diff --git a/code/artifact.js b/code/artifact.js
index f816c3c0..2d8a31d3 100644
--- a/code/artifact.js
+++ b/code/artifact.js
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ window.artifact.processData = function(data) {
   artifact.clearData();
 
   $.each (data.artifacts, function(i,artData) {
-    if (artData.artifactId != 'jarvis') {
-      // jarvis artifacts - fragmentInfos and targetInfos
+    // if we have no descriptions for a type, we don't know about it
+    if (!artifact.getArtifactDescriptions(artData.artifactId)) {
+      // jarvis and amar artifacts - fragmentInfos and targetInfos
       // (future types? completely unknown at this time!)
       console.warn('Note: unknown artifactId '+artData.artifactId+' - guessing how to handle it');
     }
@@ -141,6 +142,15 @@ window.artifact.isArtifact = function(type) {
   return type in artifact.artifactTypes;
 }
 
+window.artifact.getArtifactDescriptions = function(type) {
+  var descriptions = {
+    'jarvis': { 'title': "Jarvis Shards", 'fragmentName': "shards" },
+    'amar': { 'title': "Amar Artifacts", 'fragmentName': "artifacts" }
+  };
+
+  return descriptions[type];
+}
+
 // used to render portals that would otherwise be below the visible level
 window.artifact.getArtifactEntities = function() {
   var entities = [];
@@ -244,7 +254,9 @@ window.artifact.showArtifactList = function() {
   }
 
   $.each(artifact.artifactTypes, function(type,type2) {
-    var name = typeNames[type] || ('New artifact type: '+type);
+    var description = artifact.getArtifactDescriptions(type);
+
+    var name = description ? description.title : ('unknown artifact type: '+type);
 
     html += '<hr><div><b>'+name+'</b></div>';
 
@@ -273,7 +285,8 @@ window.artifact.showArtifactList = function() {
           if (data[type].target) {
             row += '<br>';
           }
-          row += '<span class="fragments'+(data[type].target?' '+TEAM_TO_CSS[data[type].target]:'')+'">Shard: #'+data[type].fragments.join(', #')+'</span> ';
+          var fragmentName = description ? description.fragmentName : 'fragment';
+          row += '<span class="fragments'+(data[type].target?' '+TEAM_TO_CSS[data[type].target]:'')+'">'+fragmentName+': #'+data[type].fragments.join(', #')+'</span> ';
           sortVal = Math.min.apply(null, data[type].fragments); // use min shard number at portal as sort key
         }
 
diff --git a/code/portal_detail_display.js b/code/portal_detail_display.js
index 1258c992..f1841488 100644
--- a/code/portal_detail_display.js
+++ b/code/portal_detail_display.js
@@ -203,24 +203,24 @@ window.getPortalMiscDetails = function(guid,d) {
     // artifact details
 
     // 2014-02-06: stock site changed from supporting 'jarvis shards' to 'amar artifacts'(?) - so let's see what we can do to be generic...
-    var artifactTypes = {
-      'jarvis': { 'name': 'Jarvis', 'fragmentName': 'shard(s)' },
-      'amar': { 'name': 'Amar', 'fragmentName': 'artifact(s)' },
-    };
-
-    $.each(artifactTypes,function(type,details) {
+    $.each(artifact.getArtifactTypes(),function(index,type) {
       var artdata = artifact.getPortalData (guid, type);
       if (artdata) {
-        // the genFourColumnTable function below doesn't handle cases where one column is null and the other isn't - so default to *something* in both columns
-        var target = ['',''], shards = [details.fragmentName,'(none)'];
-        if (artdata.target) {
-          target = ['target', '<span class="'+TEAM_TO_CSS[artdata.target]+'">'+(artdata.target==TEAM_RES?'Resistance':'Enlightened')+'</span>'];
-        }
-        if (artdata.fragments) {
-          shards = [details.fragmentName, '#'+artdata.fragments.join(', #')];
-        }
+        var details = artifact.getArtifactDescriptions(type);
+        if (details) {
+          // the genFourColumnTable function below doesn't handle cases where one column is null and the other isn't - so default to *something* in both columns
+          var target = ['',''], shards = [details.fragmentName,'(none)'];
+          if (artdata.target) {
+            target = ['target', '<span class="'+TEAM_TO_CSS[artdata.target]+'">'+(artdata.target==TEAM_RES?'Resistance':'Enlightened')+'</span>'];
+          }
+          if (artdata.fragments) {
+            shards = [details.fragmentName, '#'+artdata.fragments.join(', #')];
+          }
 
-        randDetailsData.push (target, shards);
+          randDetailsData.push (target, shards);
+        } else {
+          console.warn('Unknown artifact type '+type+': no names, so cannot display');
+        }
       }
     });