History, Classics And Archeology

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Introduction

As technological progress grows ever stronger, certain academic fields get emptier. A lot of people feel drawn to the future, to modernity and to what’s next for humanity. Why should we study history? Well, in this sea of students and companies going forward, it’s easy to lose sight of what got all of us here, and the lessons that can be learned from our past.

The Study of Men

Archaeology, by definition, is a field of study that aims to understand prehistory and on a larger scale human history through excavating ancient sites and analyzing whatever is found there (artifacts, remains, etc.). While this may not evoke much more than sitting in the dust to most people, it’s still a very active and existing career path that many would enjoy. Students who passed classics A levels and/or aim for a classics degree could definitely find themselves in that

field. Similar to the study of history or anthropology, archaeology studies are a way to teach ourselves about the present by looking at the past, except with more field work and less theory. Professional historians need the help of archaeologists to have material basis to their understanding of history, and classics graduate have a long future ahead of them collaborating with archaeologists to reconstruct a fleeting past. Archaeology is a great compromise between classics and ancient history, for the people who want to go against the current and explore the earth instead of space.

What To Do With An Archaeology Degree?

Many people think that an archaeology degree limits the graduate to being an archaeologist. A common misconception, it’s actually untrue. Many career paths are opened with that degree, including but not limited to conservator, heritage manager, as well as a lot of jobs in museums across the world such as a gallery curator or museum exhibition officer. An archaeology degree can also be combined with related studies like ancient languages, history or classics. The degree can be of use in any job related to tourism, archival of ancient materials, and even cartographer.

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• • Web sites
    BUBL (Bulletin Board for Libraries)

    http://bubl.ac.uk/

    Google directory

    http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/

    Arts

    HUMBUL

    http://www.humbul.ac.uk/

    (Humanities Bulletin Board)

    Voice of the Shuttle

    http://vos.ucsb.edu/

    for Humanities Research

    WWW Virtual Library: HISTORY

    http://vlib.org/History

    WWW Virtual Library: ARCHAEOLOGY

    http://archnet.asu.edu/

    British Academy Portal

    http://www.britac.ac.uk/portal/index.cfm

    the British Academy’s directory of online resources
• • Select sites for History
    AHDS History

    http://ahds.ac.uk/history/

    one of the five centres of the Arts and Humanities Data Service which collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, resulting from or supporting historical research, learning and teaching.

    Archives Hub

    http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/

    national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges.

    ARCHON directory

    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/default.htm

    the principal information gateway for UK archivists and users of manuscript sources for British history.

    BOPCRIS

    http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/

    the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service. You can use this web site to search and browse information from British Official Publications over the period 1688-1995. You can also read abstracts, and view detailed consistent subject indexing, of key documents. You can then read the digitised full-text version of a limited number of these documents.

    British Pathe Film Archive

    http://www.britishpathe.com/

    3500 hours of news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.

    EuroDocs

    http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

    selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations of primary historical documents from Western Europe.

    Institute of Historical Research

    http://www.history.ac.uk/

    information about the institute and free access to the History On-Line database which provides high-quality information resources for the teaching and learning of history. There are currently over 40,000 records providing details of books and articles, UK university lecturers, UK current and past research, and evaluated links to web sites and on-line resources.

    Labyrinth

    http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

    The premier site for all aspects of medieval studies run by Georgetown University (USA).

    MedHist

    http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/medhist/

    a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to the history of medicine and allied sciences, covering all aspects of the history of health and development of medical knowledge.

    National Register of Archives

    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/

    formerly known as the Public Record Office, contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records that relate to British history.

    Web resources for Medieval Studies

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/artshum/medieval/Websites

    Web resources for Renaissance Studies

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/artshum/renaissance/Websites

    Web resources for Victorian Studies

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/artshum/victorian/Websites
• • Select sites for Classical studies
    Oxford Classics Homepage

    http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/resources/www/index.asp

    under ‘Resources’.

    PERSEUS

    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper

    a huge range of online texts, annotated, searchable and in either English or an Ancient Language, plus an Encyclopedia of the ancient world.

    Bryn Mawr Classical Review

    http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/

    book review site.

    At TOCS-IN

    http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html

    you can search for books and articles by subject, title or author.

    Beazley Archive

    http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/BeazleyAdmin/Script2/default.htm

    of classical art and architecture.

    At DIOTIMA

    http://www.stoa.org/diotima/

    there are bibliographies on a wide range of subjects particularly to do with women and gender.

    VirtualTour of Herculaneum

    http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/italy_except_rome_and_sicily/herculaneum/section_contents.html

    at Maecenas.

