Study

Materials

Cherts, flints, obsidians, ground stone, ceramics and metals — where they outcrop, how to tell them, what is passed off as them.

A

• Alibates agatized dolomite— North America — Great Plains, North America — Southwest

B

• Banded slate— North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Basalt— North America — Southwest, North America — Great Basin & Plateau, Mesoamerica, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Bone and antler— North America — Arctic & Subarctic, North America — Great Plains, Europe — Western & Central, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Bronze— Europe — Western & Central, Europe — Mediterranean, Europe — Northern & British Isles, Near East & Mesopotamia, Egypt & Nile Valley, Central Asia & Steppe, East Asia, South America — Andes
• Burlington chert— North America — Eastern Woodlands

C

• Catlinite— North America — Great Plains, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Chert— North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Southeast, North America — Great Plains, North America — Southwest

D

• Dover chert— North America — Southeast

E

• Edwards chert— North America — Great Plains
• Electrum— Europe — Mediterranean, Near East & Mesopotamia

F

• Faience— Egypt & Nile Valley, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Flint— Europe — Western & Central, Europe — Northern & British Isles, Near East & Mesopotamia, Egypt & Nile Valley
• Flint Ridge flint— North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Fort Payne chert— North America — Southeast

G

• Glass— Europe — Mediterranean, Europe — Western & Central, Near East & Mesopotamia, Egypt & Nile Valley
• Gold— Europe — Mediterranean, Europe — Western & Central, Egypt & Nile Valley, Central Asia & Steppe, South America — Andes
• Greenstone— North America — Southeast, North America — Eastern Woodlands, Mesoamerica, Europe — Western & Central
• Grog-tempered earthenware— North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Southeast, North America — Great Plains

H

• Hematite— North America — Southeast, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Hixton silicified sandstone— North America — Eastern Woodlands

I

• Iron— Europe — Western & Central, Europe — Northern & British Isles, Europe — Mediterranean, Central Asia & Steppe

J

• Jade— Mesoamerica, East Asia
• Jasper— North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Southeast

K

• Knife River flint— North America — Great Plains

L

• Lead— Europe — Mediterranean, Europe — Western & Central, Europe — Northern & British Isles

M

• Marine shell— North America — Southeast, North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Southwest, Mesoamerica, South America — Andes

N

• Native copper— North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Arctic & Subarctic, Europe — Western & Central
• Novaculite— North America — Southeast

O

• Obsidian— North America — Great Basin & Plateau, North America — Southwest, Mesoamerica, Europe — Mediterranean
• Obsidian (Glass Buttes)— North America — Great Basin & Plateau, North America — Pacific Coast
• Obsidian (Obsidian Cliff)— North America — Great Plains, North America — Eastern Woodlands

P

• Pewter— Europe — Northern & British Isles, Europe — Western & Central
• Porcelain— East Asia

Q

• Quartzite— North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Southeast, North America — Great Plains, Europe — Western & Central

R

• Rhyolite— North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Southeast

S

• Shell-tempered earthenware— North America — Southeast, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Silver— Europe — Mediterranean, Europe — Western & Central, Europe — Northern & British Isles, Near East & Mesopotamia, South America — Andes
• Slate— North America — Arctic & Subarctic, North America — Pacific Coast, Egypt & Nile Valley
• Steatite— North America — Eastern Woodlands, North America — Southeast, Egypt & Nile Valley, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Stoneware— East Asia, Europe — Western & Central

T

• Terracotta— Mesoamerica, South America — Andes, Europe — Mediterranean, Egypt & Nile Valley, Near East & Mesopotamia, East Asia
• Turquoise— North America — Southwest, Mesoamerica

U

• Upper Mercer chert— North America — Eastern Woodlands