Topics

Archaeological Conservation and its Consequences
A history of the techniques and ethics of conservation at the National Museum of Denmark. Discusses textiles, metal, and waterlogged wood.
http://www.natmus.dk/cons/x/exintro.htm

Conservation of Archaeological Material
Research carried out at St Andrews University on new techniques for conserving archaeological material from wetland and marine sites.
http://ch-www.st-and.ac.uk/wood/

Environmental Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Explains the methodology of this discipline and its subdisciplines - zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, and archaeopedology. Projects and staff.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/envarch/

Environmental Archaeology Laboratory, Umeå University
Research and education on prehistoric environment. Specializes in soil analysis, archeobotany, palaeoentomology and palynology.
http://www.umu.se/envarchlab/

HiMAT at the University of Innsbruck
The History of Mining Activities in the Tyrol and Adjacent Areas Project combines different approaches of the Humanities and the Sciences to provide data on the general conditions and on the consequences of prehistoric and historical mining in the Tyrol.
http://www.uibk.ac.at/himat/

Teaching the next generation - Archaeology for Children
Paper advocating the use of archaeology in the education of children. Uses case studies from Australia.
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/owen/owen.html