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Anthropologists belong in Cyberspace. We claim descent from Charles Darwin.
We argue all the time about "culture." We do fieldwork the old fashioned way -- being there!

Exotica et erotica -- that's been our bread and butter. But there's a lot more and maybe it's for you.

This page is designed for anthropology students at Hofstra University. Of course, everybody is welcome.

There are lots of websites out there. This is just a small sample of important and interesting ones.

Surf well. If you find any errors or come across any exciting new sites, let me know ...
Daniel Martin Varisco
Chair, Department of Anthropology
Associate Professor of Anthropology
205 Davison Hall
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11550
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last updated 2/23/04
Anthropology Links and General Information
Applied Anthropology

Archaeology

Cultural Anthropology

Development

Ethnography

Ethnographic Case Studies

Evolution/Human Evolution

Field Programs
Film
Forensic Anthropology

Glossaries

Graduate Programs and Careers

Indices

Journals

Linguistics

Primates

Religion

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Anthropology Links and General Information
• Academic Info Anthropology: http://www.academicinfo.net/anth.html; [Valuable and updated resource of annotated links on all four fields of anthropology.]
• Anthropology Biography Web: http://kroeber.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/information/biography/index.shtml; ["This biography web has been developed by the anthropology students at Minnesota State University."]

• Anthropology in the News: http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html
[Archive of media and news stories; located at Texas A & M.]

• Anthropology Museum Sites on the Internet: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Anthropology/musesite.html

• Anthropology Resources on the Internet (AAA): http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm; [Main links page of the American Anthropological Association.]

• Anthropology Resources on the Internet (Bernard Olivier-Clist)

www.anthropologie.net

• Resources in Ethnographic Studies: http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html

• Social Science Information Gateway: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/canela/canela1.htm; [Ethnology, Ethnography, Anthropology section.]

• UCSB Department of Anthropology Links Directory: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/links/pages/; [Excellent resources with about 700 sites.]
• Ur-List of Anthropological Web Resources: http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/urlist/index.html; [Compiled by Peter Biella; one of the earliest link pages; last updated in September, 2001]

• The Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists (WEDA): http://wings.buffalo.edu/WEDA/gifinfo.html

• Writing Tools for Anthropology Students: http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/libguidt.htm; [University of Alabama website; excellent resource for developing writing skills.]

Applied Anthropology
• ANTHAP: The Applied Anthropology Computer Network: http://anthap.oakland.edu/; [Site sponsored by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology.]

• Society for Applied Anthropology: http://www.sfaa.net/; ["The Society for Applied Anthropology aspires to promote the integration of anthropological perspectives and methods in solving human problems throughout the world; to advocate for fair and just public policy based upon sound research; to promote public recognition of anthropology as a profession; and to support the continuing professionalization of the field. The Society pursues its mission and purpose by (1) communicating theories, research methods, results, and case examples through its publications and annual meetings; (2) recommending curriculum for the education of applied anthropologists and other applied social scientists at all levels; (3) promoting and conducting professional development programs; and (4) expressing its members' interests-- and anthropological approaches in general--to the public, government agencies, and other professional associations. Through these activities, the Society strives to be a premier professional organization for anthropologists and other applied social scientists and with colleagues throughout the world."]

Archaeology

• Archaeologica: http://www.archaeologica.org/; ["Your source on the web for daily archaeological news and information."]

• An Archaeologist's Diary: http://www.geocities.com/amuns_temple/index.html; ["A real archaeologist has very little in common with Indiana Jones or Lara Croft, except maybe the hat, the somewhat adventurous lifestyle and the very, very rare priceless artefact. The life of an archaeologist is very exciting, but it is sometimes very demanding. In my spare time, I have created this website to share with you my travel adventures and show you the photographs of the various places to which an archaeologist travels. Additionally, this website is to help answer the myriad of questions of people who wonder what it is really like to be an archaeologist." Caroline Rocheleau]

• Archaeology: An Introduction - 4th Edition 2002: The Online Companion: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/kevin.greene/wintro/
• The Archaeology Channel: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/

• Archaeology on the Net Ring: http://www.serve.com/archaeology/ring/index.html
[Organized by topic; commercial links.]

