Portable Antiquities

• Arts: Visual Arts: Sculpture: History  (145)
• Kids and Teens: School Time: Social Studies: Archaeology: Mummies  (35)
• Recreation: Antiques  (986)
• Reference: Museums: Museum Resources: Conservation and Preservation  (129)
• Reference: Museums: Science: Archaeology  (100)
• Society: Crime: Theft: Art and Antiquities  (54)

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Portable Antiquities - CBA guide to portable antiquities, metal detecting and archaeology.

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.

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.

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