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Guide to Selected Reference Books in Anthropology

Archaeology

Archaeological Method and Theory by Linda Ellis (Editor)
ISBN: 0815313055

Publication Date: 2000
Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia by Guy E. Gibbon (Editor)
ISBN: 081530725X

Publication Date: 1998
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology by Timothy Darvill
ISBN: 0199534047

Publication Date: 2010-02-08

Available online
Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology by Basil A. Reid (Editor); R. Grant Gilmore (Editor)
ISBN: 9780813044200

Publication Date: 2014-04-22

Available online
Handbook of Archaeological Theories by R. Alexander Bentley (Editor); Herbert D. G. Maschner (Editor); Christopher Chippindale (Editor)
ISBN: 9780759100329

Publication Date: 2007-11-09
Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion by Timothy Insoll (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199232444

Publication Date: 2012-01-13

Cultural Anthropology

Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology by Vered Amit (Editor)
ISBN: 0415223792

Publication Date: 2004-02-23

Available online
Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology by Alan Barnard (Editor); Jonathan Spencer (Editor)
ISBN: 0415285585

Publication Date: 2002-08-30

Available online
Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology by H. Russell Bernard (Editor); Clarence C. Gravlee (Editor)
ISBN: 9780759120716

Publication Date: 2014-07-08

Available online
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures by David Carrasco (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195108156

Publication Date: 2001-06-07

Presenting the most up-to-date coverage on our knowledge of this society, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures is the first comprehensive and comparative reference source to chronicle Pre-Hispanic, Colonial, and modern Mesoamerica.
A Reader on Culture, Society and Sexuality by Richard Parker (Editor)
ISBN: 1857288114

Publication Date: 1999-05-01

Available online
Social and Cultural Anthropology: the Key Concepts by Nigel Rapport
ISBN: 9780415834513

Publication Date: 2014-07-14
Encyclopedia of sex and gender : men and women in the world's cultures by Carol R. Ember (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor)
Call Number: HQ16 .E53 2004

ISBN: 030647770X

Publication Date: 2003-12-31

The central aim of this encyclopedia is to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality. The encyclopedia is divided into two volumes: Topics and Cultures.

Prehistory and Evolution

Encyclopedia of Prehistory by Human Relations Area Files, Inc (Compiled by); Peter N. Peregrine (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor)
ISBN: 0306462559

Publication Date: 2001-02-28
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory by Eric Delson (Editor); Ian Tattersall (Editor); John Van Couvering (Editor); Alison S. Brooks (Editor)
ISBN: 0815316968

Publication Date: 1999-12-01

This is an open access title.
The Princeton Guide to Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos (Editor-In-Chief); David A. Baum (Editor); Douglas J. Futuyma (Editor); Hopi E. Hoekstra (Editor); Richard E. Lenski (Editor); Allen J. Moore (Editor); Cahterine L. Peichel (Editor); Dolph Schluter (Editor); Michael C. Whitlock (Editor)
ISBN: 9780691149776

Publication Date: 2013-12-01

Available online
A Companion to Gender Prehistory by Diane Bolger (Editor)
ISBN: 9780470655368

Publication Date: 2012-12-04
The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution by Larry L. Mai; Marcus Young Owl; M. Patricia Kersting
ISBN: 0521664861

Publication Date: 2005-06-23

Available online

Selected Topics

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers by Richard B. Lee (Editor); Richard H. Daly (Editor)
ISBN: 052157109X

Publication Date: 1999-12-16
Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics by David Crystal
ISBN: 9781405152976

Publication Date: 2008-06-23

Available online
Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World by Carol R. Ember (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor); Ian A. Skoggard (Editor)
ISBN: 0306483211

Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology by Carol R. Ember (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor)
ISBN: 0306477548

Publication Date: 2003-12-31

Available online
Encyclopedia of North American Indians by Frederick E. Hoxie (Editor)
ISBN: 0395669219

Publication Date: 1996-11-20
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture by Jonathan M. Bloom (Editor); Sheila S. Blair (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195309911

Publication Date: 2009

Available online
The Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality by Janet Holmes (Editor); Susan Ehrlich (Editor); Miriam Meyerhoff (Editor)
ISBN: 9780470656426

Publication Date: 2014-05-27

Available online
Handbook of South American Indians by Julian H. Steward (Editor)
ISBN: 9780685012048

Available in the Anthropology Department during the Helmke Library renovations.
History of Physical Anthropology by Frank Spencer (Editor)
ISBN: 0815304900

Publication Date: 1996-12-01
Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire by Christopher Pratt Atwood
Call Number: DS798.4 .A88 2004

ISBN: 0816046719

Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations by James Minahan
Call Number: D860 .M56 2002

ISBN: 0313316171

Publication Date: 2002-05-30

This book provides an easy-to-use, accurate, and up-to-date guide to over 300 developed or emerging national groups worldwide. Providing fuller historical profiles of each group, this is the definitive reference on the nationalism and national groups that helped shape 20th century politics--and will likely shape the politics of tomorrow. Included are numerous new national groups that have emerged since the publication of Minahan's 1996 book. Many of these remain unknown outside of their own regions. Others make headlines. The evolution of each group is traced from its earliest history to the present day, making the book an indispensable reference for those wishing to understand the world's growing multitude of national groups.