• Archnet [World Wide Web Virtual Library for Archaeology!]: http://archnet.asu.edu/
• The Cyber Shelter for Primitive Living Skills: http://www.abotech.com/; [Commercial/New Age orientation; some information on early technology experiments.]

• Links to the Past: http://www.cr.nps.gov/archeology.htm; [Sponsored by the National Park Service.]

Cultural Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology: Module I Introductory Overview: Concepts, Methods, and Theories: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/courses/122/module1/


• Discovering Social Anthropology in Galicia: http://www.era.anthropology.ac.uk/Teach-yourself/index.html; [Teach yourself anthropology in a kind of journalistic approach.]
• Kinship and Social Organization: An Interactive Tutorial: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/kintitle.html

• Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers: http://www.eth.mpg.de/; [Click on Publications for PDF files of their working papers.]

• Society for Cultural Anthropology: http://www.aaanet.org/sca/index.htm
Development
• Cultural Survival: http://www.cs.org; [Major anthropological organization concerned with development and human rights issues for indigenous groups.]

• INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND DEVELOPMENT WEB SITES [Varisco Anthro 107 Website]: http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/daniel_m_varisco/a107web.html

• Virtual Library on International Development: http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf
Ethnography
• Human Relations Area Files: http://www.yale.edu/hraf/; ["The Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) is an internationally recognized organization in the field of cultural anthropology. The mission of HRAF is to encourage and facilitate worldwide comparative studies of human behavior, society, and culture. Founded in 1949 at Yale University, HRAF is a financially autonomous research agency of Yale."]

• National Anthropological Archives: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/; [National Museum of Natural History website.]

• Resources in Ethnographic Studies: http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html; [American Folklife Center, Library of Congress website.]
Ethnographic Case Studies
• Canela Body Adornment: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/canela/canela1.htm; [Online museum exhibit about Brazilian society's body adornment.]

• AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF A FIJIAN VILLAGE (Michelle Nason): http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ANTDEPT/fiji99/nason/mneth1.htm

• An Introduction to the Sami Peoples: http://www.itv.se/boreale/samieng.htm

• The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana: http://www.mindspring.com/~okavango/

• VATURANGA HOME PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/2446/

• The Yanomamo: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/case_studies/yanomamo/

• Yanomamo Interactive: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/axfight/index.html
Evolution/Human Evolution
• Anthropology Human Origins Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5579/TA.html; [Created by Kevin L. Callahan , University of Minnesota.]
• Ancient World Web: Early Man Index: http://julen.net/ancient/Science/Early_Man/; [Good list of sites on human evolution and early hominids.]

• Becoming Human: http://www.becominghuman.org/; [Online interactive documentary sponsored by the Institute of Human Origins.]

• The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China" [Dennis A. Etler, Ph.D.]: http://www.chineseprehistory.org//index.htm

• Fossil Hominids: The Evidence for Human Evolution: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/
[Wide-ranging site with information on fossils and responses to creationists.]

• The Human Behavior and Evolution Society http://www.hbes.com/

• Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D Edward Hagen: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/ [Developed by Dr. Phillip L. Walker and Edward H. Hagen, UCSB]

• Human Genome Research http://www.science.doe.gov/ober/hug_top.html
• "Magisterium Is Concerned with Question of Evolution For It Involves Conception of Man" (Pope John Paul II, October 22, 1996): http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/8712_message_from_the_pope_1996_1_3_2001.asp
Field Programs
• Archaeological Field Schools: http://archaeologyfieldwork.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=fieldschools [Updated listings]
• Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin Online: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10015; ["AFOB Online provides information beyond a simple list of excavation opportunities, including general and site-specific bibliographies, advice on preparing for participating in an excavation, employment opportunities in field archaeology, and information on programs for students under 18."]

• Field Schools: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/links/pages/Field_Schools/; [UCSB listing.]

