Artifact types

Point types, tools, vessels, brooches and coins: diagnostic traits, dates, cultures, and what reproductions look like.

A

Achaemenid siglos— 520–330 BCE, Achaemenid
Acheulean handaxe— 1700000–200000 BCE, Acheulean
Adena— 800 BCE–100 CE, Adena
Afton— 2500–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Agate Basin— 8500–7000 BCE, Plano
Alba— 800–1200 CE, Caddo
Alberta— 9000–8300 BCE, Plano
Alexander tetradrachm— 336–65 BCE, Ancient Greece
Ancestral Puebloan black-on-white bowl— 700–1300 CE, Ancestral Puebloan
Andice— 4500–3500 BCE
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch— 450–600 CE, Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon disc brooch— 450–700 CE, Anglo-Saxon
Angostura— 8000–6500 BCE, Plano
Antoninianus— 215–295 CE, Roman
Ashtabula— 1500–500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Attic tetradrachm— 510–100 BCE, Ancient Greece
Aucissa fibula— 20 BCE–70 CE, Roman
Aurignacian split-based point— 40000–30000 BCE, Aurignacian
Avonlea— 300–1000 CE

B

Bakers Creek— 100 BCE–600 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Barbed-and-tanged arrowhead— 2500–1500 BCE, Bell Beaker
Bare Island— 2800–1500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Barnes— 10500–10000 BCE, Clovis
Beaver Lake— 10500–9500 BCE, Dalton
Bell— 4500–3500 BCE, Plains Archaic
Bell Beaker— 2800–1800 BCE, Bell Beaker
Benton— 4000–3000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Besant— 100 BCE–500 CE, Plains Archaic
Big Sandy— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Birdstone— 2000–500 BCE, Adena
Bitterroot— 5500–2500 BCE, Desert Archaic, Plains Archaic
Boatstone— 2000 BCE–500 CE
Bolen— 8500–7000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Bonham— 900–1300 CE, Caddo
Brewerton Corner-notched— 3000–1700 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Brewerton Side-notched— 3000–1700 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Bronze Osiris figure— 1070–30 BCE, Dynastic Egypt
Buck Creek— 2000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Bull Creek— 1000–1300 CE, Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan
Bulverde— 3500–2500 BCE
Butterfly bannerstone— 3000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)

C

Cache River— 8000–6500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern), Dalton
Caddo engraved bottle— 1000–1700 CE, Caddo
Cahokia— 900–1300 CE, Cahokia, Mississippian
Calf Creek— 3900–3000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern), Plains Archaic
Canopic jar— 2500–30 BCE, Dynastic Egypt
Cascade— 6000–2500 BCE, Western Stemmed Tradition
Castroville— 1000–200 BCE
Celt— 1000 BCE–1600 CE, Woodland (Eastern), Mississippian
Celtic stater— 250–30 BCE, La Tène
Chancay doll— 1000–1470 CE, Chancay
Chesser— 300–800 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Chimú blackware vessel— 1000–1470 CE, Chimú
Chinese cash coin— 220 BCE–1912 CE, Imperial China
Cienega— 800 BCE–150 CE, Desert Archaic
Clovis— 11050–10800 BCE, Clovis
Colima dog figure— 300 BCE–300 CE, Shaft Tomb Tradition
Copena— 100 BCE–500 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Corded Ware battle-axe— 2900–2350 BCE, Corded Ware
Corinthian aryballos— 720–550 BCE, Ancient Greece
Cossatot River— 6500–5500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Cottonwood Triangular— 1300–1850 CE, Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon
Cresap— 500–100 BCE, Adena
Crossbow fibula— 250–450 CE, Roman
Crowfield— 10000–9500 BCE, Clovis
Cumberland— 10500–9500 BCE
Cuneiform tablet— 3200 BCE–100 CE, Sumerian
Cylinder seal— 3500–300 BCE, Sumerian

