This section provides logistical information & resources for professional, avocational, and academic archaeologists conducting research, inquiry, or archaeological resource management. Sections encompass areas of Survey & Reconnaissance; Excavation; and Analysis. Areas contain links to specific software (Databases, c14 calibration, etc) as well as equipment and services (remote sensing, maps, lab equipment, etc).
This area contains links for mapping, geophysical survey, and remote sensing equipment and supplies. The Hamilton Chapter OAS does not endorse any of the products and services below. These links are provided as a public service.
KennKart Digital Mapping:
Located in Beeton, Ontario, offers a variety of Mapping Services. E-mail for more information about specs & costs.kennkart@sympatico.ca>
This site offers digital maps at 1:50,000 scale of Southern & Eastern Ontario.
This is the Government of Canada's online geographical database. Choose a variety of digital of raster based maps for free!
The Ministry of Natural Resources Canada's Geodetic Survey Database. Offers a variety of suvey resources and information as well as an online calculator for making UTM/LLA conversions. Useful.
This is the big one. The United States Army Corps of Engineer's Geospacial Database. Digital maps of almost every square inch of the North American Continent and beyond.
Produces vector and raster based maps including CAD based applications.
This site provides information and resources for those requiring air photo and/or satellite images in aid of their regional survey research.
The Cartographic Map Making Atlas on the Internet(by Esri Inc.) allows users to call up maps & satellite images. Useful as a static reference tool only.
Specializing in Satellite Imaging and Analysis for remote sensing (large scale regional archaeological surveys) and spectrum analysis for locating archaeological sites and macro features hidden by topography, vegetation, etc.
More information and links about the practical applications of Satellites & Archaeology.
Archaeological Prospectors is Canadian-based company specializing in non-destructive geophysical techniques to locate and map archaeological features and sites. Also offers general archaeological services.
This Mississauga based company provides sales, rental, and consulting services surrounding Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to a variety of environmental, engineering, and archaeological applications.
Sales and Service of Ground Penetrating Radar Systems (GPR) as well as software support for Geologists, Archaeologists, and other Earth Scientists.
Geophysical Survey and Ground Based Sensing (GBS) products and services. Includes GPR, SARs, Magnetometers, etc.
Geophysical sysmtems including Advanced Overhauser, Potassium and Proton Precession Magnometers (Induced Polarization & Self Potential Method)
Remote Sensing, Geophysical Survey Equipment, and Services (GPR, SARs etc.)
The Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS)
The Canadian Remote Sensing Society offers a Certificate in Remote Sensing Techniques for Earth Science Professionals. Check for times, prerequisites, and costs.
This area offers links to online sales and services of archaeological equipment, services , and supplies. The Hamilton Chapter neither recommends or endorses any of the products or links below. These links are posted as a public service. Software links include commercial Demos, Shareware, Freeware, and Public applications.
The Heritage Market Place
Cansel Survey Supplies
Field Equipment from Archaeologic
Inc.
Stoney Knoll Woodworks
Marshalltown Trowels Inc.
Calib_V3.03c (Public)
A radiocarbon assay calibration program from the University of Washington. Calibrates against dendochronology and marine oxygen isotope series.
oxCalv.218(Public)
A radiocarbon assay calibration program from the Research Laboratory at the Archaeology & Art History Department at Oxford University.
An on-line bayesian radiocarbon calibration tool developed at the School of History & Archaeology at Carfiff University, England. Users must login for access to this resource.
Rock Art Database(Public)
MS-DOS Program for cataloguing rock art sites (pretty dated).
Starlink (Demo)
A commercial package allowing the processing of Satellite images and Global Positioning Systems (GPS).
PhotoModeler(Commercial)(Demo)
A 3D photo modeling Package. Includes archaeological examples.
Point (public)
Point is a projectile point classification system by Tara Prindle (Uconn). This program utilizes morphological data to classify projectile points from the American Northeast. (Dos/Windows)
A user friendly Dos/Windows based map generating program. Easy to use and is in the public domain
NOAA Paleoclimatology Programs (Public)
A range of ecofact analysis software including pollen analysis & tree-ring data (Ms-Dos, Windows, Unix)
WinKarst 12.3(Shareware)
For study and mapping of caves and karst features. From the Resurgent Software Company. Includes sketches, GeoTiffMapps; 3D Modeling; GPS tracks & Waypoints; Digital Line Graphs (.DLG) files. User may display, print, and export data to other computer applications. Also includes GeoMag software to find magnetic variations anywhere and anywhen in the world.
GRASS (Freeware, Shareware, Demo)
The Geographic Resource Analysis System or GRASS is the original public domain raster based GIS, vector GIS, image processing system, graphics production system, data management system, and spacial modeling system. Originally developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the UNIX system, this program package is now available for almost all operating systems! (UNIX; unix composites (Linux, netBSD etc); Windows95/98; WindowsNT).