Film
• Anthropology in Film: http://www.geocities.com/anthropologyca/films.html; ["Overall, we are depicted as having terribly exciting, itinerant lives even if, as film characters, we are a bit naive, too curious for our own good, personally eccentric, academic, scientific, ponderous in speech, and, sigh, asexual. We are foils more than heroes. We are the stuff of B-action flicks, horror and slapstick, not indies, musicals or love stories! "; a work in progress.]
• Anthropology on Film: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/videos/index.html; [Database of film reviews at UCSB.]

• Documentary Educational Resources: http://www.der.org/

• Margaret Mead Film Festival (AMNH): http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/

• Resources Online for Visual Anthropology: http://www.visualanthropology.net/

• Top 13 Movies for Students of Anthropology: http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/majors/funfacts.asp?MajorID=24

• Society for Visual Anthropology: http://www.societyforvisualanthropology.org/
Forensic Anthropology
• Interested in Forensic Medicine: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/9247/

• Forensic Anthropology: http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/biology/forensics/index.shtml

• Forensic Science Resources: http://www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/f_anthro.html

Gender and Sexuality

• AIDS and Anthropology Bibliography Resource Center: http://puffin.creighton.edu/aarg/bibliography/

• Anthropology Links: Sex and Gender: http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/daniel_m_varisco/145web.html [List of links for Anthro 145 course]

• Association for Feminist Anthropology: http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~afaweb/

• Gender in Archaeology [Cheryl Claassen, Appalachian State University]: http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/anthro/ebooks/gender/ch01.html

• Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SEN/BEGIN.HTM [Online access to a major resource on all aspects of sexuality.]
• Internet Women's History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

• SEX AND MARRIAGE: An Introduction to The Cultural Rules Regulating Sexual Access and Marriage (Dennis O'Neil): http://anthro.palomar.edu/marriage/default.htm

Glossaries

• Anthropomorphemics: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/glossary/index2.html; [Searchable glossary of anthropological terms; created by created by John Kantner and Kevin Vaughn at UCSB.]; internationally; and, * partnering with individuals and organizations that share our vision."]; http://www.netmeg.net/jargon/

• "A Web of On-Line Dictionaries: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
Graduate Programs and Careers
• Anthropology Careers: http://www.nku.edu/~anthro/careers.html; [Extensive list of organizations and programs; maintained by Northern Kentucky University.]

• Anthropology Departments: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/links/pages/Anthropology_Departments/; [UCSB listing.]

• Graduate Programs with Applied Anthropology: http://anthap.oakland.edu/gradprog.htm

• Careers in Anthropology (AAA): http://www.aaanet.org/careers.htm; [Very useful site at the American Anthropological Association.]

• Links for Anthropologists: http://anthro.rutgers.edu/lori.html#departments

• National Association of Student Anthropologist: http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/index.htm [Undergraduates may join this.]
Indices
• Anthropological Index Online [Guide to articles]: http://aio.anthropology.org.uk/cgi-bin/uncgi/search_bib_ai/anthind

•The Anthropology Review Database: http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/ARD/; [Online reviews of anthropological books and films.]

• Danny Yee's Book Reviews: http://dannyreviews.com/; [Over 600 book reviews, covering all kinds of books - fiction and nonfiction, with a broad range of genre and subject.]
Journals
• American Anthropologist: http://www.aaanet.org/aa/index.htm [Flagship journal of the AAA; searchable through JSTOR]

• American Ethnologist: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/anthro/aes/amereth.html [Searchable through JSTOR]

• Anthro Globe: http://anthro-globe.com/; [Online. "In 1996 a group of self-appointed colleagues created AnthroGlobe to stimulate the establishment of a truly gobal electronic system for anthropologists. We believe that it can be done in a manner that will increase regional equity in communication. After nearly two years' experience we realised that we were missionaries preaching and that the world did not need us in the manner we had anticipated. In 1998 therefore we have altered our focus, though with the same goals of increasing international interactive equity. We feel we can do this best by creating a highly experimental web anthropology journal which will respond to the wishes of our colleagues wherever they are."]
• Anthropoetics: The Electronic Journal of Generative Anthropology: http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/anthro.htm; [Online. Editor: Eric Gans]. Devoted to generative anthropology. "The originary hypothesis of GA is that human language begins as an aborted gesture of appropriation representing--and thereby renouncing as sacred--an object of potential mimetic rivalry. The strength of our mimetic intelligence makes us the only creatures for whom intraspecific violence is a greater threat to survival than the external forces of nature. Human language defers potential conflict by permitting each to possess the sign of the unpossessable object of desire--the deferral of violence through representation."

