Important Starting Points for Resources on the Net For Archaeologists and Anthropologists

Starting points for anthropological resources

Starting points for physical/bio-anthropology

Starting points for archaeological resources


Starting points for anthropological resources

These is a useful index created by Mullins Library at cavern.uark.edu/libinfo/subject/anthro/general.html

The WWW Virtual Library for Anthropology is hosted by the University of Southern California and can be reached at www.usc.edu/dept/v-lib/anthropology.html

The University of Berkeley's Department of Anthropology has a "way cool" page that also includes many links to other pages it can be reached at www.sscf.ucsb.edu/anth/netinfo.html

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Starting points for physical anthropology//bioanthropology/bioarchaeology resources

A WWW Virtural Library for Biosciences includes a main focus on evolution at golgi.harard.edu/biopages.

Demography and population studies are inventoried at coombs.anu.edu.au/ResFacilites/DemographyPage.html

The Journal of Human Evolution has a web page at http://www.hbuk.co.uk/ap/journals/hu.htm.

The Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology's web home is at citd.scar.utoronto.ca/CAPA/capa.html

For those with an interest in forensics a useful list of resources is www.caverns.com/~catiline/foren-l.htm

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Starting points for archaeological resources

The most important starting point for most archaeological searches is ArchNet at the University of Connecticut. It has a tremendous amount of material linking to other sites. Go to Archnet

In particular be sure to check out the Electronic Journals section, particularly the

Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology (go to www.sscf.ucsb.edu/SAABulletin/)

it has the full contents of the Bulletin's current and back issues. A number of English on-line journals are available. In fact it would seem that the British are moving more rapidly in this are than are US archaeologists. Two are particularly valuable,

assemblage ( go to www.shelf.ac.uk/uni/union/susoc/assem/)

is by and for graduate students in archaeology,

Internet Archaeology (go to interarch.york.ac.uk)

is a bit more formal but very readable. Unfortunately accessing web pages from overseas can be slow so be prepared for the wait. It's worth it in many cases.

The great majority of existing journals do not publish their contents on the web. Journals like

American Antiquity (go to www.saa.org/Publications/AmAntiq/amantiq.html)

Journal of Field Archaeology (go to jfa-www.bu.edu) and

Antiquity (go to intarch.york.ac.uk/antiquity)

have table of contents, abstracts or similar summary materials. While not as useful as the entire article these can still be excellent sources to identify interesting sources.

The Journal of Roman Archaeology (go to www-personal.umich.edu/~pfoss/jra/JRA_Home.html)

publishes its contents but also publishes the full text of some, not all, of articles from back issues. Particularly relevant to our Middle Eastern Studies program is the journal

Levant (go to www.art.man.uk/arthist/LEVANT.HTM).

To see more, go directly to the Journals listing at ArchNet click here

Site tours and reports

Another interesting set of sites are those that provide tours or reports on archaeolgoical sites throughout the world. Many of these are focused on the general public but others have research value. Check them out at the Site Files and Tours section of ArchNet (click here for site tours and files)

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