Freeware from MicroImages Corporation. For UNIX (includes linux & MacOS X versions), Win98, 2000, XP. Can be requested on CD ROM for the cost of shipping and handling. Fully featured GIS, CAD, and COGO subsystems are also included! Import data from GPS receivers can be imported and plotted in their exact positions on scanned USGS maps (raster) or USGS digital maps (vector)
Arch/Info(Commercial)
Arc/Info is ESRI's GIS raster & vector based GIS system including data management, graphic production and image processing, and spacial modeling. Contact the company for cost and site licensing.
Proleg Matrix Builder (Freeware)
Stratification software and database from Proleg Software. Build customized and error free Harris Matrix taking into account all context chronologies
ProLeg StatiGraf 3.6(freeware)
Complete framework for field archaeologists that allows you to record, document, analyse, and interpret archaeological sites. Integrates single place field registration data, photography, bibliography, artifacts inventory, archaeological drawing, and Harris Matrix thus creating a 'digital model' of the excavation.
Past Perfect Museum Software(Demo)
Museum Collection Management Software: Screen for catalogue numbers, archaeology, geology, music collections, and oral histories. Containes a 'virtual exhibit' feature, web design program and other add-on features including multi-media, imaging, scatter/gather, barcode printing, and ezMARC!
Bonn Seriation & Archaeological Statistics Package (BASP) (Freeware)
This outstanding archaeological package of programs is a must for anybody engaged in seriation, stratigraphic analysis, stratigraphic analysis, and spacial analysis! Written by Irwin Scollar, this collection of tools includes seriation, cluster, correspondence analysis, mapping tools for archaeologists. Stratigraphic analysis display in Harris Matrix. Also includes programs for #D display of data, locating rectangular structures in scanned excavation plans containing thousands of postholes, and for the rectification of extremely oblique aerial photographs and their superposition on large scale scanned maps. (Windows 3.x;Windows (95/98) NT)
Surfer (Demo)
For archaeologists who already know the problems with spreadsheets & archaeological data, Surfer is an outstanding alternative to Lotus, Quattro, and Excel. Includes 3D modeling and map generating capabilities in addition to excellent graph generation and spreadsheet tools. (Windows 95/98)
Index of Autocad/Autolisp Information Tools (Commercial, Demo)
Have a browse. See if there is anything here for your AUTOCAD applications.
These links provide researchers with lists of laboratories specializing in archaeometrics. Many of these centres offer advanced training and development in addition to research and services.
Canadian Centre for Remote
Sensing
Canadian Centre For
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Lakehead Paleo-DNA Laboratory
McMaster Palaeogenetics
Institute
Canadian Conservation Institute
Wailcato Radiocarbon Dating
Laboratory
Smithsonian Institute
Index
of Canadian Archaeology Departments & Laboratories
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For a List of Ontario Archaeologists and Consulting Firms, contact The Association for Professional Archaeologists
Adams Heritage (Ontario)
Alexander Heritage Consulting (British
Columbia)
Amick Consultants Limited(Ontario)
Altamira Consulting Ltd.
(Alberta)
Arnold, Thomas
G.(Ontario)
Antiquus Archaeological Consultants Ltd.
(British Columbia)
Arcas Archaeological Consultants Ltd.
(British Columbia)
Archaeo Research Ltd. (British Columbia)
Archaeological Prospectors
(New Brunswick, Canada)
Archaeological Services,
Inc. (Ontario)
Arrowstone
Archaeological Research and Consulting (British Columbia)
Baseline Archaeological Services Ltd.
(British Columbia)
Bandow, James B.
(Subcontracts - Ontario)
Big Pine Heritage Consulting and Research Ltd.
(British Columbia)
Bison Historical Services, Ltd.
(Alberta)
Bluestone
Research(Ontario)
Canadian Seabed Research Ltd.
(Nova
Scotia)
Cultural Resource Consulting
Group(Northeast & Great Lakes)
Cultural Resource Management Group Ltd.
(Nova Scotia)
Ecofor Consulting, Ltd. (British
Columbia)
Equinox Research and Consulting Ltd.
(British Columbia)
Fedirchuk McCullough & Associates
Ltd. (Alberta)
Fisher
Archaeological Consulting(Ontario)
Golder Associates Ltd. (British
Columbia)
Heritage North Consulting Ltd. (British
Columbia)
Heritage Technologies, Inc. (New Brunswick)
Heritage Research Associates, Inc.
(Ontario)
I.R. Wilson Consultants Ltd.
(western Canada)
JAM Consulting
Inc.(Ontario)
Janusas,
Scarlett(Ontario)
Kutenai West Heritage Consulting Ltd.
(British Columbia)
Matrix Research Ltd. (British Columbia)
Mayer Heritage Consultants,
Inc. (Ontario)
Peter Merchant Consulting (British
Columbia)
Millennia Research Ltd.
(British Columbia)
Norcan Consulting Ltd.
(British Columbia)
R & W Archaeological
Consulting Ltd. (Alberta)
Statistical Research Inc. (British
Columbia)
Terra Archaeology Limited
(British Columbia)
The Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation
(Ontario)
Western Heritage Services, Inc.
(western Canada)
Western Heritage Services, Inc.
