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Virtual Resources for Self Isolation

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has had massive disruptions in the daily and academic lives of all our students which has unfortunately carried over into 2021 and 2022. With many of us self-isolating at home, here is a selection of online learning resources (open access text books, free online courses, digital archives, virtual museum tours and more) to help pass the time and keep your passions alight!

Open Access Scholarly Material 

ANU's List of publishers offering free access to scholarly material
Cambridge Core Text Books- Via ANU Login
Open Access Back Issues of London Archaeologist
​The SAA Archaeological Record
Duke University Press- 
Via ANU Login
Past ANU Theses in Archaeology


Free Online Courses

1,500 Online Courses from Top Universities
450 Online Courses from Ivy League Universities
Learn ArcGIS
​Twitter Crash-Course in Space Archaeology with Dr Alice Gorman
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Distance Learning
Southeast Asia Lecture Library 

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Archaeology: From Dig to Lab and Beyond- University of Reading
​Historic England Training Resources

Podcasts

The Archaeology Podcast Network- Hub for all your archaeological podcast needs
Individual Podcasts:
ArchaeoAnimals Podcast
Arch and Anth Podcast​
Archaeology & Ale 
The Familiar Strange -Anthropology
ArchyFantasies
Trowel and Mike
Fall of Civilizations Podcast​
Megalithic Podcast​
Stuff You Missed In History Class
Women in Archaeology Podcast
Leakey Foundation Podcast- Human Origins
Ologies- Classical Archaeology
​Greek History Podcast
Heritage Voices Podcast

Cooking With Archaeologists
Looted Podcast​

Youtube

Time Team
Cultural heritage: a basic human need- TEDx with Sada Mire
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Voices of Ancient Egypt
Techniques in Forensic Anthropology
New Zealand
Waitomo Glow Worm Caves
Aukland Zoo

Other
Isotopes in Archaeology- A Thread
DigVentures
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UCL mini lecture: archaeology and climate change
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CBA Beatrice de Cardi Lecture 2019 – Richard Osgood: The healing bones, archaeology as wellbeing
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Recording Archaeology YouTube Channel


Virtual Tours
Museum Tours
British Museum, London
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
​Pergamon Museum, Berlin
​Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
​​National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
​Dubai Museum, Dubai
Auckland Museum, Auckland

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Museum of Natural History, Boulder
El Museo de Arqueología Subacuática, San José
American Southwest Virtual Museum
​National Museums of Kenya Online
, Kenya
Boem Virtual Archaeology Museum
​Şanlıurfa Müzesi, Şanlıurfa
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​Site Tours
Petra Tour, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza Tour, Egypt
Taj Mahal Tour, India
Ten Prehistoric Cave Paintings VR tour
Teotihuacan Virtual Field Trip, 
Mexico
Virtual tours of historic sites in Montana, USA
​Explore Shipwrecks in 3D
Ancient Locations: Database of Archaeological Sites
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Montpelier Landscape Project, Vermont
Angkor Tour, Cambodia
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Defensive sites of Dinetah, New Mexico
Virtual tours through various USA states​
​Wyoming National Parks, USA
Stone Circles in the UK
Penn Museum Digital Daily Dig​
, USA
Fishbourne Roman Palace, UK
Göbekli Tepe, Turkey
Chauvet Cave, France
Lascaux Cave, France
Cosquer Cave, France
Cave of Font-de-Gaume, France
Caves of Arcy-sur-Cure, France
Pech Merle Cave, France



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Digital Archives 
Rezan Has Museum Digital Online Collection (3D), Istanbul
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Digital Archive
​Portable Antiquities Scheme, UK
University of South Florida Libraries
British Museum 3D​ Collection
Kerr Maya Vase Database
​Digital Giza
Mimbres Pottery Images Digital Database
Moche Iconography Database​
Potsherd: Atlas of Roman Pottery
​eSkeletons- Primatology and Human Evolution
​Names of the Witches (In Scotland) 1658- Digitised 17th Century Book


Comics
Journeys to Complete the Work- Sonya Atalay 
Prehistories- Hannah Kate Sackett
John G. Swogger  Archaeological Illustration and Comics
Secrets in the Cellar- Smithsonian 
After Maria- Dr Gemma Sou and John Cei Douglas

Oswestry Heritage Comics

Games and Activities
Gaming the Past- Historical Video Games Database
​Adventures in Archaeological Science Coloring Book
Ancestors: stories of Atapuerca​- Video Game
Into the Wildwoods- Explore Neolithic Scotland
Jools Wilson Illustration Activities 
​Potbuilder App
The Mary Rose, Things to Make and Do


Rome Minecraft 
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Free Downloadable Archaeology Colouring Book by Cornelius Holtorf
​Sarasota Bay Rancho Video Game
​Science Island- Video Game
Archaeological Institute of America Trivia
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Free Colouring Books from 113 Museums 

Websites and Blogs
Animal Archaeology
Culture Crime News
Anthropology For Us
Archaeology Magazine​
HeritageDaily
Festivals, Feasting and Animals at Stonehenge​
Making Stone Age Cheese
Prehistory at Star Carr​
Women in Antiquity
The Must Farm Project
Smithsonian Human Origins
​Museums in Dubai

Various other New Zealand virtual tours
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Want more? Check out these extensive resource databases:
Australian Archaeology Online Resources
American Journal of Archaeology Learning Resources 

American Anthropological Association Resources
Council for British Archaeology Resources Hub
American Anthropological Association Biological Anthropology Resources
University of Arkansas Biological Anthropology Resources 
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