Wikipedia:WikiProject Archaeology/Resources

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=Improving article connections=

The following are all Wikipedia-based page-elements that will often improve archaeology articles.

Templates
The auto-generated category of templates with the Archaeology Project tag - -usefully presents them alphabetically.

General

 * Template:Archaeology
 * Related disciplines


 * Template:Anthropology
 * Template:Social sciences
 * Template:Chronology

Citation

 * Template:Cite PastScape - For citing the English Heritage database of sites and monuments.

Infoboxes
Cultures Sites Artifacts Periods
 * Template:Infobox archaeological culture
 * Template:Ancient Near East topics
 * Template:Infobox ancient site
 * Template:Infobox artifact
 * Template:Stone Age
 * Template:Paleolithic
 * Template:Middle Stone Age
 * Template:Mesolithic
 * Template:Neolithic
 * Template:Chalcolithic
 * Template:Bronze Age
 * Template:Iron Age

Periods, cultures, sites (footer templates)
Cultures
 * Template:Three-age system
 * Asia


 * Template:Ancient Mesopotamia topics
 * Template:Prehistoric cultures of China
 * Americas


 * Template:Pre-Columbian
 * Template:Hopewellian peoples
 * Template:Fort Ancient culture
 * Template:Coles Creek and Plum Bayou cultures
 * Template:Adena culture
 * '''Europe


 * Template:Greek Macedonia
 * Template:Scandinavian Scotland
 * Template:European megaliths
 * Template:Prehistoric Western Isles
 * Template:Timeline of Historical Scandinavia

Technology, ideas, theory

 * Template:Archaeological Theory
 * Template:Prehistoric technology

Regional Site/Monument Registers
National World Heritage Sites Europe Asia
 * Category:World Heritage Site templates
 * Template:History and Archaeology of Gibraltar
 * Template:SwissArchaeologicalSites
 * Template:Archaeological sites in Lebanon
 * India

Africa North America
 * Template:Archaeological sites in India
 * Template:Archaeological sites and monuments in Karnataka
 * Template:Archaeological sites in Kenya
 * Template:Archaeological sites in Nigeria
 * USA

South America
 * Category:National Register of Historic Places templates - State/County level templates. Some states have archaeology-specific templates.
 * Template:Archaeological sites in Peru
 * Template:Archaeological sites in Colombia

Stub
Regional
 * Template:Archaeology-stub
 * Template:Archaeology-book-stub
 * Template:Europe-archaeology-stub
 * Template:UK-archaeology-stub
 * Template:UK-archaeologist-stub
 * Template:Italy-archaeology-stub
 * Template:SouthAm-archaeology-stub
 * Template:Africa-archaeology-stub
 * Template:SouthAfrica-archaeologist-stub
 * Template:Asia-archaeology-stub
 * Template:CAsia-archaeology-stub
 * Template:PRChina-archaeology-stub
 * Template:NEast-archaeology-stub
 * Template:Israel-archaeology-stub
 * Template:Turkey-archaeology-stub

Topics
Archaeology Museums Marine archaeology
 * Template:Archaeology museums in China
 * Template:Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
 * Template:National Archaeological Museum of Athens
 * Template:Western Australian Shipwrecks Database

Userboxes

 * Template:User WikiProject Archaeology
 * Template:User Degree Archaeology/History
 * Template:User FavSub Archaeology
 * Template:User Archaeology expert

=Sources for information=

Wikipedia support

 * Reference desk - help from other editors
 * The Wikipedia Library - enormous resource: external experts, library resources, accounts with journals

External sources
The following links all go to external sites with information useful for researching and referencing archaeology articles.

Open Access Journals
This external site maintains a searchable directory of Open Access archaeology journals that can be sorted by region, period and so on.


 * Open Access Archaeology

Other Journals
A frequently updated, complete list of archaeology journals.

Archaeology Data Repositories

 * The Archaeology Data Service - UK
 * Scottish Archaeology Research Framework - Detailed information on Scottish Archaeology

Archaeological Societies and Organisations
Worldwide
 * The World Archaeological Congress

Europe


 * European Association of Archaeologists

North America
 * The Archaeological Institute of America
 * The Society for American Archaeology

United Kingdom
 * British Archaeological Jobs and Resources
 * Cadw
 * Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
 * Council for Britisn Archaeology
 * Historic England
 * Historic Environment Scotland