Science: Archaeology: Topics: Portable Antiquities

University of Cincinnati Department of Classics presents this searchable database of slides of coins, pottery and sculpture of ancient cultures of Europe, Egypt and the Near East.

A registered charity which promotes research into beads world-wide, using archaeological, ethnographic and scientific techniques. Newsletter, publications.

Parks Canada Archaeology's laboratory methods are explained.

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.

Descriptions and examples of British Colonial artifacts. Includes Chinese export porcelain, English Creamware and earthenware, coarse terracotta, kaolin pipes, glass, and metal.

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.

General purpose thesaurus of archaeological object types. Provided by the MDA Archaeological Objects Thesaurus Working Party.

CBA guide to portable antiquities, metal detecting and archaeology.

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.

Illustrated introductions to pottery, burials and human bones from archaeologist Sue Anderson. Also bibliographies and reports on finds from specific sites.

A visual guide by Lenville J. Stelle for those interested in identifying and dating 19th and 20th century artifacts common to the American Midwest.

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.

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.