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WikiProject Resource Exchange keeps a huge register of useful sources and ways to contact other Wikipedians who may have access to useful materials.
Improving article connections
[edit]The following are all Wikipedia-based page-elements that will often improve archaeology articles.
Templates
[edit]The auto-generated category of templates with the Archaeology Project tag - -usefully presents them alphabetically.
General
[edit]- Related disciplines
Citation
[edit]- Template:Cite PastScape - For citing the English Heritage database of sites and monuments.
Infoboxes
[edit]Cultures
Sites
Artifacts
Periods
Periods, cultures, sites (footer templates)
[edit]Cultures
- Asia
- 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
[edit]Regional Site/Monument Registers
[edit]National World Heritage Sites
Europe
Asia
- India
Africa
North America
- USA
- Category:National Register of Historic Places templates - State/County level templates. Some states have archaeology-specific templates.
South America
Stub
[edit]Regional
- Template:Europe-archaeology-stub
- Template:SouthAm-archaeology-stub
- Template:Africa-archaeology-stub
- Template:Asia-archaeology-stub
Topics
[edit]Archaeology Museums
- Template:Archaeology museums in China
- Template:Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
- Template:National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Marine archaeology
Userboxes
[edit]- Template:User WikiProject Archaeology
- Template:User Degree Archaeology/History
- Template:User FavSub Archaeology
- Template:User Archaeology expert
Sources for information
[edit]Wikipedia support
[edit]- Wikipedia:Reference desk - help from other editors
- Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library - enormous resource: external experts, library resources, accounts with journals
External sources
[edit]The following links all go to external sites with information useful for researching and referencing archaeology articles.
Academic Journals
[edit]Open Access Journals
[edit]This external site maintains a searchable directory of Open Access archaeology journals that can be sorted by region, period and so on.
Other Journals
[edit]A frequently updated, complete list of archaeology journals.
Archaeology Data Repositories
[edit]- The Archaeology Data Service - UK
- Scottish Archaeology Research Framework - Detailed information on Scottish Archaeology
Archaeological Societies and Organisations
[edit]Worldwide
Europe
North America
United Kingdom