The August 1994 issue of Digging In provides an overview of ArchNet. ArchNet is an electronic forum for archaeologists.
Users have access to data, reports, graphics, images, and analytical programs.
The ArchNet system was developed by Thomas Plunkett and Jonathan Lizee from the Anthropology Department, at the University of Connecticut, as part of their research in the use of Internet resource development for archaeology. The Internet is literally a network of networks. Computers located at tens of thousands of institutions and commercial sites world-wide are linked together and can share information using a protocol known as the World Wide Web. It allows for the transfer of large quantities of data quickly, making the use of hypertext possible. Hypertext is a way of linking text, data, still images, and full motion video in a single presentation.