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Anthropology
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Anthropological Association 
 Site of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), a professional society of anthropologists in the United States. Contains information on AAA programs, job listings, resources for anthropology students, links to related resources, and more. http://www.aaanet.org/ Topics: Archaeology, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Jul 16, 2006 American Folklife Center
The center's purpose is "to encompass all aspects of folklore and folklife from this country and around the world." Includes images, sounds (recordings and music), and written accounts. Also provides information about the center's programs, events, and internship opportunities, as well as links to ethnographic resources. Searchable. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ Topics: Archaeology, Education, Musical Genres, Religion, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Aug 29, 2004 Anthropological Index Online
Index to periodicals held at the Anthropology Library of the British Museum, London, formerly the Royal Anthropological Institute Library, from 1957 onwards. Includes thousands of indexed periodical titles, with a variable-language interface. Citations include author, title, date, and journal; full text or summaries of articles are not available at this website. http://aio.anthropology.org.uk/aio/ Topics: Archaeology, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Jul 13, 2009 Anthropology at Berkeley: A Century of Pathbreaking Scholarship, 1901-2001
An exhibit of images of over 100 scholarly publications in which UC Berkeley Anthropology Department faculty "have contributed meaningful, often counter-intuitive, insights to our understanding of contemporary issues of local and global scope." Browsable by author, and topics including California, social inequality, ecology, ethnography and social change, expressive culture, evolution, globalization, and science. Contains selected photographs of faculty. From the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ANTH/centennial/ Topics: Activism, Archaeology, California: Education, Photograph Collections, Science, Social Science Last updated Oct 28, 2007 Anthropology Biography Web
Brief biographies (with references) of nearly 700 "anthropologists and other scientists that have direct influence on the discipline of anthropology." From the EMuseum of Minnesota State University, Mankato. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/ Topics: Archaeology, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Feb 9, 2004 Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Extensive, mature, well-maintained collection. Includes Web resources on general anthropology, archaeology, archaeological digs, linguistics, cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, museums, academic departments, other institutions, electronic journals and archives, and more. The website maintainer has almost two decades of experience in field anthropology. http://www.anthropologie.net/ Topics: Archaeology, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Dec 13, 2005 Anthropology Tutorials
An introduction to physical and cultural anthropology. Physical (biological) anthropology includes early theories of evolution, genetics, heredity, chromosomal abnormalities, biological adaptability, primates, and the classification of living things. Cultural (social) anthropology includes language and culture, kinship, sex and marriage, ethnicity and race, and culture change. Provides related links. From the Behavior Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif. http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/ Topics: Archaeology, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Sep 11, 2007 General Anthropology Links on the Internet
Directory of websites (some annotated) relating to anthropology, ethnography, archaeology, and related social sciences. Also features links to organizations, funding information, discussion groups, as well as sites for reseachers, educators, and students. From the American Anthropological Association. http://www.aaanet.org/resources/links.cfm Topics: Archaeology, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated May 3, 2008 Kathy Reichs
This official Web page for forensic anthropologist and mystery novelist Kathy Reichs includes a brief biography, information about her novels (featuring a female forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan, as the heroine), and book reviews. http://www.literati.net/Reichs/ Topics: Archaeology, Crime, Mysteries and More, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Science, Social Science Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Kinship and Social Organization: An Interactive Tutorial
A tutorial describing the "most basic principle of organizing individuals into social groups, roles, and categories." Covers descent systems (rules used to determine parenthood and identify ancestry), terminology, marriage systems, and residence rules (household and domestic organization). Also provides examples of the social organization within various traditional communities. From an anthropology professor at the University of Manitoba, Canada. http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/kintitle.html Topics: Archaeology, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated May 6, 2007 Tzintzuntzan, Mexico: Photographs by George Foster
A collection of nearly 40 photographs of Tzintzuntzan, a town on Lake Pátzcuaro, in Michoacán, Mexico, taken by UC Berkeley anthropology professor George Foster from 1945 through 1999. Includes commentary by Foster and a brief biography of the anthropologist. From the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/tzin/splash.html Topics: Archaeology, Photograph Collections: Regional, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Aug 23, 2003 |
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