D

Dalton— 8500–7900 BCE, Dalton
Darl— 200 BCE–600 CE, Plains Archaic
Debert— 10600–10000 BCE, Clovis
Decatur— 7500–6500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Desert Side-notched— 1200–1800 CE, Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan
Dickson— 500 BCE–200 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Discoidal— 900–1600 CE, Mississippian, Cahokia, Fort Ancient
Dolphin brooch— 50–150 CE, Roman
Dressel 20 amphora— 30–270 CE, Roman

E

Eastgate— 700–1300 CE, Desert Archaic
Eden— 8000–6500 BCE, Plano
Egyptian ushabti— 2000–30 BCE, Dynastic Egypt
Elbow pipe— 900–1700 CE, Mississippian, Fort Ancient
Elk River— 2500–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Elko Corner-notched— 1500 BCE–800 CE, Desert Archaic
Elko Eared— 1500 BCE–700 CE, Desert Archaic
Ellis— 1500 BCE–500 CE, Plains Archaic, Archaic (Eastern)
Ensor— 500 BCE–300 CE
Etley— 2000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Etruscan bucchero kantharos— 650–450 BCE, Etruscan
Eva— 6000–4000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)

F

Fairland— 300 BCE–600 CE, Plains Archaic
Firstview— 9500–8500 BCE, Plano
Flat axe— 2500–1600 BCE, Únětice, Bell Beaker
Follis— 294–350 CE, Roman
Folsom— 10800–10200 BCE, Folsom
Frederick— 7500–6800 BCE, Plano
Fresno— 1200–1700 CE, Plains Village
Frio— 200 BCE–600 CE, Plains Archaic
Full-grooved axe— 4000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)

G

Gainey— 11000–10500 BCE, Clovis
Gary— 2000 BCE–800 CE, Poverty Point, Caddo
Garza— 1450–1700 CE, Toyah
Gatecliff— 3000–1300 BCE, Desert Archaic
Genesee— 2500–1500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Gibson— 100 BCE–200 CE, Hopewell, Woodland (Eastern)
Godar— 4000–2000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Gold lunula— 2200–1800 BCE, Bell Beaker
Golondrina— 8500–7500 BCE, Plano
Goshen— 11000–10300 BCE, Plano
Gower— 7000–6000 BCE, Plains Archaic
Graham Cave— 8000–6500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Greek black-figure amphora— 620–480 BCE, Ancient Greece
Guilford— 4500–3500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Gunther— 500–1850 CE

H

Halifax— 3500–2500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Hallstatt boat fibula— 800–500 BCE, Hallstatt
Hallstatt sword— 800–600 BCE, Hallstatt
Hamilton— 500–1000 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Hammered silver penny— 760–1660 CE, Anglo-Saxon, Viking
Han bronze mirror— 206 BCE–220 CE, Imperial China
Han pottery tomb figure— 206 BCE–220 CE, Imperial China
Hardaway— 8000–7000 BCE, Dalton
Hardin Barbed— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Harrell— 1000–1500 CE, Plains Village
Hawken— 4500–4000 BCE, Plains Archaic
Hell Gap— 8500–7500 BCE, Plano
Hi-Lo— 9500–8500 BCE, Plano
Hidden Valley— 7000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Hohokam red-on-buff jar— 700–1150 CE, Hohokam
Holcombe— 10000–9500 BCE, Clovis, Plano
Hopewell— 100 BCE–400 CE, Hopewell
Huffaker— 1000–1500 CE, Plains Village
Humboldt— 5000–1000 BCE, Desert Archaic

I

Inca aryballos— 1400–1532 CE, Inca
Indus stamp seal— 2600–1900 BCE, Indus Valley
Ingot torc— 2100–1600 BCE, Únětice

J

Jack's Reef— 500–1000 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Jomon vessel— 10500–300 BCE, Jomon

K

Kanawha— 6500–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Kirk Corner Notched— 7500–6500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Kirk Serrated— 7000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Kirk Stemmed— 7000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Klunk— 600–900 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Kramer— 1000–500 BCE, Woodland (Eastern)