• Anthropology Journals Online: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/journals.html; [Washington University in St. Louis website; mainly links to online information about regular journals.]

• Anthropology Matters: http://www.anthropologymatters.com/; ["Anthropology Matters encourages the sharing of experiences and ideas at a level beyond departmental settings. Specifically, the journal addresses issues of relevance to the learning and teaching of anthropology, as well as work in progress. Via the associated discussion forum, the journal seeks to promote active debate of epistemological, political and pragmatic aspects of postgraduate training, research and anthropological writing."]
• Antiquity: http://antiquity.ac.uk/; ["Antiquity is a quarterly journal of archaeological research. It has been the main journal of international archaeological debate and reporting for 75 years, and aims to present interesting topical and accessible material to a wide audience."]

• The Edge: The E-Journal of Intercultural Relations: http://www.interculturalrelations.com/Resources/theedge.htm; ["The Edge promotes the interaction of disciplines (anthropology, psychology, communication, literature, etc.) which address intercultural interaction. The journal is an interdisciplinary journal."]

• Public Anthropology: http://www.publicanthropology.org/ [Summaries of selected articles in American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology and Human Organization]

• Revista de Antropologia Experimental: http://www.ujaen.es/huesped/rae/; Universidad de Jaén, Facultad de Humanidades y CC de la Educación, Dept. Territorio y Patrimonio Histórico, Área de Antropología Social, Campus Las lagunillas, 23071 Jaén. España.]

Linguistics

• The Applied Linguistics WWW Virtual Library: http://alt.venus.co.uk/VL/AppLingBBK/welcome.html

• Ethnologue: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/

• Foundation for Indigenous Languages: http://www.fil.org/; ["The Foundation for Indigenous Languages seeks to promote the physical, social, economic, spiritual, psychological, and intellectual well-being of indigenous people within their communities and environment by: * enabling indigenous communities to develop literature in their own language; * facilitating sustainable micro-publishing system development locally and
• Linguistic Anthropology Sources on the Internet: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Anthropology/lingsite.html

• Society for Lingusitic Anthropology: http://www.aaanet.org/sla/index.htm

Primates
• African Primates at Home: http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/primates.html; [Dr. M. K. Holder, Indiana.]

• "Bonobo Sex and Society" (Frans deWaal): http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html; [Originally published in the March 1995 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, pp. 82-88.]

• The eSkeletons Project: http://www.eskeletons.org/; [Interactive anatomoy tutorial, created at the University of Texas at Austin by John Kappelman.]
• The Electronic Zoo: http://netvet.wustl.edu/primates.htm
• The Jane Goodall Institute: http://www.janegoodall.org/

Religion
• Anthropology of Religion Websites: http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/daniel_m_varisco/a116web.html [List of sites for Anthro 116]

• Jon Frum Home Page: http://enzo.gen.nz/jonfrum/index.htm [Cargo cult on islznd of Tanna, Vanuata]
• Native American Spirituality: http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/naspirit.html
• Society for the Anthropology Of Religion: http://www.uwgb.edu/sar/index.htm
• American Modern: The Foundation of Western Civilization: http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/bray/toilet/; [Online gallery on the history of the flush toilet; developed by Francesca Bray, UCSB.]

• Anthropology Quiz: http://www.public.asu.edu/~quipu/anthroquiz.htm

• e-cards from University Museum: http://www.upennmuseum.com/postcards.html
• The Museum of Weird Consumer Culture: http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/museum.htm; ["The most banal, grotesque, ironic, twisted or perverse creations of the capitalist "]

• The Nacirema: http://www.beadsland.com/nacirema/