Understanding Archaeological Terms

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WESTERN ARTIFACTS WEBSITE INFORMATION
[link provided by member Greywolf22]

The Western Artifacts website has great information and pictures explaining the terminology of (Native American) artifacts here:

http://www.westernartifacts.com/museum.htm#Terminology1

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DICTIONARY OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Ian Shaw & Robert Jameson

You can download a copy of the Dictionary of Archaeology, edited by Ian Shaw & Robert Jameson from Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1999 here:

http://www.cultorweb.com/eBooks/Arch...rchaeology.pdf

The scope of the content is worldwide

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GLOSSARY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY
University of Manitoba, Canada

You can download a copy of the Glossary of Archaeological Terminology from the University of Manitoba here:

http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/d...a/Glossary.pdf

The emphasis is on terminology relating to North American artifacts.

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DICTIONARY OF ARTIFACTS
Barbara Ann Kipfer

You can download a copy of Barbara Ann Kipfer’s excellent Dictionary of Artifacts here:

http://technologyconceptsandconsulti...kwell-2007.pdf

It covers pretty much everything but is particularly good for explanations of lithic terms.

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ARCHAEOLOGY WORDSMITH

There's a great online dictionary and search engine for archaeological terms (worldwide) here:

www.archaeologywordsmith.com/

BUT your spelling needs to be good!