Sunday, December 21, 2014

Archaeological and Palaeoecological Reference Collections Online

 [First posted in AWOL 22 April 2012, updated 21 December 2014]

Among the many useful pages at WikiArc/ The Wiki Archaeological Information Resource is:

Archaeological and Palaeoecological Reference Collections Online

As of today (21 December 2014), the list there includes the following categories and links:
ARCHAEOMETALLURGICAL
The National Slag Collection - UK, from the Historical Metallurgy Society
CERAMIC
A Guide to the Identification of Spanish Medieval and Later Fabrics
CerAfIm: Céramique Africaine Imprimée 
The National Roman Fabric Collection: a handbook - UK, from the Museum of London
Worcestershire On-Line Ceramic Database - UK
FUNERARY
TOMBA - Tombs of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Europe
GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL
Soil Analysis Support System for Archaeology
PALAEOECOLOGICAL - PLANTS
Charcoal Analysis Web
Colonial Williamsburg Phytolith Database
Digitale Zadenatlas van Nederland (Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands)
Inside Wood
Laboratory Guide To Archaeological Plant Remains From Eastern North America - by Gayle Fritz
MU Phytolith Database
PalaeoBot.org - Macrofossils, Pollen, Phytoliths, Starch and Isotopes
Phytolith Core Database
Seeds of Wild Plants of Korea
Seed Herbarium Image Project - Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University
Seed ID Workshop - from Ohio State University
UCL Phytolith Teaching and Research Images
USDA Family Guide for Fruits and Seeds
Willcox Atlas of Archaeobotanical Seeds
Wood Anatomy
PALAEOECOLOGICAL - INVERTEBRATES
Hawaiian Marine Shell Reference Collection
Marine Bivalve Shells of the British Isles
National History Museum of Rotterdam Mollusks
Neogene Bryozoa of Britain 
PALAEOECOLOGICAL - VERTEBRATES
Anàlisi de FORmes d'Otòlits (AFORO) - Shape analysis of fish otoliths
Archaeological Fish Resource
Aves 3D - a three dimensional database of avian skeletal morphology
Avian Osteology - from the Royal BC Museum
MCPA2 - Mammalian Crania Photographic Archive
Skullsite - avian skulls
Virtual Zooarchaeology of the Arctic Project
PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL
Digitised Diseases
VARIOUS
Linnean Society Collections Online - various biological collections
Neotoma Palaeoecology Database
Poggio Civitate Etruscan Excavation Finds Catalogue
Portable Antiquity Scheme Database

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