Web Directory

» An Archaeological Guide to Historic Artifacts of the Upper Sangamon Basin
   A visual guide by Lenville J. Stelle for those interested in identifying and dating 19th and 20th century artifacts common to the American Midwest.
   http://virtual.parkland.edu/lstelle1/len/archguide/documents/arcguide.htm

» Artifact Typology
   E-Museum's collection includes descriptions of a variety of North American projectile point types and pottery, South American pottery, and select Asian, African, and European artifacts.
   http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/artifacts/

» Asian American Comparative Collection
   Established in 1982 at the University of Idaho. A type collection and database for 19th and 20th century Asian objects likely to be encountered in North America.
   http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC/

» Homo Faber or Homo Symbolicus
   Transoxiana 8. The question asked is why beginning in the sixth millennium we find such a fascination with copper jewelry and small axes considering that copper tools are less efficient than those made of stone.
   http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/0108/berggren-copper.html

» Portable Antiquities
   CBA guide to portable antiquities, metal detecting and archaeology.
   http://www.britarch.ac.uk/detecting/index.html

» Portable Antiquities Scheme
   A government-backed scheme for the recording of finds in England and Wales. Includes a database containing information on c.9,000 archaeological finds with c.600 images.
   http://www.finds.org.uk/

» Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts
   Exhibition and interpretation of ca. 1650-1821 Spanish colonial military artifacts from the former Spanish Floridas and Louisiana. Emphasis is on such uniform-related materials as buttons, buckles, and insignia.
   http://www.artifacts.org

» Spoilheap Archaeology
   Illustrated introductions to pottery, burials and human bones from archaeologist Sue Anderson. Also bibliographies and reports on finds from specific sites.
   http://www.spoilheap.co.uk

» The Bead Study Trust
   A registered charity which promotes research into beads world-wide, using archaeological, ethnographic and scientific techniques. Newsletter, publications.
   http://www.beadstudytrust.org.uk/