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Buildings and architecture
Burials and bones
Clay pipes
Coins
Hoaxes, fakes and forgeries
Lithics/stone tools
Metal detecting
Portable antiquities
The Picts
Underwater archaeology
Websites for children
Buildings and architecture
Sources for Building History
www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Would you like to find out more about the history of your house? Do you want to research an historic building in the United Kingdom or Ireland? Sources for Building History offers a guide to researching historic buildings in the British Isles, produced by building historian and Time Team Forum regular Jean Manco.
British Architecture
www.britainexpress.com/architecture/index.htm
This section of the Britain Express website covers styles of architecture and design in Britain from prehistoric times to the Victorian period, including architect biographies and information on 'great buildings'.
Historic Royal Palaces
www.hrp.org.uk
The official website for the royal palaces of Hampton Court, Kew, Kensington, the Tower of London and the Banqueting House. Detailed information and guides.
http://thehumanjourney.net/index.php?option=com_
content&task=blogcategory&id=51&Itemid=190
'Archaeological Investigations at Buckingham Palace' by Time Team with Oxford Archaeology available to download as PDF documents, by Jonathan Hiller and Richard Brown with contributions by John Cotter, Emma Tetlow, Dawn Irving, Hugo Lamdin-Whymark, John Gater, Julian Munby, Cynthia Poole and Ian Scott.
Country Houses of Britain and Ireland
www.dicamillocompanion.com/Houses_database.html
Curt DiCamillo's database is a continuing effort to list every country house built in Britain and Ireland, standing or demolished. The database is updated daily and currently lists more than 6,900 houses, with images for more than 1,050. The entries compile as many details as can be found about the houses, the families who occupied them and their estates.
Country Houses and Stately Homes in England and Wales
www.britainexpress.com/Where_to_go_in_Britain/
historic_houses/historic_houses_index.htm
Handy A-Z with details of location, opening arrangements etc.
Clay pipes
Clay pipes
www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/pipdex.htm
Sometimes described as the cigarette butts of their day because they are so common, clay pipes can be used to date a site very precisely. There are pictures of almost 400 pipes dating from 1600 to the 20th century on this website, as well as a short history. The website author is a collector, who offers a free identification service.
Burials and bones
Forensic Archaeology and Human Skeletal Archaeology
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/forensic/
Forensic archaeology is about applying archaeological methods to the investigation of crime. The methods used by archaeologists in excavating human remains from the distant past are now widely recognised and adopted by law-enforcement officers (including human-rights investigators) investigating more recent murders and other crimes. The Forensic Archaeology website offers some of the best all-round information on forensic archaeology on the web, with detailed information on bone pathology, taphonomy, geophysics, odontology and environmental archaeology. Promised soon are pages on university courses and the law. Also contains an excellent set of links to related websites.
Spoilheap
www.spoilheap.co.uk
Useful website, with information about British archaeology, pottery and other ceramics, burial archaeology and human skeletal remains. The website contains well-presented information about burial archaeology and human bones. Why excavate human bones? What can we learn from studying them? These and other questions are answered, along with introductions to palaeopathology and different techniques of ageing, sexing and otherwise analysing bones. The section on burial archaeology deals with burial practices by period, the legal aspects of burial archaeology, archaeological techniques, and interpretation and conclusions. Good bibliographies are also provided.
Coins
The Celtic Coin Index
http://www.writer2001.com/cciwriter2001/index.htm
An extraordinary resource, the Celtic Coin Index offers online access to more than 28,000 records and images of British Celtic coins, searchable by find location, tribe, metal content and more. The website also has an extensive bibliography. A truly remarkable achievement by John Hooker and Carin Perron, who have put the whole thing online.
Hoaxes, fakes and forgeries
Archaeological Forgeries
www.syntac.net/hoax/archforg.php
The history of archaeology is punctuated with hoaxes and fakes. This site takes you through some of the most famous (and a few lesser known) examples, from Piltdown Man to the Cardiff Giant (see below), when New York cigar-maker George Hull engineered the creation of a stone man and buried the statue on a farm in upstate New York.
The Art of the Fake
www.ipl.org/exhibit/kelsey/exhibit.html
Few museums have not found themselves in possession of archaeological fakes at one time or another. But the Kelsey Museum of Archeology has produced an online exhibition of selected Egyptian artefacts both real and fake. In it, you can learn how and why museums come to acquire forgeries, and what experts mean when they talk about different kinds of fakes. You even have a chance to compare some of these forgeries with the genuine article.
Museum of Unnatural Mystery: A collection of odd archaeology
www.unmuseum.org/odd.htm
An interesting tour around some of the unexplained puzzles and oddities of archaeology, with a section on archaeological hoaxes, including the Newark Decalogue, a small stone carving of the Ten Commandments in ancient Hebrew found on a Native American mound near Newark, Ohio, in the USA.
