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The Lithics Site
Extensive listing of links to information and resources of interest to lithic analysts and other archaeologists, maintained by Hugh W. Jarvis, University at Buffalo.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Lithics
Artifact Images
Images of a variety of stone tools generally organized by time period.
http://www.dreamwater.com/paleopete/
The Dirt Brothers
Collections of thousands of pictures of arrowheads and other lithics, mainly from Texas.
http://www.dirtbrothers.org/
Lithic Technology
A peer-reviewed journal concerned with dissemination knowledge about archaeological stone tools.
http://www.cas.utulsa.edu/anthropology/lithictechnology/index.html
Neil's Texas Indian Artifacts
Arrowheads and stone age tools. Archaic flint knives, axes, and spear points.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/stone3/index.html
Donald's Indian Artifacts
A collection of stone tools found in North Carolina over a 50 year period.
http://polar.icestorm.com/arrowheads/
Oklahoma Stone Tools and Arrowheads
Photographs of arrowheads and other artifacts from Northeastern Oklahoma.
http://www.angelfire.com/ok4/artifacts/index.html
Mike's Artifact Collection
Photographs of a personal collection of Native American artifacts.
http://hometown.aol.com/mlcamp2031/index.html
Stone Age Reference Collection
A reference program containing information about the typology, technology and raw materials and of the Stone Age.
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/sarc.html
Artifacts From The Southeast
Skip Hutchison's collection of stone tools from Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Includes brief descriptions of the artifacts.
http://www.geocities.com/southeastartifacts/mypage.html
Method and Theory in Lithic Technology
Information on a graduate seminar taught by M. Steven Shackley at the University of California, Berkeley. Features a metric scheme for Southwest Archaic projectile points, a bibliography for stone tools and links to related resources.
http://obsidian.pahma.berkeley.edu/lithics/anth228.htm
FlintSource
Searchable database of samples of flint and other siliceous raw materials collected by Rengert Elburg and Paul van der Kroft in Central Europe. Search by location or type.
http://www.flintsource.net/
TECHAN: Technological Analysis
A description of a methodology that characterizes the stone artifact assemblage by defining individual specimens relative to the idealized reductive sequence.
http://imnh.isu.edu/stonetool/refrences/mantech.html
Lithics Glossary
Definitions of terms commonly used in the study of lithic technology.
http://members.aol.com/artgumbus/glossary.html
Stone Tool Typology
Introduction to the classification of stone tools by form.
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/type.html
What is Lithic Analysis?
Introduction to the analysis of stone artifacts. Features definitions of lithic artifact classes manufactured by chipping, grinding, or battering.
http://www.sjc.cc.nm.us/arch/anlaysis.html
Northern Fluted Points
Inventory, database, and bibliography of points from Alaska and Canada. Compiled by Georges A. Pearson.
http://people.ku.edu/~ftgap
Projectile Point Types: Neverending Draft Bibliography
Compiled by Michael Pfeiffer.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/pointbib.html
Michael's Lithic Studies
Group of research reports and links related to microwear analysis, flintknapping, raw material sourcing.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/5685/
Bieling & Psota, Archaeological Consultants
A cultural resource management company based in Sonoma, California that specializes in the analysis of stone tools and obsidian hydration. Includes site and lithic technology reports.
http://users.ap.net/~bpacs/
Gunner Jim's Arrowheads
Pictures of a personal collection of arrowheads, spear points, and stone tools, found while surface artifact hunting in Middle and West Tennessee.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jjerrolds/
Dirtdiggers.net
Pictures of a personal collection of arrowheads from Missouri, arranged by time period.
http://www.dirtdiggers.net
Embeddedness of Lithic Technology
An article by Leland C. Bement that describes using stone tools to reconstruct Folsom mobility and subsistence practices on the Southern Plains.
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/B/Leland.C.Bement-1/Lithic%20Technology.html
Southern Ontario Projectile Points
An illustrated typology with artifact descriptions presented by the London Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society.
http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/assoc/oas/points/sopoints.html
Trans-Cascade Obsidian Procurement
A report by Craig E. Skinner and Carol J. Winkler that describes the geochemical evidence of quarrying and transport in Western Oregon.
http://www.peak.org/~skinncr/tcascade.html
Analysis of Flaked Stone Artifacts from Northern Chihuahua, Mexico
An analysis of artifacts recovered during excavations at the late prehistoric site of Galeana, a Chihuahua, Mexico multistory adobe pueblo.
http://www.unm.edu/~paquime/galeana/lithicanalysis/gallith.html
North American Paleoindian Projectile Point Database
David G. Anderson and Michael K. Faught illustrate the spatial distribution of over 11,000 points found in the continental United States.
http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/research/paleo/paleoind.html
Texas Arrowheads and Indian Artifacts
Photo gallery of arrowhead and artifact types found in Texas with information provided on lithic technology.
http://texasarrowheads.com
Stone Implements
Article by R.V.S. Wright of the University of Sydney provides an overview of morphological features of flaked stone tools. Features definitions, photographs and illustrations.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/tools/wright.html
Stone Tool Analysis Course
University of Idaho course materials including hands on exercises and suggested readings.
http://imnh.isu.edu/stonetool
Biploar Reduction: Variability or Chaos
Ongoing experimental archaeology project, by Christopher Hardaker, on the causes of lithic variability and their possible misidentification.
http://flashpages.prodigy.net/hardaker/
Digital Crabtree
Paper presenting a computer simulation of Folsom fluting. By Tony Baker.
http://www.ele.net/algor/crabtree/crabintr.htm
Lithic Casting Lab.Com
Sells casts and pictures of projectile points.
http://lithiccastinglab.com
Projectile Points and Methods of Dating
Introduction to the methods of dating projectile points using artifacts from Texas as examples.
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects97/mciverp/ppdates.html
Indie's Page O' Points
Collection of points from Texas.
http://indiespageopoints.freeservers.com/
ArchNet - Lithics
Categorized directory of annotated links.
http://archnet.asu.edu/archnet/topical/lithic/lithic.html
Finding Arrowheads
A basic guide to arrowhead hunting.
http://www.nativewayonline.com/headpr~1.htm
Arroweb1
Photographs of a personal collection of stone tools from Arizona and Texas.
http://members.tripod.com/arroweb1/
Texas Points: Typology
Field guide with photographs and descriptions of many of the lithic types found in Texas.
http://www.texaspoints.com/field_notes.htm
Archaeological Guide to Chert Types of East-Central Illinois
Identification guide to the types of chert exploited by the prehistoric people of east-central Illinois. By Lenville J. Stelle and Thomas Duggan.
http://virtual.parkland.edu//lstelle1/len/biface_guide/chert/documents/chert_types.html
Stone Artifacts of the North Carolina Piedmont
An amateur archaeologist's look at lithic artifacts found in the North Carolina Piedmont.
http://home.sprintmail.com/~dingodog/artifact.html
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