Portable Antiquities (Topics)

Portable Antiquities further on these related pages:

Ancient Coins@ Ceramics Clay Pipes Epigraphy@ Glass

Greece Mummies@ Stone Tools US Civil War@ United Kingdom

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Portable Antiquities Sites:

Spoilheap Archaeology Spoilheap Archaeology: Illustrated introductions to pottery, burials and human bones from archaeologist Sue Anderson. Also bibliographies and reports on finds from specific sites. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.spoilheap.co.uk Portable Antiquities Scheme 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. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.finds.org.uk/ Archaeological Objects Thesaurus Archaeological Objects Thesaurus: General purpose thesaurus of archaeological object types. Provided by the MDA Archaeological Objects Thesaurus Working Party. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.mda.org.uk/archobj/archcon.htm The Bead Study Trust The Bead Study Trust: A registered charity which promotes research into beads world-wide, using archaeological, ethnographic and scientific techniques. Newsletter, publications. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.beadstudytrust.org.uk/ AHAPN Draft Historical Archaeology Materials Guidelines AHAPN Draft Historical Archaeology Materials Guidelines: Association of Historical Archaeologists of the Pacific Northwest (AHAPN) manual intended to be used as an initial draft guideline for processing historical archaeological materials recovered from CRM projects. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.mindspring.com/~larinc/ahapn/crm/laboratory/labmanual.htm Asian American Comparative Collection 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. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC Iris Iris: 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. (Portable Antiquities) http://stream.blg.uc.edu/iris/ Homo Faber or Homo Symbolicus 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) http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/0108/berggren-copper.html Laboratory Methods and Artifact Analysis Laboratory Methods and Artifact Analysis: Parks Canada Archaeology's laboratory methods are explained. (Portable Antiquities) http://collections.ic.gc.ca/archaeology/second/archaeology/science/methods/lab.html Artifact Typology 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. (Portable Antiquities) http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/archaeology/artifacts An Archaeological Guide to Historic Artifacts of the Upper Sangamon Basin 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. (Portable Antiquities) http://virtual.parkland.edu/lstelle1/len/archguide/documents/arcguide.htm Portable Antiquities Portable Antiquities: CBA guide to portable antiquities, metal detecting and archaeology. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.britarch.ac.uk/detecting/index.html Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts 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. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.artifacts.org Late Eighteenth Century Artefacts Late Eighteenth Century Artefacts: Descriptions and examples of British Colonial artifacts. Includes Chinese export porcelain, English Creamware and earthenware, coarse terracotta, kaolin pipes, glass, and metal. (Portable Antiquities) http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/6559/scc125.html