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Oberlin
College Ethnographic Collection
Anthropology
Workroom (King 303)
The workroom contains many useful resources. Anthro majors
should check in often and take advantage of these materials:
Resource Directory
has information about alumni and evaluations of past projects done by
students. There is information on summer field work, winter term projects,
and semesters away from Oberlin.
SAA Bulletin
Anthropology Newsletter
Non-academic routes
for anthropology majors
Issues of the Journal
of the Council for Museum Anthropology
National Association
for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) Bulletins. Topics show professionals
working in all four branches of anthropology, highlighting the path that
these anthropologist have taken since their undergraduate days. Some of
the broad topics are Practitioners in the Private Sector; Policy, Human
Rights, and Advocacy Practitioners; Government, Human Services, and Museum
Practitioners; International Development Practitioners; and they also
have a section on Academically Centered Practitioners. These 29 profiles
are intended to help "young people plan career paths". Come
and check it out.
Anthropology
Office (King 305)
Most recent issue
of the American Anthropological Association's
Guide to Departments of Anthropology. Back issues are kept in the College
& Career Collection in the reference section of Mudd Library (GN43.A4).
The Directory of
Archaeologists of the Americas from the Society for America Archaeology.
Lists academic, consulting, and state archaeologists, historic preservation
officers, government agencies, museums and research organizations.
Anthropology/Archeology
Bulletin Boards
The Anthropology Board (to the right of King 305) has information mostly
pertaining to graduate studies.
The Archeology Notices Board (next to King 321) contains:
Graduate Studies
in Archaeology, Museum Studies, Bio-arch, etc.
Job Announcements
Summer programs
such as study abroad programs, field schools, and excavations.
Art
Library
Archaeological Fieldwork
Opportunities Bulletin from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA).
This publication comes out every spring and can be found in the Art Library
reference section only.
Mudd
Library
Back issues of
the Guide to Departments of Anthropology in the College & Career Collection
in the reference section (GN43.A4).
The reference section provides many useful resources. Contact Megan Mitchell / Megan.Mitchell@oberlin.edu, Anthropology liaison to the library's collection, if you need assistance. Megan also provides instruction in the use of the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF). See HRAF homepage.
Below is a list of links pertaining to different branches of Anthropology.
Associations and Organizations || Applied Anthropology || Archeology || Biological Anthropology
Ethics || General || Journals || Linguistic Anthropology || Listservs || Medical Anthropology || Museum Anthropology
Newsgroups || Paleontology || Primatology || Visual Anthropology
Associations and Organizations
American
Anthropological Association (AAA) - Center
for Social Anthropology and Computing
- Center
for World Indigenous Studies
- Cultural
Survival
- UN
Department for Economic and Social Development
- Bureau
of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA)
- Human
Organization: Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropologists
- Archaeological
Institute of America (AIA)
- Archaeology
Magazine
- Archaeology
Magazine's Links
- ArchNet
- Archaeological
Fieldwork Server
- Council
for British Archaeology (CBA)
- Internet
Archaeology
- Journal
of Field Archaeology
- Society
for American Archaeology (SAA)
- Society
for American Archaeology Bulletin
- Register
of Professional Archeologists (ROPA)
- Yahoo's
Archaeology Links
General
-
Anthropology in
the News
- Anthropology
Index Online
- Human
Relations Area Files (HRAF)
-
Kinship and Social Organization Tutorial
- NativeWeb
- Worldwide
Email Directory of Anthropologists (WEDA)
- WWW
Virtual Library: Anthropology
- Anthropoetics: Electronic Journal of Generative Anthropology
- Current
Anthropology
- Cultural
Anthropology
- Field
Methods
- Human
Ecology
- Human
Organization: Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropologists
-
Journal of World Anthropology
-
Visual Anthropology Review
(VAR)
- anthro-L
- See
comprehensive list at http://archnet.asu.edu/resources/Selected_Resources/Newsgroups%20&%20Listservs/topic.php
- Peabody
Museum -- Explore collections of Yale's Peabody Museum. Includes
a searchable image library of Mesoamerican objects.
- World
Heritage Information Network -- WHIN is a clearinghouse for information
about World Heritage sites. These natural and/or cultural sites have
been identified as being of "outstanding universal value"
and inscribed on the World
Heritage List by the Intergovernmental World Heritage Committee,
following nomination by national governments.
- Organization
of World Heritage Cities -- (OWHC) was founded on September 8, 1993
in Fez, Morocco. As of December 31, 1995, the organization was made
up of 123 cities in which are located sites included on the UNESCO World
Heritage List. An international non-profit non-governmental organization,
the Organization of World Heritage Cities was created to assist member
cities adapt and improve their management methods in relation to the
specific requirements of having a site inscribed on the UNESCO World
Heritage List.
- National
Park Service World Heritage Sites in the United States -- This Home
Page is a joint effort between the United States Department of the Interior,
National Park Service (NPS) and the
United States Committee, International Council on Monuments and Sites
(US/ICOMOS). Throughout
the world, national ICOMOS committees
work to support the World Heritage Convention. In the United States,
the NPS serves as chief steward of the nation's natural and cultural
patrimony.
- Inernational
Council on Monuments and Sites: ICOMOS -- ICOMOS is an international
organization of professionals dedicated to the conservation of the world's
historic monuments and sites. Through National and International Scientific
committees, symposia, and other meetings, ICOMOS provides a forum for
professional dialogue and a vehicle for the collection, evaluation,
and dissemination of information on conservation principles, techniques,
and policies. This web server is designed to further this exchange and
stimulate increased awareness of the world's cultural heritage at all
levels.
- US
National Committee of ICOMOS -- The U.S. National Committee of the
International Council on Monuments
and Sites (US/ICOMOS) fosters heritage conservation and historic
preservation at the national and international levels through education
and training, international exchange of people and information, technical
assistance, documentation, advocacy and other activities consistent
with the goals of ICOMOS and through collaboration with other organizations.
US/ICOMOS membership includes professionals, practitioners, supporters
and organizations committed to the protection, preservation and conservation
of the world's cultural heritage. US/ICOMOS is the U.S. National Committee
of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the international
non-governmental organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation
of the world's cultural heritage.
US/ICOMOS Publications - WWW
Virtual Library: Museums
- The
Smithsonian Institution
- FAQ
about a career in archeology in the US
- Chaco
Canyon
- The
Jamestown Rediscovery Project
- CSS
Huinley Update
- Nova
- alt.native
-- Native American issues (superceded by soc.culture.native)
rec.food.historic
-- ancient foods
sci.anthropology
-- anthropology
sci.anthropology.paleo
-- evolution of humans and other primates
sci.archaeology
-- archaeology
sci.archaeology,
moderated -- same as above, but moderated
sci.archaeology.mesoamerican
-- archaeology of Mesoamerica
soc.culture.native
-- Native American issues (supercedes alt.native)
sci.lang
-- linguistics
soc.misc
-- miscellaneous social issues
soc.culture.*
-- issues pertaining to culture area/country "*" (numerous!)
Paleontology
Primatology Visual Anthropology- Society
for Visual Anthropology
- HADDON
Online Catalog of Ethnographic Film
-
Visual Anthropology Review
(VAR)
- Documentary
Educational Resources (DER)