This page will be constantly updated with new resources.
Updated on June 12, 2024
State Organization
- New York State Archaeological Association
https://nysarchaeology.org/
Museum Links
- Lewis H. Morgan Collection - a virtual exhibition, New York State Museum
https://collections.nysm.nysed.gov/morgan/ - Contemporary Native American Art
https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/special/represent - Rochester Musuem and Science Center — Native Things
https://collections.rmsc.org/LibCat/Ogweoweka.html - New York State Museum Bulletin series:
https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/publications/bulletin/index.html
Cultural Links
- Internet Archives - search page texts
https://archive.org/details/texts_ - Internet Archives - Iroquois Indians
https://www.archive.org/search - Internet Archives - Seneca Indians
https://www.archive.org/search - The Online Book Page - all subjects
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ - The Online Books Page - Iroquoian Indians
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse - The Online Books Page - Seneca Indians
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse - Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online [includes Iroquois and other Native American individuals]
https://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html
Other Links
- Society for Historical Archaeology: “Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information”
https://www.sha.org/bottle/index.htm - Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology https://www.cneha.org
- Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents https://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations
- Rochester History publication series https://www.libraryweb.org/~rochhist/indexa.htm
- Association of Public Historians of New York State https://www.aphnys.org/
- Western New York Association of Historical Agencies WNYAHA Facebook page
- The Archaeology Channel www.archaeologychannel.org/
- Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology - Annual Reports with Table of Contents
www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/BAE/Bulletin200/200annl.htm - Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology
library.si.edu/digital-library/book/annual-report-bureau-american-ethnology-secretary-smithsonian-institution - Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports and Bulletins - index to authors and titles
www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/BAE/Bulletin200/a200indx.htm - Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Publications [and other books about Buffalo and Western New York] www.buffaloresearch.com/fulltext.html
- Library and Archives of Canada Collections www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html
- Portrait Gallery of Canada www.portraitcanada.ca
- Codex Canadiensis - Father Louis Nicholas www.aci-iac.ca/the-essay/art-mission-by-francois-marc-gagnon
Tools of Identification
- New York State Projectile Point Guide www.projectilepoints.net/Search/NewYork_Search.html
- Identitying Bristish Pottery collections.rmsc.org/BritishPottery/Wares.html
- Transferware Collectors Club https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org
- The Florida Museum of Natural History’s on-line type collections of historic period archaeological ceramics (1492-1850) is a fully searchable digital resource.The digital collection includes thousands of images of individual sherds, representing hundreds of different ceramic types.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/histarch/gallery_types/ - Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland. This is hosted by the Maryland Archaeological Conservation lab. The materials are not from sites in New York, but it is still a valuable resource, especially for historic period artifacts. https://apps.jefpat.maryland.gov/diagnostic/
Useful Print Resources
- Ritchie, Projectile Point Typology of New York State
- Ritchie, The Archaeology of New York State
- Parker, Archaeological History of New York
- Little, Historical Archaeology: Why the Past Matters (or similar text)