Beginning with this month, I will be sending you a newsletter about your web ring - Archaeology on the Net. The newsletter will cover the news and improvements about the ring, latest site additions to the ring, some stats, and the featured sites of the month.

A hypertext copy of this newsletter is available on the Archaeology on the Net Web Ring pages -
https://members.tripod.com/~archonnet/ringnews1.html

Before taking a look at the stats and latest site additions to Archaeology on the Net, I want to thank each and all of you for becoming a member of the ring. Archaeology on the Net Web Ring was created on February 23, 1998 and in five weeks it has grown up to cover 74 archaeology related sites. Each week we are receiving 5-10 submissions and this promises for a larger ring in the next months.

We are grateful to those of you who have placed the ring code and ring logo correctly in your pages. This is how the web ring continues operating and this way you receive visitors to your pages. I have noticed that some of the members have placed the code and logo at the top of their pages or at places immediately visible to the visitor. My warmest thanks goes to these members providing Archaeology on the Net web ring better navigation opportunities.

And some words for those of you who have still not placed the ring logo and code into their registered pages. Please insert the web ring code and logo to your pages as soon as possible.
Do not forget that other members with logos and code inserted provide you visitors and it is your obligation to insert the ring logo and code so that the visitors to your site can use the navigation bar and visit the next sites in the ring. I am sorry to announce that I will have to remove the sites without the code and logo to the queue in mid-April and these sites will remain out of the ring until they insert the code and logo and notify me about this via e-mail.

The featured member sites of the month are Kevin Callahan`s Anthropology Human Origins and Eliot Lee`s Anthro TECH. Kevin Callahan`s Anthropology Human Origins page was the most active member page in the stats. The rich content of the page and anthropologist-friendly design of the page brought Kevin the award. Anthro TECH, on the other hand, is a new and improved search engine and index for anthropologists and archaeologists. I considered this page to be one of the two featured sites because of its contributions to exposure of archaeology resources on the internet. Congratulations Kevin, Congratulations Eliot... Links to your pages will be listed at the very top of the Archaeology on the Net Web Ring Home Page under the heading - Featured member sites of the month - throughout April 1998.
I strongly recommend all ring members to visit these sites at:

Anthropology Human Origins
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5579/TA.html
Anthro TECH
http://www.anthrotech.com/resources/Categories/Archaeology/

If you want your site to be considered for the featured site of the month award for May and get listed at the top of Web Ring home page, e-mail me your site details.

Here are some stats from the last 5 weeks (compiled on 1.4.1998):

Archaeology on the Net web ring is listed as the 11th most active web ring among the top 100 education - arts and humanities web rings. Remember that Web Ring Organization has 875 active web rings in the Arts/Humanities category.

Top 10 Member sites receiving traffic from Archaeology on the Net Web Ring:

1.Point of Reference
2.Michael's Home Page
3.Archaeology and History
4.Archaeology and History - California State Parks
5.Surface Interval Diving Company
6.Resource Central - Archaeology
7.My archaeological stuff (excavations, papers, conferences, links)
8.Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
9.The Prehistoric Stelae-Statues of Lunigiana
10.The Good Life

Top 10 Most active member sites:
1.Anthropology Human Origins
2.Archaeology on the Net - Home Page
3.The Ancient Egypt Site
4.Jobs and People Finder
5.ARXEOS: Arqueologia Celta Hispana en Internet
6.The Internet Classics Archive
7.Resource Central - Archaeology
8.Ancient Mysteries
9.Bronze Age archaeology Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France)
10.Brigantia Iron Age Re-enactment

Latest Additions to the ring:
065 Dolmens in the Netherlands (Hans Meijer)
066 Support The Fort, Inc. (Dan Mangold)
067 ISAS - Links of Interest in Anthropology & Archaeology (Armando G. Amador)
068 Archaeology (at Gallifrey) (Michael Crisafulli)
069 Gallo-Roman Temple Tawern (Helge Rieder)
070 Ancient Rome: Map and Plans (Gary Brueggeman)
071 Rulers of the Roman and Byzantine Empires (N Wittering)
072 Archaeology and History - California State Parks (California Parks System)
073 The Rome Project (Neil J. Goldberg/The Dalton School)
074 ByzNet: Byzantine Studies on the Net (Peter Dykhuis)
075 Archaeology World (Peter Hiscock)
076 DIRT (Amber)

Most of your sites are already listed in Archaeology on the Net Resources Index. If your site is not added to the necessary category please add your site via the form provided. Indicate in the comments part of the form that you are a member of Archaeology on the Net - Web Ring. You can go to the form page from:
https://members.tripod.com/~archonnet/net.html

Thanks to those of you who have already listed Archaeology on the Net in your archaeology resources links or pages. If you want to add Archaeology on the Net to your links please use this format:

Page Title: Archaeology on the Net
URL: https://members.tripod.com/~archonnet/net.html
Description: Archaeology and related disciplines resources on the internet ranging from Anatolian archaeology to Australian archaeology, anthropology to underwater archaeology. More than 1200 annotated site links provided under 32 subcategories.

With all of my best wishes,

Tumay Asena
Archaeology on the Net, Ring Manager
archonnet@hotmail.com

Archaeology on the Net - Web Ring and related Pages:

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Members profile edit:
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