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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/
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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.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC
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Archaeological Objects Thesaurus
General purpose thesaurus of archaeological object types. Provided by the MDA Archaeological Objects Thesaurus Working Party.
http://www.mda.org.uk/archobj/archcon.htm
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Portable Antiquities
CBA guide to portable antiquities, metal detecting and archaeology.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/detecting/index.html
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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