Anthropology and Archaeology

Important Print Resources

• Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America : An Encyclopedia
  REF F 1218.6 A73 2001 S
• Dictionary of Anthropology
  REF GN 307 D485 1997 L R,S
• Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences
  REF HV 8073 E517 2000 R, S
• Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
  REF GN 307 E525 1996 L,R,S
• Encyclopedia of Archaeology : History and Discoveries
  REF CC 100 E54 2001 L,R,S
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures
  REF GN 307 E53 1991 L,R,S
• Forensic Science : An Illustrated Dictionary
  REF HV 8073 B677 2004 R, S
• Handbook of North American Indians
  REF E 77 H25 L, R, S
• Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology
  REF GN 42 Z98 1998 S
• The Atlas of World Archaeology
  REF CC 165 A85 2000 L,R,S

Subject Headings

You can find more books through our Library Catalogue  by searching under the following subject headings:

• Acculturation
• Anthropometry
• Canada - Antiquities
• Ethnology
• Folklore
• Forensic Anthropology
• Genocide
• Human Evolution
• Indians of North America - Canada
• Kinship
• Language and Languages
• Medical Anthropology
• Mythology
• Physical Anthropology
• Religion, Primitive
• Rites and Ceremonies 

Call Numbers

If you don't have a particular book in mind, then try browsing our collections using the following call numbers:

CC                  Archaeology (general)
D-DU              Area studies (eg., DA=England; DT=Africa)
E-F                  America (general)
E51                 Indians of North America
GN                  Anthropology (general)
GN 49-295    Physical anthropology
GN 69.8         Forensic anthropology
W 750            Forensic anthropology
GN 301-6      Ethnology, social and cultural anthropology
GR                  Folklore
GT                  Manners and Customs
HV 6322.7    Genocide
QL 737          Primates

Kwantlen Library subscribes to a variety of journals both in print and online. If you're not sure if a journal is scholarly (often called "academic" or "peer-reviewed"), look at our checklist .

Article Indexes & Databases

• Academic Search Premier
• Art Index
• ARTStor
• Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)
• Caninuit 
• Electronic Journals Service
• Humanities Index
• JSTOR
• Medline
• PubMed
• Social Sciences Index 

Online Journals

Check the Journal Titles  link to find which database your title is full text in.

Print Journals

• American Anthropologist - L, S, O
• American Antiquity - S
• American Journal of Archaeology - S
• Antiquity  - L, O 
• Archaeology - L, S, O
• Canadian Journal of Archaeology - L, O 
• Canadian Journal of Native Studies - S, O 
• Canadian Review of Sociology
and Anthropology - L,R,S,O
Current Anthropology - R (backissues), S, O 
• Discover - L,R,S,C,O 
• Journal of Anthropological Research - S
• Kahtou - S
• Midden - R
• NACLA Report on the Americas - S, O
• Native Studies Review - L, O
• Natural History - R(backissues only), S, O 
• Nature - S, O 
• SAA Archaeological Record - S
• Science - L (backissues only), R
• Scientific American - L, R, S, C, O 
• Windspeaker - S, O 
• Women's Studies Quarterly - S
• World Archaeology - R, O
   

Selected Online Reference Tools

• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
• The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
• Oxford Reference Online
• Encyclopedia of British Columbia
• The Canadian Encyclopedia

Citation Styles

• American Anthropological Association Style Guide
• APA - American Psychological Assoc. guidelines
• MLA - Modern Language Assoc. standards
• Society for American Archeology Style
• Other Citation Styles

TIP : Don't believe everything you read! Evaluate web sources very carefully for their accuracy, authority, and currency. Here are some evaluation criteria to help you

• Anthropological Index Online - produced by the Royal Anthropological Institute, this periodical index provides citations to articles in anthropology journals from 1957 to the present. You may search by keyword, author, title, or by journal name. It is also possible to limit your results by continent, region and by subject area. Results can be forwarded to email or saved to disk
• Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History - This respected series of anthropology papers has been continuously published since 1907 and contains over 350 full-text works which provide a great deal of insight into the historical development of the practice and theory behind anthropology.
• Anthropology Resources on the Internet - a directory dealing with both archaeology and anthropology
• Archaeologic - archeological sites by region or topic, including lithics, repatriation of artifacts, computing in archaeology, GIS and cartography, and gender issues.
• The eSkeletons Project - allows students of osteology (the study of bones) to view and compare individual bones of humans, baboons, and gorillas
• Theory in Anthropology - covers topics in sociocultural anthropology such as cultural materialism, feminist anthropology, and ecological anthropology. Also provides links to many anthropological association websites and brief biographies of selected anthropologists.
• Yale Genocide Studies Program - provides full-text articles, maps, and databases that chronicle and interpret some of the darkest chapters of human history

• American Anthropological Association - this site includes up-to-date information on anthropological news items , issues, job listings and events. The extensive list of links includes a directory of anthropologists, discussion groups, applied anthropology sites, and museums.
• Archeo08
• Archaeological Society of British Columbia
• Association des Archaologues du Quebec
• Canadian Archaeological Association - links to archaeology departments at Canadian universities and to other Canadian archaeological and heritage organizations. Also lists links to sites dealing with archaeological tools (such as radiocarbon databases), archaeological resources (such as archaeometry), and archaeological publications (e-journals). A list of field opportunities is also included.
• Virtual Museums - links to museums around the world
• Society for American Archaeology

Forensic Anthropology

• FBI Laboratory - the Federal Bureau of Investigation's forensics lab
• Forensic Anthropology - This website provides links to many sites dealing with forensic science, osteology, pathology, and anatomy.
• Forensic Science Communications - an ejournal published by the FBI with full-text access to articles about forensics
• Zeno's Forensic Site - lists websites dealing with various types of forensic analysis (analysis of fibres, fingerprints, DNA, etc)

Listservs

• ANTHRO-L  : an electronic conference for discussion of all fields of research in Anthropology
• ARCH-L  : a forum for archaeologists and those interested in archaeology to discuss new developments in the field and debate issues of current interest
• PAN-L  : A discussion group for issues and developments in Physical Anthropology. To subscribe, send the following message: sub Pan-L your name, to PAN-L@freya.cc.pdx.edu