L

La Tène fibula— 450–50 BCE, La Tène
La Tène torc— 450–50 BCE, La Tène
Lake Mojave— 10000–7000 BCE, Western Stemmed Tradition
Lamoka— 3500–2500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Leaf-shaped arrowhead— 4000–2500 BCE, Funnelbeaker
Leaf-shaped sword— 1300–700 BCE, Urnfield
LeCroy— 6500–5800 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Ledbetter— 3000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Lekythos— 600–300 BCE, Ancient Greece
Levallois point— 300000–40000 BCE, Mousterian
Levanna— 700–1350 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Logan Creek— 7000–5500 BCE, Plains Archaic
Lost Lake— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Lowe— 100–500 CE, Hopewell

M

MacCorkle— 7000–6600 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Madison— 800–1600 CE, Mississippian, Fort Ancient, Cahokia
Magdalenian harpoon— 16000–12000 BCE, Magdalenian
Manker— 100 BCE–400 CE, Hopewell, Woodland (Eastern)
Marcos— 600 BCE–200 CE, Plains Archaic
Marshall— 2500–1500 BCE
Martindale— 6500–5000 BCE, Plains Archaic
Matanzas— 4000–2000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Maya eccentric flint— 250–900 CE, Maya
Maya polychrome cylinder vase— 600–900 CE, Maya
McKean— 2500–1000 BCE, Plains Archaic
Meadowood— 1200–500 BCE
Mesopotamian stamp seal— 6000–300 BCE, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian
Microlith— 10000–5000 BCE, Natufian
Midland— 10500–9800 BCE, Folsom
Milnesand— 9000–8000 BCE, Plano
Mimbres black-on-white bowl— 1000–1130 CE, Mimbres
Ming blue-and-white bowl— 1368–1644 CE, Imperial China
Mississippian shell-tempered jar— 900–1600 CE, Mississippian, Cahokia
Moche portrait vessel— 100–700 CE, Moche
Moche stirrup-spout bottle— 100–800 CE, Moche
Montell— 1500 BCE–200 CE, Plains Archaic
Morrow Mountain— 5500–4000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Mortarium— 50 BCE–400 CE, Roman
Motley— 1500–700 BCE, Poverty Point
Mummy Cave— 6300–4300 BCE, Plains Archaic

N

Naqada black-topped jar— 4000–3200 BCE, Naqada
Natufian lunate— 12500–9500 BCE, Natufian
Nawthis— 900–1300 CE, Fremont
Nazca polychrome bowl— 100 BCE–700 CE, Nazca
Nebo Hill— 3000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Newnan— 5000–3000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Nodena— 1400–1700 CE, Mississippian
Nolan— 4000–2500 BCE, Plains Archaic
Northern Side-notched— 5500–2500 BCE, Desert Archaic
Norton— 200 BCE–200 CE, Hopewell, Woodland (Eastern)

O

Obsidian prismatic blade— 1500 BCE–1521 CE, Teotihuacan, Maya, Aztec
Old Copper socketed point— 4000–1000 BCE, Old Copper
Olmec jade celt— 1200–400 BCE, Olmec
Orient Fishtail— 1200–700 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Osceola— 4000–2000 BCE, Old Copper, Archaic (Eastern)
Oxbow— 3200–1100 BCE, Plains Archaic

P

Palmer— 8000–7000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Palstave— 1600–1200 BCE
Pedernales— 2500–1000 BCE
Pelican Lake— 1500 BCE–200 CE, Plains Archaic
Penannular brooch— 300–1000 CE, Viking
Perdiz— 1200–1700 CE, Caddo
Perkiomen— 1800–1200 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Pickwick— 2500–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Pine Tree— 8000–7000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Pinto— 6000–2000 BCE, Desert Archaic
Plains Side-notched— 1200–1750 CE, Plains Village
Plainview— 8000–7000 BCE, Plano
Platform pipe— 100 BCE–400 CE, Hopewell
Plummet— 3000–1000 BCE, Poverty Point, Archaic (Eastern)
Polished stone axe— 5500–2500 BCE, Linearbandkeramik
Prairie Side-notched— 1000–1500 CE, Plains Village
Pueblo Side-notched— 1000–1500 CE, Ancestral Puebloan