Piltdown Man
http://home.tiac.net/~cri/piltdown/piltdown.html
An extensive, text-only account of the Piltdown Man hoax, with a full range of supporting resources and links. Apparently found in 1912, the Piltdown skull and jaw were supposed to be from a previously unknown hominid – the 'missing link' between man and the apes. In fact, it was a clever forgery, combing the jaw of an orang-utan with a modern human skull. Chemical tests finally proved it to be a fake in 1953, since when it has remained the most famous scientific hoax of all time.
Lithics/stone tools
The Lithics Site
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Lithics/index2.html
This is run by Hugh W Jarvis at the Department of Anthropology, University of Buffalo. He describes it as 'a resource for archaeological lithic analysts', which rather understates the extent of its content, particularly in terms of links to other sites dealing with all manner of study of stone tools and related matters.
SARC (the Stone Age Reference Collection)
www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/sarc.html
This website describes itself as a reference programme containing information about the typology, technology, raw materials and study methods of the Stone Age. An academic project, SARC has been developed for the teaching department of the Institute of Archaeology, Art History and Numismatics at the University of Oslo, Norway. Its extensive resources are in English as well as Norwegian.
The Knapper's Corner
www.eskimo.com/~knapper/
A website dedicated to the advancement of flint knapping. It contains a good introduction to the subject and an extensive range of resources and web links.
Thetford Forest Archaeological Survey
http://spamandchips.net/archaeology/index.htm
A good example of a long-term field survey and accompanying website put together by an amateur enthusiast. The website reports the author's finds of flints (primarily prehistoric but also incorporating Roman and medieval sites discovered during his surveys) since he first started searching in Thetford Forest in 1995. There are useful sections on fieldwalking, methodology, lithics (prehistoric struck flint) and various photo galleries. Unusually (and to his great credit) the author does not remove most finds but photographs them in situ.
Metal detecting
Metal detecting – helping to uncover archaeology
http://ourpasthistory.com/md/indexa.htm
This website, run by Time Team enthusiast Corinne Mills, contains a comprehensive guide to responsible metal detecting in England and Wales as well as some history and archaeology from both England and Scotland. The image gallery contains over 5,500 images taken in the UK and abroad of locations, places of interest and artefacts.
National Council for Metal Detecting
www.ncmd.co.uk/index.htm
The National Council for Metal Detecting website contains information on clubs, membership, the Treasure Act – in fact, just about everything you'd need to know about metal detecting and the NCMD.
Portable antiquities
Portable Antiquities Scheme
www.finds.org.uk/
The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a voluntary recording scheme for archaeological objects found by members of the public. Every year many thousands of objects are discovered, many of them by metal-detector users, but also by people out walking, gardening or going about their daily work. Such discoveries offer an important source for understanding our past. This website provides background information on the Portable Antiquities Scheme, news and access to the PAS database of more than 60,000 finds and 18,000 images; from prehistoric flints to post-medieval buckles.
The Picts: An introduction
www.holyrood.org.uk/picts
Good brief introduction to the Picts
Pictish Nation
http://members.tripod.com/~Halfmoon/index.html
Pictophile website with a broad range of material about all things Pictish.
Grave slabs and Pictish symbols of Scotland
www.darkisle.com/picts.html
Illustrated gazeteer of Pictish sites.
Pictish drawings
www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/7246/pictish.html
Several dozen drawings of Pictish carvings by Washington-based artist P Lennnox Campello, available as signed prints.
Tarbat Discovery Programme
www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/sites/tarbat/
University of York website of a long-term project to research the Pictish, Norse and medieval site in which the church of St Colman stands at Portmahomack, in the Moray Firth.
Underwater archaeology
Archaeological Diving Unit (ADU)
www.adu.org.uk
Provides detailed information on the work of the ADU, including the field methods and equipment used. Also includes information on designated historic wrecks, UK wreck laws and guidance notes for divers and archaeologists.
Nautical Archaeology Society
www.nasportsmouth.org.uk
The Nautical Archaeology Society is a non-government organisation formed to further interest in our underwater cultural heritage. Its website includes information about society membership and projects, training and courses, publications and underwater archaeology news.
Mary Rose Trust
www.maryrose.org
Built between 1509 and 1511, the Mary Rose was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. The ship sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology. As well as providing information about the Mary Rose, its history and life on board, the website provides information on the Mary Rose Trust's educational activities and Mary Rose Archaeological Services Ltd.
National Maritime Museum
www.nmm.ac.uk
Website of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, including its Collections Online.
Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
www.hwtma.org.uk
The Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology promotes interest, research and knowledge of maritime archaeology and heritage in Great Britain, with core activities concentrated in the counties of Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the adjacent south coast areas. Its website has details of its research work and other projects, including educational initiatives such as lectures, seminars and publications.
Websites for children
Show Me: Time Team behind the scenes
www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO535.html
Part of the award-winning 'Show Me' website for children, packed with online games, stories and interactive features from the UK's museums, galleries and science centres. 'Time Team behind the scenes' answers questions such as How do they dig those great big holes?, How do they know where to dig?, What exactly is 'geo-phys'? and Are Time Team allowed to dig wherever they like?. There are also interviews and other features with Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis, illustrator Victor Ambrus and 3D graphics artist Raysan Al-Kubaisi.