AIA's new Archaeology of America and Canada on Google Earth

Sunday, October 23, 2011

AIA's new Archaeology of America and Canada on Google Earth

Google Earth's New Layer: Archaeological Sites in the United States and Canada October 22, 2011

Explore the AIA's new Archaeology of America and Canada on Google Earth. (If you do not have it installed, please download Google Earth.)

"Having this Google Earth map debut on National Archaeology Day emphasizes the fact that archaeological discoveries often times exist right in our backyards," says Ben Thomas, AIA's Director of Programs. "We welcome everyone of all ages to take a look at the map and then explore a site that's close to them."

Thanks to our partners at Google Earth for making this possible!

Archaeology of America and Canada

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AWOL is a project of Charles E. Jones, Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities at the Pattee Library, Penn State University

AWOL began with a series of entries under the heading AWOL on the Ancient World Bloggers Group Blog. I moved it to its own space here beginning in 2009.

The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.

The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.

AWOL is the successor to Abzu, a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. Together they represent the longest sustained effort to map the development of open digital scholarship in any discipline.

AWOL is syndicated to Facebook and Twitter.