MORE LEADS
Informants & Sources
Use these links and leads to follow up on the topic of very old objects and artifacts.
Online
Antiquities, Ethics & the Law
Feature story on the PBS: Antiques Roadshow site.
Behind the Scenes: Standing Up to the Smugglers
Feature story on the PBS: Antiques Roadshow site.
Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
Univ. of Nebraska State Museum
Check out Highway Salvage Paleontology: Life in the Past Lane, and the remarkable Ashfall Fossil Beds.
Field Museum of Natural History
Take an online look at Sue, the famous T. Rex, but don't overlook the other fascinating online exhibits.
The Five Points Site
U.S. General Services Administration
See what archeologists found beneath this (in)famous 19th century New York neighborhood.
National Association of State Archeologists
Contact list of State Archeologists and offices, searchable by state.
Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits
One of the world's most famous fossil sites. Look in on their "fish bowl" fossil laboratory.
Object ID Services
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
See the FAQ item #4 for instructions on object identification through the Carnegie Museum.
Museum of Archeology & Anthropology
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Guidelines for using the University's free object identification service, limited to private individuals only.
Opportunities
Passport in Time
National Forest Service
The Passport in Time (PIT) program lets volunteers work with professional archeologists at NFS digs and sites.
State Archeology Weeks & Months
National Park Service
Find out the dates of public celebrations and activities in 45 states, and Canadian provinces. State-by-state contact information online.
Downloads
Soluble Salts and Deterioration of Archeological Materials
National Park Service, Conserve O Gram #06-05
Storage Concerns for Geological Collections
National Park Service, Conserve O Gram #11-02
In Print
Archeology for Young Explorers, Particia Samford and David L. Ribblett, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995
Digging Through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archeologist, Carmel Schrire, University Press of Virginia, 1995.
Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archeology, James P. Delgado, ed., British Museum Press, 1997.
Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science, Mark Jaffe, Three Rivers Press, 2001.
In Small Things Forgotten: An Archeology of Early American Life, James Deetz, Anchor Books, 1996.
Rubbish: The Archeology of Garbage, William L. Rathje and Cullen Murphy, Harper Collins, 1992.
Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science, Deborah Cadbury, Owl Books, 2002.
Uncommon Ground: Archeology and Early African America, 1650-1800, Leland Ferguson, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.
What This Awl Means: Feminist Archeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village, Janet D.Spector, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1993.
Labs
Applied Consumer Services, Inc.
Paint, paper, wood, textile analysis; concrete/stucco analysis; mineral analysis; paint and varnish analysis; material testing.
Hialeah Gardens, FL 800.371.5854
ArchNet Laboratory Links
A directory of laboratories for conservation and analysis of archeological materials, featuring links to 40+ archaeometry laboratories and research facilities.
Chemistry Dept., Vassar College
Organic archaeometry, amber, fossil resin, resin, tar, oil, fat, wax.
Poughkeepsie, NY 845.437.5730
Fluoride Dating Service Center
Dept. of Anthropology, Notre Dame
Relative dating of bone and other archeological materials using fluoride dating, often within 10- to 20-year time resolution.
Notre Dame, IN 219.631.7638
McCrone Research Institute
Authentication of art and archeological objects; instructional microscopy in conservation and authentication.
Chicago, IL 312.842.7100
Orion Analytical
Analysis and authentication of materials and techniques of art, artifacts, and architecture; properties affecting treatment, study of authenticity and date.
Williamstown, MA 413.458.0233
