We have put together a very small selection of online resources that exhibit
a variety of uses of images. When browsing through this list, make notes on the
following, so you have an idea of the kinds of problems students may encounter
when using multimedia resources online.
How
Humans Evolved – access to part of a multimedia tutorial (R. Boyd, J.B.
Silk, WW Norton College Books).
Hominid
Time Line – attractive interface to text and still images covering hominid
and human evolution (R. Effland, K. Costello, K. Wullstein, Mesa Community
College).
Tautavel
Man – multimedia presentation on the discovery of Homo erectus in
France, and reconstructions (National Museum of Natural History, and CNRS,
France).
Aegean Bronze Age, Archaic, Classical, Roman periods
The Beazley Archive – an
extensive research collection on Greek sculpture and pottery at the University
of Oxford.
NAVIS – an
online searchable database of shipping and shipwrecks in the Mediterranean. An
international effort (NAVIS project).
Sphakia Survey: the Internet
edition – the project explores human interaction with the landscape of
south-western Crete, from the late Neolithic to Byzantine, Venetian and
Turkish periods. The online edition has a wealth of information, including a
searchable database of sites and finds, and teaching resources. (Sphakia
Survey Internet Edition, University of Oxford.)
Pylos Regional
Archaeological Project – a large Web site devoted to the fieldwork
project. It includes a map-entry interface for the online finds and excavation
database (this site uses Java, and may not run on Macintoshes; University of
Michigan).
Aquae Urbis Romae: The
Waters of the City of Rome – a project from the Institute for Advanced
Technology in the Humanities. Users can choose between still images, Quicktime
videos, or interactive virtual reality models.
Megiddo
– Israel. Multimedia excavation report (I. Finkelstein, D. Ussishkin, B.
Halpern, Tel Aviv University).
Scrolls
from the Dead Sea – based on an exhibition held at the Library of Congress.
This virtual exhibition is hosted by the University of North Carolina.