Featured Books
Cultural Anthropology
*** ANTH 243 -- Stanley ***
Handbook of Gender in Archaeology
Methods in feminist and gender archaeology : a feeling for difference-and likeness / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- Feminist theory and gender research in historical archaeology / Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood -- Gender, things, and material culture / Marie Louise Stig Sørenson -- Gender and archaeological mortuary analysis / Bettina Arnold -- The engendered household / Julia A. Hendon -- Gender and landscape / Wendy Ashmore -- Gender, heterarchy and hierarchy / Janet E. Levy -- Gender and ethnoarchaeology / Kathryn Weedman -- Feminist gender research in classical archaeology / Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood -- The prism of self : gender and personhood / Bonnie J. Clark and Laurie A. Wilkie -- Sexuality in archaeology / Barbara L. Voss -- Archaeology, men, and masculinities / Benjamin Alberti -- The archaeology of nonbinary genders in native North America societies / Sandra E. Hollimon -- Gender and human evolution / Diane Bolger -- Gender dynamics in hunter-gatherer society : archaeological methods and perspectives / Hetty Jo Brumbach and Robert Jarvenpa -- Gender and early farming societies / Jane Peterson -- Women, gender and pastorialism / Pam Crabtree -- A critical appraisal of gender research in African archaeology / Diane Lyons -- Gender in East and Southeast Asian archaeology / Elisabeth A. Bacus -- Gender and archaeology in South and Southwest asia / Carla M. Sinopoli -- Gender and the disciplinary culture of Australian archaeology / Claire Smith and Emer O'Donnell -- Gender archaeology in Europe / Ruth Whitehouse -- Gender and Mesoamerican archaeology / Rosemary A. Joyce -- Gender archaeology in native North America / Karen Olson Bruhns -- Gender in South American archaeology / Virginia Ebert and Thomas C. Patterson
Writing in Anthropology
Writing in Anthropology is the ideal, pocket-sized manual for undergraduate students and emerging anthropologists who wish to improve their writing. Anthropology is a rapidly changing, global social science that encompasses a wide range of subfields, including archeology, cultural anthropology, biological/physical anthropology, linguistic anthropology, medical anthropology, and applied anthropology....Writing is central to the work of anthropologists and they employ a wide range of genres, including fieldnotes, ethnographies, journal articles, reviews, reports, essays, personal narratives, and grant proposals. ...* Introduce the major genres and habits of writing in anthropology.* Explain how reflexivity, expression, and interpretation are vital to the field.* Convey insider strategies for writing and editing in the discipline.* Describe the basic conventions for using sources; and to model a scholarly yet accessible style.
Visualizing Anthropology
Questions of vision and knowledge are central to debates about the world in which we live. Developing new analytical approaches toward ways of seeing is a key challenge facing those working across a wide range of disciplines. How can visuality be understood on its own terms rather than by means of established textual frameworks? Visualizing Anthropology takes up this challenge. Bringing together a range of perspectives anchored in practice, the book maps experiments in the forms and techniques of visual enquiry. The origins of this collection lie in visual anthropology. Although the field has greatly expanded and diversified, many of the key debates continue to be focused around the textual concerns of the mainstream discipline. In seeking to establish a more genuinely visual anthropology, the editors have sought to forge links with other kinds of image-based projects. Ethnography is the shared space of practice. Understood not as a specialized method but as cultural critique, the book explores new collaborative possibilities linked to image-based work.
Anthropology and Archaeology Videos
- Archaeology in North America Journey into the archaeological heritage of North America, beginning with the excavation of the Hunley, a Confederate submarine from the U.S. Civil War. Investigate the unearthing of colonial Jamestown, Virginia; consider the impact of the 9,000-year-old “Kennewick Man”; and learn about legislation enacted to protect archaeological finds in the U.S.
