Artifact types

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

A

Acheulean handaxe— 1700000–200000 BCE, Acheulean
Adena— 800 BCE–100 CE, Adena
Agate Basin— 8500–7000 BCE, Plano
Ancestral Puebloan black-on-white bowl— 700–1300 CE, Ancestral Puebloan
Andice— 4500–3500 BCE
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch— 450–600 CE, Anglo-Saxon
Attic tetradrachm— 510–100 BCE, Ancient Greece
Aurignacian split-based point— 40000–30000 BCE, Aurignacian
Avonlea— 300–1000 CE

B

Barbed-and-tanged arrowhead— 2500–1500 BCE, Bell Beaker
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
Boatstone— 2000 BCE–500 CE
Bulverde— 3500–2500 BCE
Butterfly bannerstone— 3000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)

C

Caddo engraved bottle— 1000–1700 CE, Caddo
Cahokia— 900–1300 CE, Cahokia, Mississippian
Canopic jar— 2500–30 BCE, Dynastic Egypt
Castroville— 1000–200 BCE
Celt— 1000 BCE–1600 CE, Woodland (Eastern), Mississippian
Chinese cash coin— 220 BCE–1912 CE, Imperial China
Clovis— 11050–10800 BCE, Clovis
Corded Ware battle-axe— 2900–2350 BCE, Corded Ware
Cottonwood Triangular— 1300–1850 CE, Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon
Crossbow fibula— 250–450 CE, Roman
Cumberland— 10500–9500 BCE
Cuneiform tablet— 3200 BCE–100 CE, Sumerian
Cylinder seal— 3500–300 BCE, Sumerian

D

Dalton— 8500–7900 BCE, Dalton
Desert Side-notched— 1200–1800 CE, Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan
Discoidal— 900–1600 CE, Mississippian, Cahokia, Fort Ancient
Dressel 20 amphora— 30–270 CE, Roman

E

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

F

Flat axe— 2500–1600 BCE, Únětice, Bell Beaker
Follis— 294–350 CE, Roman
Folsom— 10800–10200 BCE, Folsom
Fresno— 1200–1700 CE, Plains Village
Full-grooved axe— 4000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)

G

Gary— 2000 BCE–800 CE, Poverty Point, Caddo
Greek black-figure amphora— 620–480 BCE, Ancient Greece

H

Hallstatt boat fibula— 800–500 BCE, Hallstatt
Hammered silver penny— 760–1660 CE, Anglo-Saxon, Viking
Han bronze mirror— 206 BCE–220 CE, Imperial China
Hardaway— 8000–7000 BCE, Dalton
Hardin Barbed— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Hell Gap— 8500–7500 BCE, Plano
Hohokam red-on-buff jar— 700–1150 CE, Hohokam
Hopewell— 100 BCE–400 CE, Hopewell

I

Inca aryballos— 1400–1532 CE, Inca
Ingot torc— 2100–1600 BCE, Únětice

J

Jack's Reef— 500–1000 CE, Woodland (Eastern)

K

Kirk Corner Notched— 7500–6500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)

L

La Tène fibula— 450–50 BCE, La Tène
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)
Lost Lake— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Lowe— 100–500 CE, Hopewell

M

Madison— 800–1600 CE, Mississippian, Fort Ancient, Cahokia
Magdalenian harpoon— 16000–12000 BCE, Magdalenian
Marshall— 2500–1500 BCE
Matanzas— 4000–2000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Maya polychrome cylinder vase— 600–900 CE, Maya
McKean— 2500–1000 BCE, Plains Archaic
Meadowood— 1200–500 BCE
Microlith— 10000–5000 BCE, Natufian
Mimbres black-on-white bowl— 1000–1130 CE, Mimbres
Mississippian shell-tempered jar— 900–1600 CE, Mississippian, Cahokia
Moche stirrup-spout bottle— 100–800 CE, Moche
Morrow Mountain— 5500–4000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)

N

Naqada black-topped jar— 4000–3200 BCE, Naqada
Natufian lunate— 12500–9500 BCE, Natufian
Nazca polychrome bowl— 100 BCE–700 CE, Nazca
Nodena— 1400–1700 CE, Mississippian

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

P

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
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

R

Red-figure kylix— 530–320 BCE, Ancient Greece
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
Sasanian drachm— 224–651 CE
Savannah River— 3000–1000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Scallorn— 700–1200 CE, Caddo
Scarab— 2000–30 BCE, Dynastic Egypt
Scottsbluff— 8000–6500 BCE, Plano
Scythian trilobate arrowhead— 700–200 BCE, Scythian
Sestertius— 27 BCE–270 CE, Roman
Snyders— 200 BCE–300 CE, Hopewell
Socketed axe— 1200–700 BCE, Urnfield
Solutrean laurel leaf— 22000–17000 BCE, Solutrean
Song celadon bowl— 960–1279 CE, Imperial China
St. Charles (Dovetail)— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Steuben— 200–600 CE, Woodland (Eastern)
Strigil— 500 BCE–400 CE, Roman, Ancient Greece

T

Tang sancai figure— 618–907 CE, Imperial China
Thebes— 8000–6000 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Three-quarter-grooved axe— 3000 BCE–1400 CE, Archaic (Eastern), Hohokam, Mogollon
Thule harpoon head— 1000–1600 CE, Thule
Trumpet brooch— 50–200 CE, Roman
Turkey-tail— 1500–500 BCE, Adena
Two-hole gorget— 1000 BCE–500 CE, Adena

V

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

W

Winged bannerstone— 4000–1500 BCE, Archaic (Eastern)
Woodland cordmarked jar— 500 BCE–1000 CE, Woodland (Eastern)