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General Resources

Anthromorphemics: Anthropology Glossary 

A glossary of terms in physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology from the University of California Santa Barbara.

Anthropology Resources on the Internet
The most comprehensive index to web resources of interest to anthropologists.

Public Anthropology
A scholarly website devoted to the application of anthropology as a means to foster social change. "Public Anthropology seeks to bring social transformation through engagement with public problems in public ways. It emphasizes the anthropologist's role as an engaged intellectual, as someone who actively addresses central issues of our time." The site provides information about books and journals, as well as an archive of anthropology journals.

WWW Virtual Library--Anthropology
A directory of websites related to anthropology arranged by subject, including applied, cultural, biological and linguistic anthropology, archaeology, conferences, and links to other educational and and research sites.

Archaeology

Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations Includes history and archeaology of Aztec, Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec cultures. This site was on Choice Magazine's Outstanding Titles list for 1999.

Archaeology Magazine
A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America. Provides feature articles, news, interviews and reviews, as well as an "Interactive Digs" section.

ArchNet: WWW Virtual Library--Archaeology
Provides access to a wide range of archaeological resources available on the Internet. Information is categorized by geographic region and subject. Also available in Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. From the Archaeological Research Institute at Arizona State University.

National Archaeological Database
An electronic communications network for the archeological and historic preservation community provided by the National Park Service.

Texas A&M Conservation Handbook
A laboratory manual created for a conservation class at Texas A&M. "The emphasis of the course is on the conservation of material from underwater sites, especially marine sites, but the conservation of material from terrestrial sites is also discussed." --from the Introduction

Biological Anthropology

Hominids
An index of information about hominids intended to help students studying paleoanthropology.

PrimateLit: A Bibliography Database for Primatology
"Provides access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.) and many subject areas (behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography)." --from "About the Project"

Cultural Anthropology

American Religion Data Archive
"The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) is a project funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion, to improve access to this data, to increase the use of the data, and to allow comparisons across data files. The ARDA collection includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations)." --from "ARDA FAQ"

Center for World Indigenous Studies
"A research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations."--"Who We Are"

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
A catalog of the world's languages including information on alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic information.

Native American Sites
Provides access to websites of Native American Nations and organizations, as well as media, festivals, artists, and businesses. Also covers issues of interest to Native American studies, such as languages and the mascot issue. 

Resources in Ethnographic Studies
A collection of online resources in anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore and folklife from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

Social Sciences in Latin America
A guide to online resources about Latin America, from the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) at the University of Texas, Austin.

Professional Associations

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

American Anthropological Association

American Association of Physical Anthropologists

American Board of Forensic Anthropologists

Archaeological Institute of America

The Association for Environmental Archaeology

Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.

Society for American Archaeology 

Society for Historical Archaeology

The World Archaeological Congress

Careers, Internships, Fieldwork

Shovel Bums: Jobs in Archaeology
A resource for U.S. and international job information in archaeology and conservation resource management.

Fieldwork Opportunities
A guide to fieldwork opportunities around the world from the Archaeological Institute of America.

Archaeology Fieldwork Server
A source for employment listings, fieldwork opportunities, and volunteer work..

The websites above are suggestions to aid in your research. They are not intended to be a specific endorsement of content, other than that the Randall Library believes it to be a useful research resource. They are not a comprehensive list of resources for this topic and should not be the reseracher's only resource. The Randall Library is not responsible for the validity or relevance of content on the websites above, nor does it purposefully mean to mislead the researcher towards a specific topic, philosophy, or concept.

Last Update: March 14, 2007