The internet has been overrun with advertising - the margins of websites are now filled with small flashing product images and popups are expected even from the most respectable websites.
World Archaeology News defies this status quo - there is not a single add to be found on the website. What can be found, however, is an overwhelming quantity of archaeology links. To be clear, this sight does not write articles or publish news. What it does do is provide an efficient database for both staying up to date with current world archaeological news and investigating archived stories. There are three main pages for archaeological news. On the first, world news, links are uploaded every week about current discoveries. The links here are updated weekly and come from a wide variety of news sources, both from the UK and the United States. The author, Win Scut, is an archaeologist, lecturer, and broadcaster who works out of the UK. There is a separate section of news devoted entirely to Stonehenge which receives more infrequent updating. Finally, there is an archived news section which contains old news organized by publication date. On top of these news sources, the website contains links to buy books, hear BBC radio broadcasts, do further research, and more related to archaeology. One of the most original parts of the website is a way to search through news stories based on location using google maps - simply click on a location and you can see the story from that area. There are a few minor flaws to the website. For one, parts are still under construction which is frustrating.
Also, the layout is lacking, with a huge amount of white space and small
text, which although giving a clean streamlined look to the website are
not as engaging as they could be. With the exception of these small
shortcomings though,
World Archaeology News is a fantastic outlet for finding archaeology
media.
http://www.archaeology.ws/worldarchnews.html
The internet has been overrun with advertising - the margins of websites are now filled with small flashing product images and popups are expected even from the most respectable websites. World Archaeology News defies this status quo - there is not a single add to be found on the website. What can be found, however, is an overwhelming quantity of archaeology links. To be clear, this sight does not write articles or publish news. What it does do is provide an efficient database for both staying up to date with current world archaeological news and investigating archived stories. There are three main pages for archaeological news. On the first, world news, links are uploaded every week about current discoveries. The links here are updated weekly and come from a wide variety of news sources, both from the UK and the United States. The author, Win Scut, is an archaeologist, lecturer, and broadcaster who works out of the UK. There is a separate section of news devoted entirely to Stonehenge which receives more infrequent updating. Finally, there is an archived news section which contains old news organized by publication date. On top of these news sources, the website contains links to buy books, hear BBC radio broadcasts, do further research, and more related to archaeology. One of the most original parts of the website is a way to search through news stories based on location using google maps - simply click on a location and you can see the story from that area. There are a few minor flaws to the website. For one, parts are still under construction which is frustrating. 
Also, the layout is lacking, with a huge amount of white space and small
text, which although giving a clean streamlined look to the website are
not as engaging as they could be. With the exception of these small
shortcomings though, World Archaeology News is a fantastic outlet for finding archaeology media.
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