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.
http://stream.blg.uc.edu/iris/

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/

Laboratory Methods and Artifact Analysis

Parks Canada Archaeology's laboratory methods are explained.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/archaeology/second/archaeology/science/methods/lab.html

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://emuseum.mnsu.edu/archaeology/artifacts

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.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/6559/scc125.html

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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