Q

Quad— 10500–9500 BCE, Dalton

R

Raccoon Notched— 800–1300 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Raddatz— 6000–3000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Red-figure kylix— 530–320 BCE, Ancient Greece
Redstone— 11000–10500 BCE, Clovis
Reed— 900–1400 CE, Caddo, Plains Village
Rice Lobed— 7500–6500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Robbins— 500 BCE–100 CE, Adena
Roman denarius— 211 BCE–250 CE, Roman
Roman glass unguentarium— 50 BCE–300 CE, Roman
Roman oil lamp— 100 BCE–400 CE, Roman
Rose Springs— 300–1300 CE, Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan

S

Samian ware bowl— 30–250 CE, Roman
San Pedro— 1500–200 BCE, Desert Archaic
Sasanian drachm— 224–651 CE
Savannah River— 3000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Scallorn— 700–1200 CE, Caddo
Scandinavian flint dagger— 2350–1600 BCE, Bell Beaker
Scarab— 2000–30 BCE, Dynastic Egypt
Sceat— 680–760 CE, Anglo-Saxon
Scottsbluff— 8000–6500 BCE, Plano
Scythian trilobate arrowhead— 700–200 BCE, Scythian
Sedalia— 2500–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Sequoyah— 1000–1400 CE, Caddo
Sestertius— 27 BCE–270 CE, Roman
Shang ge dagger-axe— 1600–221 BCE, Imperial China
Silver Lake— 10000–7000 BCE, Western Stemmed Tradition
Simpson— 10500–9500 BCE, Clovis
Smith— 3000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Snyders— 200 BCE–300 CE, Hopewell
Sobaipuri— 1400–1800 CE
Socketed axe— 1200–700 BCE, Urnfield
Socketed spearhead— 1600–700 BCE, Urnfield
Solidus— 309–1092 CE, Roman, Byzantine
Solutrean laurel leaf— 22000–17000 BCE, Solutrean
Song celadon bowl— 960–1279 CE, Imperial China
St. Albans— 7000–6500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
St. Charles (Dovetail)— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Stanly— 6000–5000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Steuben— 200–600 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Strigil— 500 BCE–400 CE, Roman, Ancient Greece
Susquehanna Broad— 1700–700 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Suwannee— 10500–9500 BCE, Clovis

T

Tang bronze mirror— 618–907 CE, Imperial China
Tang sancai figure— 618–907 CE, Imperial China
Taylor— 8000–7000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Teotihuacan stone mask— 200–600 CE, Teotihuacan
Thebes— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Thor's hammer pendant— 850–1100 CE, Viking
Three-quarter-grooved axe— 3000 BCE–1400 CE, Archaic (Eastern), Hohokam, Mogollon
Thule harpoon head— 1000–1600 CE, Thule
Toyah— 1200–1600 CE, Toyah
Tranchet axe— 9000–4000 BCE, Ertebølle
Travis— 4000–2500 BCE, Plains Archaic
Trumpet brooch— 50–200 CE, Roman
Turkey-tail— 1500–500 BCE, Adena
Two-hole gorget— 1000 BCE–500 CE, Adena

U

Uvalde— 6500–5000 BCE, Plains Archaic

V

Viking axe head— 800–1100 CE, Viking
Viking oval brooch— 800–1000 CE, Viking
Villanovan biconical urn— 900–700 BCE, Villanovan

W

Wade— 1200–500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern), Woodland (Eastern)
Wadlow— 2000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Washita— 1000–1500 CE, Plains Village
Waubesa— 500 BCE–200 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Wedjat eye amulet— 1550–30 BCE, Dynastic Egypt
Windust— 10000–7500 BCE, Western Stemmed Tradition
Winged bannerstone— 4000–1500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Woodland cordmarked jar— 500 BCE–1000 CE, Woodland (Eastern)

Y

Yadkin— 300 BCE–800 CE, Woodland (Eastern)