientale" [Landscapes of southeastern Sicily]; "Malta negli Iblei, gli Iblei a Malta" [Malta in the Iblei cultural area of Sicily, the Iblei cultural area at Malta]; "La Sicilia e L'arcipelago maltese nell'età del Bronzo Medio" [Sicily and the Maltese archipelago during the Middle Bronze Age]; "L' Atene antica di Sebastiano Ittar" [Ancient Athens according to Sebastiano Ittar], (Ittar was an architect hired by Lord Elgin and this study helps in understanding Lord Elgin's motivations and thinking when he removed the Parthenon marbles); "Interconnections in the Central Mediterranean: The Maltese Islands and Sicily in History"; "Gli Ipogei di Wignacourt a Rabat" [Hypogea of Wignacourt at Rabat]; "Malta and Sicily: Miscellaneous research projects"; and others. All the volumes are richly illustrated and also available in print. This website may be useful to advanced students and researchers interested in Malta and/or Sicily.
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3D colour laser scanning workshop and conference
This website describes an AHRC-funded project investigating the potential uses of 3D colour laser scanning for the conservation and research of museum objects, as well as their interpretation and display. The project brings together conservators, educators, scientists and curators through a series of workshops, practical sessions and a conference, to discuss the application of the technology and raise awareness of its uses, culminating in a publication (forthcoming).
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Belgian School at Athens
This is the website of the Belgian School at Athens, which provides information on the events organised by the School (Announcements), the permission procedures (Projects), and some information on the School itself and its the staff (About). The School organises seminars on its activities and information on such events (programs and posters) can be found on this website. Aegean archaeologists may want to visit regularly this website for information on the activities of the School.
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Plugstreet
This is the blog of the Plug Street Project - an archaeological project in Belgium. The project is based around excavations on the First World War Battlefield in the area around the village of Ploegsteert, in Wallonia (Comines-Warneton and Messines). The project builds on investigations in the UK, and this online resource consists of blog postings from team members about the fieldwork - a sort of dig diary with reports and photographs from the excavations. Reports also include press stories and excavation notes about the site of the Battle of Messines (1917) as well as wider issues to do with the material culture of the war, drawing together themes from social and landscape contexts. Finds are tracked from their discovery and recording, through their conservation and their analysis. These have included the remains of at least one soldier (an Australian). The project directors are two archaeologists from the UK Ministry of Defence but the project is actually led by No Man's Land - The European Group for Great War Archaeology and the Comines-Warneton Historical Society. Other academic departments involved include the Universities of Bradford, Cranfield (Shrivenham), Bristol, Cambridge, Northumbria, Birmingham and London Metroploitan, as well as Ghent in Belgium.
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Gatehouse, the
This excellent online source provides access to a wealth of information on English and Welsh castles and gatehouses. The very easy-to-use interface provides lists of sites by county (e.g. Sussex, Kent, Oxfordshire and so on). Each county has a simply massive list of sites - arranged alphabetically by name, and provides quick-glance information on an alternative names, the type of construction (for example, timber castle, palace, manor houses, urban defences) and the status of any ruins/remains. Clicking on the place name provides further information about the site, including a brief historical synopsis and relevant details. Of more significance for users, however, is the list of sources for each site. These lists contain information discussing the sites from published books and articles, and will prove to be very useful for those researching the castles, manors, palaces and other fortifications of England and Wales.
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Heritage gateway
This website, from the Heritage Gateway, provides an excellent amount of information on England's local and rural history. The website aims to aims to build a gateway to "England's local and national historic environment records" by providing online access to information about, for example, listed buildings, English and England's archaeological history, and guides to works currently being undertaken by English archaeologists. This simple-to-use website can be searched by various different methods (including, but not limited to: county, district and parish lists; country, district and parish keywords; types of building; famous people/residents; and particular time periods). The information provided on each entry is very detailed, and includes a wide range of material from post code information, to brief historical synopses. This website will provide to be a fantastic resource for those interested in England's history in general and, more specifically, those with an interest in England's architectural history.
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E-curator research project
This website describes an AHRC-funded project exploring the application of 3D colour laser scanning and e-Science technologies to museum objects. The aims are fairly broad: on one hand to examine the ways in which these can record an artefact’s surface detail and colour quality; on another to examine the uses and potential of these datasets, in particular the sharing of the data to facilitate broader museological goals, such as the safe loan of museum collections. The website contains a fuller explanation of the technologies used, and a description of the software developed by the project.
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British Medieval architecture
This website offers an insight into certain elements of British medieval architecture, mainly focusing on timber-frame construction methods in central southern England. The project aims to explore primarily the joints employed by medieval carpenters to frame a house and their chrono-typologies. The study of which is based on solid dates derived from dendrochronological investigations tree-ring dating and the influences of the Black Death. This simply designed website provides a wealth of material - both accessible and academic - on the issue of British, and specifically English, medieval architecture. The website includes both scholarly discussion and helpful, and interesting, pictures to illustrate points.
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Douglas Mazonowicz collection
This AHRC-funded resource presents a collection of twenty-three silkscreen prints by Douglas Howcroft Mazonowicz . These prints are copies of pre-historic rock art from key sites in France, Spain, Algeria and of Etruscan tomb murals. These offer a useful supplement the now largely inaccessible or faded originals.
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