(Alberta)
Northern Archaeological
Research
Peninsula Research
Russell Foster & Associates
Simmons & Assoc. Ltd.
Subcontractors (various locations)
Maritime/Underwater
Archaeology
Canadian Seabed Research Ltd. (Nova Scotia,
Canada)
Dolan Research, Inc. (Pennsylvania)
Mid-Atlantic Technology and
Environmental Research, Inc. (North Carolina)
Wessex Archaeology (UK)
Geology/Geomorphology/Geoarchaeology
ACRE (Nationwide)
Columbia Geotechnical Associates, Inc.
(Washington)
Earth Imaging Associates
(Washington)
Geoarcheology Research
Associates - (New York)
Geonetics Corporation - (North
Carolina)
Hayes and Monaghan,
Geoarchaeologists (Indiana, Virginia, Michigan)
Keith C. Seramur P.G. (southern
U.S.)
LaPorta Geological Consulting
(New York)
LaRamie Soils Service (Wyoming)
Paleoenvironmental Research Centre (UK)
Terra Nova Ltd. (UK)
Archaeobotany/Paleoethnobotany/Palynology
Archaeology and
Geophysics Consortium (Pennsylvania, Minnesota)
Indigineous Plant
Exploration Laboratories (California, Oregon)
Paleo Research Institute (Colorado)
Wendy J. Carruthers (UK)
Worcestershire County Council Archaeological
Services (UK)
GIS,
Geophysical Survey, Remote Sensing, Magnetic Susceptibility, Magnetometer
Scanning
Archaeoleg Cambria Archaeology (UK)
Archaeological Prospectors
(New Brunswick, Canada)
Archaeology and
Geophysics Consortium (Pennsylvania, Minnesota)
Archaeophysica (UK)
Canadian Seabed Research Ltd. (Nova
Scotia, Canada)
Earth Imaging Associates
(Washington)
Gorilla Mapping (California)
Gridpoint Solutions Ltd. (Ireland)
Irish Geophysical and Archaeological Surveys
Ltd. (Ireland)
Landmark Archaeological and
Environmental Services, Inc. (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan)
MapArc (Ireland)
Stratascan Ltd. (UK)
Quality Services (South Dakota)
Vector Geospatial Ltd. (Alberta,
Canada) NEW
ADDITION TO THIS LIST
West Yorkshire Archaeology
Service (UK)
WS Atkins Heritage (UK)
Zooarchaeology
Ian L. Baxter (UK)
Quality Services (South Dakota)
Wuskonog Faunal Consulting
(Massachusetts)
Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy Consulting
(Michigan)
Radiocarbon/Thermoluminescence
Dating
Beta Analytic, Inc. (Florida)
Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory,
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences (New Zealand)
Quaternary TL Surveys
(UK)
Dendrochronology
Simon Gannon (Ireland)
Museum and
Conservation Services
Laboratory of
Conservation and Material Science (The Netherlands)
The Artifact Research
Center (New Jersey)
Professional Post-Excavation Services
(Ireland)
Archaeological
Photography
ACRE (Nationwide)
JMD Studios (Georgia)
HABS/HAER
Photography
ACRE (Nationwide)
Andrew Baugnet (New York)
Walter Dufresne (New York)
HDR Engineering, Inc. (Nationwide)
Archaeological
Illustration
Golden State Archaeology
(California)
Helen Riley (UK)
Sharon Wells (UK)
Historic
Preservation, Architectural History and Building/Landscape Survey
ACRE (Nationwide)
Archaeological Consultants, Inc. (Florida)
Archaeological and Historical Consultants, Inc.
(Pennsylvania)
Archaeophysica (UK)
Basin Research Associates, Inc.
(California, Nevada)
CgMs Consulting (UK)
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (UK)
CRM TECH (California)
Cultural Heritage Consultants
(Iowa)
David H. Gleason Associates, Inc.
(Maryland)
Egerton Lea Consultancy (UK)
Engineering Archaeological Services Ltd.
(UK)
Gifford and Partners Ltd.
(UK)
Greenwood and Associates (California)
HDR Engineering, Inc. (Nationwide)
Hess Roise (Minnesota)
Historic
Preservation Services (Florida)
HRA Gray and Pape LLC (Washington, Montana,
Texas, Ohio, Virginia)
Hunter Research, Inc. (New Jersey)
Icon Architecture, Inc. (Massachusetts)
Kann and Associates, Inc. (Maryland)
Loucks Associates
(Minnesota)
Mark Samuel - Architectural Archaeology (UK)
Mead and Hunt, Inc. (Wisconsin, Minnesota)
Oxford Archaeology (UK)
Page & Turnbull (California,
Maryland)
Public Archaeology Survey Team, Inc.
(Connecticut)
Quality Services (South Dakota)
Quinn Evans Architects
(Washington, DC)
The Louis Berger Group - Cultural
Resources (worldwide)
Timelines, Inc. (Massachusetts)
Westfield Architects and Preservation Consultants
(New Jersey)
WS Atkins Heritage (UK)