Sites

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

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

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

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

Great Excavations (Popularity: )
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/G/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.

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