History

A Chronology of North American Archaeology
A time-line of highlights in the development of the discipline in the United States from Minnesota State University Emuseum.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/archaeology/timeline/history.html

Discovery Channel: Time Team
An outline of the history of archaeology provided as background to the long-running British TV series Time Team.
http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/timeteam/

Great Excavations
This companion site to a UK Channel 4 documentary series follows author David Romer on a tour through the origins and history of archaeology, especially its approach to ancient civilizations.
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/G/great_excavations/

History of Archaeology at Chippewa Nature Center
Kyle Bagnall tells the story of how the study of local archaeology began and developed at Chippewa Nature Center, Michigan, USA.
http://www.chippewanaturecenter.com/Oxbow/a_history_of_archaeology_at_chip.htm

Infoplease: History of Archaeology
An outline of the development of the discipline from the online encyclopedia.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0856675.html

Learning to Read Rome's Ruins
A Vatican exhibit showing how Renaissance scholars began to identify major sites and buildings of ancient Rome and artists produced reconstructions.
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/b-archeology/Archaeology.html

Reading the Land
Peter Fowler explains in British Archaeology magazine how landscape archaeology evolved over the last 50 years. <small>(December, 2001)</small>
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba62/feat2.shtml