Archaeology & Anthropology

Web Sites

• American Anthropological Association
  The American Anthropological Association (AAA), the primary professional society of anthropologists in the United States since its founding in 1902, is the world's largest professional organization of individuals interested in anthropology. Their Anthropology in Education section highlights educational programs integrating anthropology into the school curriculum.
• American Archaeology (The Archaeological Conservancy)
  Published by The Archaeological Conservancy (Albuquerque, New Mexico), American Archaeology is a quarterly consumer magazine devoted to archaeology in the United States, with additional coverage of Canada and Latin America. The Archaeological Conservancy, established in 1980, is a national non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring and preserving the best of U.S. remaining archaeological sites. They have a regional office in Ohio.
• Anthropology in the News
  Links to an extensive collection of current news articles from a variety of news sources related to anthropology. From Texas A & M University Anthropology Department.
• Archaeological Institute of America
  The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America's oldest and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. The Institute is a nonprofit group founded in 1879 and chartered by the United States Congress in 1906. Today, the AIA has nearly 9,000 members belonging to 102 local societies in the United States, Canada, and overseas.
  • Archaeology
    An Official Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America that offers some online feature articles.
• The Archaeology Channel
  Watch streaming videos of archaeology documentaries provided by the Archaeological Legacy Institute, whose goal is to make more people aware of the need to preserve archaeological site.
• Biblical Archaeological Review
  Published by the Biblical Archaeology Society
• Bradshaw Foundation: Journey of Mankind: Peopling of the World
  An interactive map (using Adobe Flash) that charts the global journey of man over the last 160,000 years from his origin in Africa, showing the interaction of migration and climate.
• Dig Magazine
  The archaeology magazine for kids published by the Archaeological Institute of America, the country's oldest and largest archaeological society. Their website includes extensive links, a glossary, factoids, a quiz, and an ask a question page.
• Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.
  The Foundation (FAMSI) was created in 1993 to foster increased understanding of ancient Mesoamerican cultures and assist and promote qualified scholars of Mesoamerica in anthropology, archaeology, art history, epigraphy, ethnography, ethnohistory, linguistics, and related fields. Mesoamerica (Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico) from 1500 BC to 1519 AD is one of six cradles of early civilization. See their "Research" section for project information.
• National Geographic Genographic Project
  The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation have launched the Genographic Project, a five-year effort to collect genetic information, especially from indigenous peoples, in order to trace the prehistoric migrations of humans. It is a controversial effort opposed by the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB).
• National Park Service: History
  Archaeological and historical sites in our National Parks.
  • Indian Mounds of Mississippi
    Many diverse Indian groups, drawn by the bountiful wildlife, warm climate, and fertile soil, made their homes in what is now Mississippi for thousands of years before the first Europeans and Africans arrived.
• Passport in Time
  Passport in Time (PIT) is a volunteer archaeology and historic preservation program of the USDA Forest Service (FS) that allows you to work with professional archaeologists and historians on projects including archaeological excavation, rock art restoration, survey, archival research, historic structure restoration, gathering oral histories, or writing interpretive brochures.
• Smithsonian Institution: Department of Anthropology
  Their website includes many bibliographies and teaching packets for anthropology.
• Society for American Archaeology
  Their website includes a section for the public which includes information on archaeology month for each state.
• Society for Commercial Archaeology
  Established in 1977, the SCA is the oldest national organization devoted to the buildings, artifacts, structures, signs, and symbols of the 20th-century commercial landscape, especially roadside structures, like restaurants, drive-ins, etc.

Pittsburgh Region

• Army Corps of Engineers: Prehistory and Cultural Resources
  Learn about current excavations at the Historic Harmony Brick Works under the direction of the Pittsburgh District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The site dates back to 6000 BC when it was an island in the Ohio River. At this Corps of Engineers website you can also learn about the Lower Mon Project plans to modernize locks and dams along the Lower Monongahela River.
• Meadowcroft Rock Shelter
  Meadowcroft Rockshelter, located south of Pittsburgh, represents the oldest dated and longest continual human use of a particular site in eastern North America. Radiocarbon dates for the earliest human occupation levels are 12,000 B.C. and may be as far as 17,000 B.C.
  • Meadowcroft still ignites controversy over settlers
    David Templeton's Seldom Seen column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette October 15, 2000.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The canal that made Pittsburgh great
  An article from May 16, 1999 about the remnants of the Pennsylvania Canal from the mid-1800s on Pittsburgh's North Side.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Westmoreland County archaeological site offers clues to region's past
  Tuesday, September 21, 2004. Information about the donation of an archaeological site in Ligonier (Geisey site) on Loyalhanna Creek to the Archaeological Conservancy. "According to an announcement published in the fall issue of American Archaeological Quarterly, archaeologists think Geisey was a village of the Early to Middle Woodland Period, belonging to a tribe that thrived 6,000 years ago in what is now Pennsylvania and Ohio." (PG)

Pennsylvania

• Mercyhurst Anthropological Institute
  Look at their "Current Research" for research by J. M. Adovasio on the Meadowcroft Rock Shelter in southwestern Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Archaeological Council
  The Pennsylvania Archaeological Council (PAC) is a statewide organization of professional archaeologists dedicated to promoting Pennsylvania archaeology.
• Pennsylvania Archaeology
  This website offers an overview of Pennsylvania Archaeology for the public and text and lesson plans for students grades 4-8.
• Pennsylvania Archaeology Month
  Every year in October, Pennsylvania Archaeology Month is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Musuem Commission, the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Inc., and the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council.
• The Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Inc.
  Many of the events and activities posted here are sponsored by the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology (SPA) and SPA Chapters. Includes information about the 4 local chapters: Allegheny No.1, Ohio Valley No. 22, Somerset No. 20, and Westmoreland No.23.

Nearby States

• Ohio Archaeological Council
  The Ohio Archaeological Council is a private, non-profit corporation registered with the State of Ohio in 1975 as a charitable scientific and educational organization promoting the advancement of archaeology in Ohio. Look at their "Research" section for information on archaeological sites in Ohio.