- Chasing Voices CHASING VOICES tells the extraordinary life story of controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington. Beginning in 1907, Harrington crisscrossed the United States frantically searching and documenting dying Native American languages. For the next 50 years, this became his obsession. Harrington amassed over a million pages of notes on over 150 different tribal languages. Some of these languages were considered dead until his notes were discovered. Today tribes are accessing the notes, reviving their once dormant languages, and bringing together a new generation of language learners in the hope of saving Native languages.
- Eunuchs: India's Third Gender This extraordinary film explores the twilight world of India's eunuchs who both exploit and bewail their ill-defined status within society. The eunuchs introduce a special world, where for them divinity and daily life alternate in the flash of an exquisitely made-up eye. A 3,600-strong ancient sect who claim to be descended from the gods live in relative luxury. Other Indian men explain why they too underwent painful castration.
- How Are Artifacts Dated and Preserved? Observe how the measurement of factors such as electromagnetic radiation, hydration, and carbon content can reveal the age of excavated objects. Examine how particular environmental conditions can preserve organic material over centuries or millennia. Finally, take account of the looting of antiquities and its impact on the world’s archaeological heritage.
- How Do Archaeologists Know Where to Dig? This lecture uncovers the methodology archaeologists use in looking for sites. Get acquainted with the uses of remote sensing technologies, such as LiDAR and ground penetrating radar, which enable archaeologists to visualize objects obscured by vegetation and soil. Then investigate ground surveys—reconnaissance done by carefully walking potential sites—which reveal vital information before digging.
- How Do You Excavate at a Site? Here, delve into the specifics of how to perform an archaeological dig. Learn about the physical tools of the trade, how to excavate objects in the ground, and how a dig’s schedule unfolds. Learn about strategies in the field such as “vertical” and “horizontal” excavations, and walk through the process of organizing an archaeological project.
- Lady Warriors In addition to their stories are brief glimpses of Hopi and Navajo life. Sequences include scenes shot on the Hopi reservation as well as a Navajo puberty ceremony. This award winning film is about the will to succeed, about the importance of age-old traditions and the struggles of minority girls to grow up in today's America.
- The Origins of Modern Archaeology Begin to investigate what archaeologists actually do, the nature and scope of their work, and popular misconceptions about the field. As an introduction to the course, trace the colorful history of archaeology from its beginnings with the ancient Babylonian king Nabonidus to archaeological luminaries of the 20th century.
- Spirits For Sale When Annika is given an eagle feather by a Native American visiting Sweden, she realizes it is a sacred object which should probably not be in her hands. These days Native American ceremonies are being commercialized for "outsiders," arousing resentment in the Native community. Annika sets out to find the feather's rightful owner, a quest which takes her to American Indian communities in Albuquerque, San Antonio and to Bear Butte in South Dakota. She meets many Native Americans who are bitter, believing they are "the forgotten people." But others are fighting to preserve their culture and their faith as well as to protect their land.Navajo Andrew Thomas, who manages the Albuquerque Pueblo Center, explains that certain tribes use feathers in special ways to communicate with "the Upper God." He fears modern Native Americans have lost touch with the ancient beliefs. In this film we hear from a professor of Native American history in San Antonio who discusses the five hundred tribes who lived in the US centuries ago and recalls the massacres they suffered. Gayle Ross, a respected Cherokeeteacher, feels Americans do not understand native people. Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota nation is deeply disturbed by the entire arena of cultural exploitation.
- Stori Tumbuna: Ancestor's Tales “This is a story of the Lak people. It's also a story of how I came to know the people of the region and how my story became forever woven into their own… I was to become enmeshed in events that resulted in bloodshed and death. What's more, I was held responsible.” In 2001 Paul Wolffram, a cultural researcher, travelled to one of the most isolated and unique corners of the earth. He eventually spent over two years living and working among the Lak people in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea. As his relationships with the people grew he began to glimpse a hidden reality, a dark and menacing history that loomed over his host community. Over time the sense that something is amiss grows. As his curiosity deepens Paul brings to light dark secrets that set in motion a compelling and deadly set of events.
