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"Nothing human is alien to anthropology. Indeed, of the many disciplines
that study our species, Homo sapiens, only anthropology seeks to understand
the whole panorama--in geographic space and evolutionary time--of human
existence."
--American Anthropological Society
General
Anthropology
Includes cultural anthropology (social structure, language, mythology,
art) and physical anthropology (human evolution, human variations, classification).
- American Anthropological Association
- A good list of links to Web resources. An excellent starting point
for research.
- Anthropology.Net - A large collection of anthropology
sites are searchable for specific topics. Or you can use the table
of contents to browse by subject. The results are usually fairly scholarly.
A warning: The links from the "recommended readings" will take you
to online booksellers, not to the actual texts.
- Anthropology Tutorials
- Dennis O'Neil (Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College,
San Marcos, California) provides tutorials for physical and cultural
anthropology. Broad topics are divided into subtopics, each with an
overview, glossary, and links to related Internet resources. Wonderful
use of graphics--maps, diagrams and photographs--to illustrate textual
examples.
- Infomine Scholarly
Internet Resource Collections, the University of California at
Riverside. Includes anthropology Web sites selected for their quality.
You can research specific topics or can browse an alphabetical list
of subjects.
- WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology.
This large site, with over 9,000 listings, covers applied, linguistic,
biophysical, forensic, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and more.
Lists journals, job opportunities, listservs, and many other resources
organized by specialization, institution, or general interest.
- Emuseum. This site has information on cultural
and physical anthropology, folklore, archeology, and more. It is designed
like a museum. Floors one and two are probably the most useful. You can use the search feature, (upper-right)
- Becoming Human. Explores the
early origins and evolution of human beings. A documentary, which
requires a high-speed connection, sound, and the Flash plug-in software,
is available. The "Resources" section has very useful links to other
web sites.
- Native American History and Culture.
Online resources from the Smithsonian Museum.
- Latin American Network
Information Center, the University of Texas. Many links to Web
sites on Latin American anthropology, both ancient and contemporary.
- Mesoweb. "Devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and
its cultures: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacano, Zapotec, Mixtec, Toltec,
Aztec and others."
- Ancientmexico.com. Covers art, culture, and history
of ancient Mexico. Also has sections on Peru and Chile.
- Nativeweb. This site links to thousands
of web sites related to indigenous people. Much of the information
relates to anthropology, but other topics, such as politics and law,
are also covered.
- Ancient Near East. Covers the areas of the Middle East
and Egypt. The "Resources" section is likely to be the most useful.
- Eternal Egypt
. A beautiful site devoted to ancient Egypt. Many multimedia sections illustrate some of
the treasures and the "Library" portion has numerous articles about the collections.
Folklore and Folklife
- American Folklore. Several dozen classic American folktales,
legends, tall tales, and myths are given.
- Encyclopedia Mythica.
Covers folklore, myths, and legends.
- Folklore and Mythology
Electronic Texts. Hundreds of myths and fairy tales from around
the world. Essays on the significance and analysis of such stories
are also included. From a professor of of folklore.
- American Folklife Center - Collections of music, art, interviews, and other documents relating to everyday life in America. From the Library of Congress.
Archaeology
Online
Journals
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