    Internet Classics Archive – select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and reader`s choice Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/socialscience/history/websites#top
• • Archaeology
    Archaeology resources (general)

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/socialscience/history/websites#Archr

    Archaeological field survey and geomatics

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/socialscience/history/websites#Archg

    Computers in archaeology

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/socialscience/history/websites#compa
• • Some texts available via the internet
    Aitchison, K

    http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue12/aitchison_index.html

    Training professional archaeologists in the UK – meeting the crisis of success Internet Archaeology 12

    All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group [APPAG]

    http://www.appag.org.uk/report/report.html

    The current state of Archaeology in the United Kingdome: first report of the All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group. Society of Antiquaries of London.2003

    Bournemouth University Archaeological Investigations Project

    http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/aip/backgrnd.htm

    Council for British Archaeology

    http://www.britarch.ac.uk/training/

    Profiling the profession: a survey of archaeological jobs in the UK

    Department for Communities and Local Government

    http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/ppg16

    Planning policy guidance 16 : archaeology and planning

    English Heritage

    http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/archaeology_research.pdf

    Archaeology Division Research Agenda [draft]

    English Heritage

    http://www.helm.org.uk/upload/pdf/Dendrochronology.pdf

    Dendrochronology: guidelines on producing and interpreting dendrochronological dates 2007

    English Heritage

    http://amaxus.english-heritage.org.uk/inspired/upload/pdf/Geoarchaeology-2007.pdf

    Geoarchaeology: using earth sciences to understand the archaeological record (2007)

    English Heritage

    http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Geophysicsguidelines.pdf

    Geophysics Guidelines

    English Heritage

    http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.18870

    MoRPHE (Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment is a set of free guidelines covering the management of all historic environment research and ‘research and development’ (R&D) projects. MoRPHE provides a framework of defined roles, procedures, stages, terms, and key documents to assist the management of research projects in this sector.

    English Heritage

    http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Understanding_Historic_Buildings_1.pdf

    Understanding Historic Buildings, a guide to good recording practice

    English Heritage/University of York 2004

    http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/eab_eh_2004/index.cfm?CFID=1637012&CFTOKEN=10526978

    Environmental Archaeology Bibliography

    Fernie, Kate & Richards, J.D. (eds) 2002

    http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/guides/vr_guide/

    Creating and using Virtual Reality: a guide for the Arts and Humanities [AHDS Guides to Good Practice]

    Greene, Kevin

    http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/kevin.greene/wintro/

    Archaeology: an introduction – 4th edition 2002, The online companion Lincolnshire Archaeological Handbook

    Hey, G & Lacey, M

    http://thehumanjourney.net//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=193

    Evaluation of Archaeological Decision Making Processes and Sampling Strategies 2001

    Jones, Sian

    http://www.britarch.ac.uk/publications/puns

    From the ground up: the publication of archaeological projects, a user needs survey. CBA 2001

    Museum of London

    http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/056B4AFD-AB5F-45AF-9097-5A53FFDC1F94/0/MoLASManual94.pdf

    Archaeological Site Manual 1994

    Museum of London Archaeology Service

    http://www.molas.org.uk/projects/annualReviews.asp?aryear=2004

    MoLAS 2004: annual review’

    Museum of London Archaeology Service

    http://www.molas.org.uk/projects/annualReviews.asp?aryear=2005§ion=foreword&number=1

    MoLAS 2005: annual review’

    Orton, Clive

    http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/special/orton-inaugural-2003/sld036.htm

    A theory for archaeological evaluations, Clive Orton’s lecture 2003

    Project to define professional functions and standards in archaeological practice: final report – occupational and functional mapping of the archaeology profession

    http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/icontent/inPages/docs/training/occupational_and_functional_mapping.pdf
• • A select list of Archaeology Resources (general)
    Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe

    http://odur.let.rug.nl/arge/

    Archaeology Data Service

    http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/greylit/

    grey literature

    Archaeological Prospection Resources

    http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/subject/archpros/archp_nf.php

    hosted by Bradford University

    Archnet

    http://archnet.asu.edu/

    Catena: Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes

    http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/search.htm

    contains nearly 2000 images focused on the villa as a landscape type that may be searched and browsed on a variety of terms. Sponsored by Bard Graduate Center in the USA

    CBA guide to UK Archaeology Online

    http://www.britarch.ac.uk/info/uklinks.html

    English Heritage Geophysical Survey Database

    http://sdb2.eng-h.gov.uk/

    English Heritage HELM

    http://www.helm.org.uk/sever/show/nav.8680

    (Historic Environment Local Management) website

    Megalithic Portal

    http://www.megalithic.co.uk/index.php

    OASIS: Online AccesS to the Index of archaeological investigationS

    http://oasis.ac.uk/

    (Archaeology Data Service projects)

    PastScape

    http://www.pastscape.org/

    This site provides a database of the national monuments of England, including descriptions and pictures as well as links to contemporary and historical maps and aerial photographs

    UK Online Archaeology Resource

    http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/
• • A select list of Archaeological field survey and geomatics
    Geomatics

    http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/English/SkillsServices/FieldTech/Geomatics.htm

    Museum of London Archaeological Society

    Oriental Institute Archaeology projects

    http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/archaeology.html

    at the University of Chicago

    Gillings, M & Wise, A (eds)

    http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/

    GIS Guide to good practice

    GIS and remote sensing for archaeology: Burgundy France

    http://www.informatics.org/france/france.html

    Giza plateau mapping project

    http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/giz/
• • Computers in archaeology
    Computer Applications in Archaeology Portal

    http://caa.leidenuniv.nl/

    various proceedings of the Computer Applications in Archaeology sometimes called Computer applications and quantitative methods in Archaeology

    Digital archiving

    http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/excavation/

    ESRI

    http://www.esri.com/

    (makers of ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcINFO) website

    Forum on Information Standards in Heritage

    http://www.fish-forum.info/

    (FISH)

    Geographical information systems

    http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/

    Glasgow University guide to Archaeology resources page

    http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ctich/archaeol.htm