Additional Books in the Golden Library
Across Atlantic Ice by
Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New World people. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional--and often subjective--approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The authors apply rigorous scholarship to a hypothesis that places the technological antecedents of Clovis in Europe and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, the book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago.
Call Number: E99.C832 S73 2013 *** Also available in E-Book format ***ISBN: 9780520949676Publication Date: 2012-02-28
Anthropology and Egalitarianism by
Anthropology and Egalitarianism is an artful and accessible introduction to key themes in cultural anthropology. Writing in a deeply personal style and using material from his fieldwork in three dramatically different locales--Indonesia, West Africa, and Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson--Eric Gable shows why the ethnographic encounter is the core of the discipline's method and the basis of its unique contribution to understanding the human condition. Gable weaves together vignettes from the field and discussion of major works as he explores the development of the idea of culture through the experience of cultural contrast, anthropology's fraught relationship to racism and colonialism, and other enduring themes.
Call Number: ***E-Book: Unlimited user access ***ISBN: 9780253004840Publication Date: 2011
Archaeological anthropology : perspectives on method and theory by
For centuries, the goal of archaeologists was to document and describe material artifacts, and at best to make inferences about the origins and evolution of human culture and about prehistoric and historic societies. During the 1960s, however, a number of young, primarily American archaeologists, including William Longacre, rebelled against this simplistic approach. Wanting to do more than just describe, Longacre and others believed that genuine explanations could be achieved by changing the direction, scope, and methodology of the field. What resulted was the New Archaeology, which blended scientific method and anthropology. It urged those working in the field to formulate hypotheses, derive conclusions deductively and, most important, to test them. While, over time the New Archaeology has had its critics, one point remains irrefutable: archaeology will never return to what has since been called its "state of innocence." In this collection of twelve new chapters, four generations of Longacre prot#65533;g#65533;s show how they are building upon and developing but also modifying the theoretical paradigm that remains at the core of Americanist archaeology. The contributions focus on six themes prominent in Longacre's career: the intellectual history of the field in the late twentieth century, archaeological methodology, analogical inference, ethnoarchaeology, cultural evolution, and reconstructing ancient society. More than a comprehensive overview of the ideas developed by one of the most influential scholars in the field, however, Archaeological Anthropology makes stimulating contributions to contemporary research. The contributors do not unequivocally endorse Longacre's ideas; they challenge them and expand beyond them, making this volume a fitting tribute to a man whose robust research and teaching career continues to resonate.
Call Number: CC75.7 .A71855 2007ISBN: 9780816525171Publication Date: 2007
The Chaco Meridian by
Southwestern archaeologists have long pondered the meaning and importance of the monumental 11th-century structures in Chaco Canyon. Now, Stephen H. Lekson offers a lively, provocative thesis, which attempts to reconceptualize the meaning of Chaco and its importance to the understanding of the entire Southwest. Chaco was not alone, according to Lekson, but only one of three capitals of a vast politically and economically integrated region, a network that incorporated most of the Pueblo world and that had contact as far away as Central America. A sophisticated astronomical tradition allowed for astrally aligned monumental structures, great ceremonial roads and upon the abandonment of Chaco Canyon in the 12th century the shift of the regional capital first to the Aztec site, then Paquime, all located on precisely the same longitudinal meridian. Lekson's ground-breaking synthesis of 500 years of Southwestern prehistory with its explanation of phenomena as diverse as the Great North Road, macaw feathers, Pueblo mythology, and the rise of kachina ceremonies will be of great interest to all those concerned with the prehistory and history of the American Southwest."
Call Number: E99.P9 L44 1999ISBN: 9780761991809Publication Date: 1999-03-24
Handbook of Archaeological Theories by
This handbook gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists to compile the latest thinking about archaeological theory. The authors provide a comprehensive picture of the theoretical foundations by which archaeologists contextualize and analyze their archaeological data. Student readers will also gain a sense of the immense power that theory has for building interpretations of the past, while recognizing the wonderful archaeological traditions that created it. An extensive bibliography is included. This volume is the single most important reference for current information on contemporary archaeological theories.
