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Anthropology: Archaeology

This includes both physical and cultural anthropology and archaeology

Archeology Web Resources

AnthroBase
AnthroBase is a multilingual, searchable database of articles, theses, essays, reports, conference papers, field-notes etc., written by anthropologists and others. There is open-access material available on this website. Search function appears not to work. One can browse.

Archaeological Institute of America
From the largest archaeological association in North America. Much of it relates to current projects, but back issues of their journal are available in the Publications sections.

The Archaeology Channel
View videos and listen to audio over the Internet on the archaeology of places from around the world. Most videos are in the 10-20 minute range.

Digital Antiquity 
A non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and enhancement of archaeological data and records.

FAMSI - Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. 
An immense collection of primary and other resources on Mesoamerican culture.

National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives 
Guide to the collections. Includes the Smithsonian Guide to the Human Studies Film Archives, Guide to Anthropological Fieldnotes and Manuscripts in Archival Repositories, and Bureau of American Ethnography Publications. On the whole this does not contain full-text material. 

ThoughtCo.com:  Archaeology
Covers a range of topics from general to specific. The contents listed on the left of the screen guide you around the many parts.

Evaluating Websites

How can you tell if a web site is trustworthy or not? It's not always easy, but there are things that you can look for that will help you decide.

Who is the author? Are they qualified to talk about this subject?

How accurate is the information? You may need to compare what you find with another source to answer this question.

Who is the audience? This can influence how much detail is included.

What point of view is being represented? All sites have a bias, but is it obvious or are they trying to hide something?

How up to date is the site? Older information may no longer be accurate.


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