Connacht Archaeological Services

Useful Archaeological links:

 

Archaeology & Planning

The National Monuments Service
Within the Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government. There are some useful documents relating to legislation and best practice on their website.
http://www.archaeology.ie/ 
http://www.archaeology.ie/PublicationsFormsLegislation/FileDownload,168,en.pdf

Also to determine the location of recorded archaeological sites in your area see the following database: http://www.archaeology.ie/smrmapviewer/mapviewer.aspx

The Heritage Council has produced several useful publications which explain various aspects relating to planning and archaeology http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/archaeology/publications/, see Guidelines for Good Practices for Developers, Review of Archaeological Assessment and Monitoring and Human Remains in Archaeology

General Archaeology Websites

The Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI).
This is the main professional organisation for Irish Archaeologists.
http://www.iai.ie/

National Museum of Ireland.
http://www.museum.ie/archaeology/

Heritage Section Sligo County Council http://www.sligococo.ie/Services/Heritage/Archaeology/

The Discovery Programme.
Carries out research on various aspects of Irish Archaeology
http://www.discoveryprogramme.ie/

National Roads Authority.
Information on various archaeological discoveries on Irish road schemes over the past few years. 
http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/

Sligo IT Archaeology http://www.sligoit.ie/prospective_students/BSc_applied_archaeology_honours.html 
 
Materials Analysis, Metallurgy & Mining

Historical Metallurgy Society
http://hist-met.org

English Heritage Useful Publications

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/archaeometallurgy/

Institute of Archaeology, UCL

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/research-groups/matcult/index.htm

Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland

http://www.mhti.com/Home.htm

Mining History Network Bibliography, Ireland

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/mhn/bib_IR.html

The Archaeometry research group of the University of Fribourg http://www.unifr.ch/geoscience/mineralogy/archmet/index.php?section=home

Archaeometry is an international journal covering the involvement of the physical and biological sciences with archaeology and art history.
http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/archy.html

Journal of Archaeological Science

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03054403