Call Number: CC72 .H363 2008ISBN: 9780759100329Publication Date: 2007-11-09
The Neanderthal Legacy by
The Neanderthals populated western Europe from nearly 250,000 to 30,000 years ago when they disappeared from the archaeological record. In turn, populations of anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens, came to dominate the area. Seeking to understand the nature of this replacement, which has become a hotly debated issue, Paul Mellars brings together an unprecedented amount of information on the behavior of Neanderthals. His comprehensive overview ranges from the evidence of tool manufacture and related patterns of lithic technology, through the issues of subsistence and settlement patterns, to the more controversial evidence for social organization, cognition, and intelligence. Mellars argues that previous attempts to characterize Neanderthal behavior as either "modern" or "ape-like" are both overstatements. We can better comprehend the replacement of Neanderthals, he maintains, by concentrating on the social and demographic structure of Neanderthal populations and on their specific adaptations to the harsh ecological conditions of the last glaciation. Mellars's approach to these issues is grounded firmly in his archaeological evidence. He illustrates the implications of these findings by drawing from the methods of comparative socioecology, primate studies, and Pleistocene paleoecology. The book provides a detailed review of the climatic and environmental background to Neanderthal occupation in Europe, and of the currently topical issues of the behavioral and biological transition from Neanderthal to fully "modern" populations.
Call Number: GN285 .M45 1996 *** Also available in E-Book format***ISBN: 9780691034935Publication Date: 1996-01-11
Principles of Visual Anthropology by
This edition contains 27 articles, written by scholars and filmmakers who are generally acknowledged as the international authorities in the field, and a new preface by the editor. The book covers ethnographic filming and its relations to the cinema and television; applications of filming to anthropological research, the uses of still photography, archives, and videotape; subdisciplinary applications in ethnography, archeology, bio-anthropology, museology and ethnohistory; and overcoming the funding problems of film production.
Call Number: ***E-Book: Unlimited user access ***ISBN: 9781306271998Publication Date: 2012
Radiocarbon Dating, Second Edition by
This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments of the 14C method in archaeology and analyzes factors that affect the accuracy and precision of 14C-based age estimates. In addition to reviewing the basic principles of the method, it examines 14C dating anomalies and means to resolve them, and considers the critical application of 14C data as a dating isotope with special emphasis on issues in Old and New World archaeology and late Quaternary paleoanthropology. This volume, again a benchmark for 14C dating, critically reflects on the method and data that underpins, in so many cases, the validity of the chronologies used to understand the prehistoric archaeological record.
Call Number: CC78 .T39 2014 *** Also available in e-book ***ISBN: 9781611327496Publication Date: 2014-11-01
Rapid Qualitative Inquiry by
Practitioners in need of timely results for program and policy planning--and students looking for realistic research projects--will find solutions in Rapid Qualitative Inquiry (RQI), a team-based, applied research method designed to quickly develop an insider's perspective on and preliminary understanding of complicated "on-the-ground" situations. In this accessible field guide to RQI, James Beebe provides an introduction to research that substitutes teamwork for long-term fieldwork; uses iterative data collection, data analysis, and additional data collection; triangulates data from multiple sources; and applies techniques and concepts from ethnography and case study research. Extensive examples make clear that "rapid" does not mean "rushed" and that rigorous RQI depends upon flexibility rather than an arbitrary list of techniques. Throughout, Beebe's clear prose guides interdisciplinary readers through the process, promise, and potential pitfalls of RQI.
Call Number: ***E-Book: Unlimited user access ***ISBN: 9780759123199Publication Date: 2014-10-23
Anthropology material Library of Congress Call Numbers
Are you looking for Anthropology material in the Golden Library and do know where to start? No need to worry, this guide will help you locate books by subject classifications. The following areas are useful for study and research in Anthropology, and Archaeology. Additionally, librarians are always eager to help. You can stop by the Reference desk or contact a librarian through the library's webpage chat feature.
