ARCHAEOLOGY - Annotated Links
Archaeology at Cyberpursuits An extensive collection of links to archaeology on the internet, compiled by Beverly Freed
Archaeology and archaeobotany
Archaeobotany database - the Knoll database of archaeobotanical reports in the Old World (covers very little of Eastern Asia so far).
Association for Environmental Archaeology International, founded by the Institute of Archaeology, London: "environmental archaeology is a wide and multi-disciplinary science which seeks to understand past ecology -- with emphasis on man's role..."
Bioresearches - archaeological and biological research consultancy in New Zealand; a good example of people working at the interfaces between academic research, public legislation, and social-environmental development.
Centre for Archaeological Research brings together archaeological teaching, research and publications at the Australian National University, Canberra. Promotes understanding of world archaeology and palaeoanthropology, especially in the Indo-Pacific Region (Southeast Asia, Australia, the Pacific Rim and Oceania). Continues work on early agricultural developments in Papua New Guinea.
Charcoal Analysis Web produced by Eleni Asouti at the Institute of Archaeology, London.
Starch Research Page of Ethnobotanical Leaflets, published online by Southern Illinois University and edited by Don Ugent et al. Introduces ancient starch research and starch taxonomy.
Jomon Japan Introduces archaeology of the Jomon period in Japan.
New Zealand Archaeology Association When Polynesian ancestors reached what is now known as Aotearoa New Zealand, they introduced and then cultivated taro, sweetpotato, yam, bottle gourd, and paper mulberry. The subsequent development of agriculture alongside hunting, fishing and gathering has been a subject of interest for many New Zealand archaeologists.
Yemeni Terraced Agriculture The Oriental Institute of Chicago has been conducting an Archaeological and Environmental Investigation of Yemeni Terraced Agriculture. Taro is one of the ancient crops of Yemen, but its cultivation and use there does not appear to have been studied in any detail.
Window on Cyprus introduces the archaeology and history of Cyprus, a country where taro has been cultivated for at least the last 800 years, and probably longer.