The following selected archaeology web sites have been evaluated for public-friendliness. Do you have a web page that could be included in this list of archaeology site web pages? Forward that information using the Feedback Form provided. This page remains under construction.

Fort Mose: America's Black Colonial Fortress of Freedom (Florida)
In 1738, the fort and town of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose was established as the first legally sanctioned free black community in what is now the United States. The Florida Museum of Natural History web site presents historical archaeology research on this African American experience in the Spanish colonies.

Los Adaes, a Spanish colonial site
     (western Louisiana)
The Louisiana Division of Archaeology invites you to take a look at its new interactive web project about Los Adaes, a National Historic Landmark operated by the Louisiana Office of State Parks. The Los Adaes archaeology evidence includes the remains of a mission and a presidio. Although the settlement marked the eastern frontier of the Spanish Province of Texas, the presidio served as the provincial capital for more than 40 years. Los Adaes also represented a rare instance of cooperation among three cultures: the Spanish, the French, and the Caddo Indians. This online exhibit provides an opportunity for those who want to learn about life at the site, as revealed through history and archaeology. The interactive website presents information in layers, allowing the user to determine the amount and level of information received.

Excavating at Occaneechi Town (North Carolina)
The visitor to this site can excavate, set budgets and payroll, and use different sampling strategies to explore an Eighteenth-Century Indian Village in North Carolina. This interactive excavation uncovers artifact photos, plans, profiles, and artifact inventories.  You can then compare your analysis with those of the archaeologist who excavated the site. There are also video clips that explain various archaeological terms and procedures. This is the web edition of a CD-rom that is also available.

St. Augustine (Florida)
St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, forty two years before Jamestown. This Florida settlement still survives, forming the oldest European town in the United States. This Florida Museum of Natural History web site presents historical archaeology research on the settlement as part of an on-line exhibit.

 Blackbeard's Flagship The Queen Anne's Revenge
This comprehensive web site offers archaeology, history, conservation, and education about the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck, lost in North Carolina waters in 1718. This web site is operated by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.

 Sam Dellinger and the Raiders of the Lost ArkansasImages and artifacts from an award winning exhibit about Arkansas archaeology are available at this web site. Sam Dellinger gathered nearly 8,000 prehistoric artifacts in a quest to protect Arkansas's heritage from dispersal to out-of-state museums and private collectors during the early 20th century. The collection, now recognized as one of the finest collections of prehistoric Native American artifacts in the United States, is at the University of Arkansas Museum. The Dellinger exhibit (at the Old State House, part of the Department of Arkansas Heritage) was guest-curated by Dr. Robert C. Mainfort Jr. of the Arkansas Archeological Survey. The project was funded in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council.

Updated 03/16/2007