The Library of Congress' page on Anthropology, Archaeology, and Ethnology states, "Anthropological, archaeological, and ethnological materials can be found in all formats: books, documents, technical reports, manuscripts, newspapers, microforms, maps, music, films, prints, and photographs." It is also important to remember that a great deal of anthropological and archaeological reports are listed by country, or country.
Anthropology: GN1-GN890
- Physical anthropology: GN49-GN298
- Human variation(growth, physical form, skeleton, etc.): GN62.8-GN265
- General race: GN269-GN279
- Human evolution: GN281-GN289
- Human paleontology &fossil man: GN282-GN286.7
- Medical anthropology: GN296-GN296.5
- Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology: GN301-GN674
- Culture and cultural processes: GN657-GN367
- Collected ethnographies: GN378-GN396
- Applied anthropology:GN397-GN397.7
- Technology and material culture, including food, shelter, tools, fire, etc.: GN406-GN402
- Economic anthropology: GN448-GN450.8
- Social organization:GN478-GN791.7
- Political anthropology: GN492-GN495.2
- Societal groups, ethnocentrism, diplomacy, warfare, etc.:GN495.4-GN498
Archaeology: CC1-CC960
- Philosophy, Theory, and Methodology: CC72-CC81
- Study, teaching, & research: CC93-CC97
- Preservation, restoration, and conservation of antiquities. Antiquities and state: CC135-CC137
- Physical archaeology: GN700-890
Folklore: GR1-GR950
Blackwater Draw
- Blackwater Draw MuseumThe artifacts and displays illustrated life at the site during the Clovis period (over 13,000 years ago) through the recent historic period. In 2017, the museum moved onto the Eastern New Mexico University campus, and shifted its focus to incorporate local history, as well as archaeology on a broad scale. Exhibits now include descriptions of archaeological work, different archaeological sites, cultural complexes, and scientific methods, among other topics.
Primary sources
- The Digital Archaeological RecordThe Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is an international digital repository for the digital records of archaeological investigations. tDAR’s use, development, and maintenance are governed by Digital Antiquity, an organization dedicated to ensuring the long-term preservation of irreplaceable archaeological data and to broadening the access to these data.
- Archaeological reportsCOVERAGE
1954-2019 (No. 1 - No. 66) - SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, ART AND ARTIFACTS DIVISIONThe Art and Artifacts Division collects, documents, preserves, and interprets art and artifacts by and about peoples of African heritage throughout the world. Fine and applied art and material culture objects from the seventeenth century to the present are collected, with emphasis on the visual arts of the twentieth century in the United States and Africa.
- Archaeology Data Services: ARCHSEARCHARCHSEARCH is an integrated online catalogue indexing over 1.3 million metadata records, including ADS collections and metadata harvested from UK historic environment inventories.
- The American Folklife CenterThe American Folklife Center (AFC) documents and shares the many expressions of human experience to inspire, revitalize, and perpetuate living cultural traditions. Designated by the U.S. Congress as the national center for folklife documentation and research, the Center meets its mission by stewarding archival collections, creating public programs, and exchanging knowledge and expertise. The Center’s vision is to encourage diversity of expression and foster community participation in the collective creation of cultural memory.
- AMNH Anthropology Collections DatabaseAmerican Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Collections Database contains Over 250,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects representing the peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific Islands have been digitally imaged and are accessible online.
- ArchiveGridArchiveGrid includes over 7 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,400 archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.
- Calisphere--Digital Collections via University of CaliforniaCalisphere provides free access to unique and historically important artifacts for research, teaching, and curious exploration. Discover over two million photographs, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, oral histories, films, advertisements, musical recordings, and more.
The collections in Calisphere have been digitized and contributed by all ten campuses of the University of California and other important libraries, archives, and museums throughout the state. - Council for the Preservation of Anthropological RecordsThe Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR) was founded in the 1990s to foster awareness of the importance of preserving anthropological records, to provide technical support to archival repositories, provide information on records location and access, and foster collaboration between archivists at institutional repositories and in Native communities