REF GN 307 .E53 1991 Levinson, David, editor. Encyclopedia of World Cultures. This 10 volume set is sorted by geographical regions of the world. Volumes 1 through 9 contain a total of about 1500 summaries along with maps, glossaries and indexes of alternate names for the cultural groups. The tenth volume contains cumulative lists of the cultures of the world, their alternate names, and a bibliography of selected publications pertaining to those groups. Each volume contains a preface, an introductory essay by the volume editors, the cultural summaries ranging from a few lines to several pages each, maps pinpointing the location of the cultures, a filmography, an ethnonym index of alternate names and a glossary of scientific and technical terms. All entries are listed in alphabetical order and are extensively cross-referenced.

REF GN 307 .C68 2001 Ember, Melvin and Carol R. Ember, editors. Countries and their Cultures. This 4 volume set has country entered ordered alphabetically. A total of 225 countires are described and include cultural summaries, country maps, photographs and an index. Each country summary provides a mix of demographic, historical, social, economic, political and religious information on the country.

REF GN 333 .W67 1998 Gall, Timothy L. editor. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. This 4 volume set contains articles exploring the ways of life of over 500 culture groups worldwide. The 4 volumes are arranged by geographic region-Africa, Americas, Asia & Oceania and Europe. It focuses on the traditions, living conditions and personalities of many of the world's culture groups. Entries emphasize how people live today rather than how they lived in the past.

REF GN 307 .E52 1996 Ember, Marvin and David Levinson, editors. Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. This 4 volume set includes 340 articles covering nine general areas of interest. The editors state in the introduction that because cultural anthropology is so diverse, they tried to ensure that all perspectives-from scientific to humanistic to advocacy-were adequately and fairly represented.

REF GN 307 .E525 1996 Barnard, Alan and Jonathan Spencer, editors. Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. From the Introduction-"This encyclopedia comprises three kinds of entries. The main text is taken up with 231 substantical entires, organized alphabetically, on important areas of anthropological work. Each of these entries includes a guide to further reading and cross-references to other related works. At the end of the main text there is a separate section containing short biographical entries on leading figures who have been important in the development of anthropology. Finally, there is a glossary providing definitions and explanations of technical terms used in the encyclopedia iteself and elsewhere in anthropology."

REF GN 281 .E53 2000 Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory. From the Introduction-"The Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory is alphabetically arranged with nearly 800 topic headings or entries varying from 50 to 9,000 words in length. As before, each entry supplies reference to other articles in the volume that bear on the subject in question. Despite the unavoidable overlap among articles dealing with related subjects, readers should consult all entries thus indicated to be certain of obtaining full information."

REF GN 50.3 .H57 1997 Spencer, Frank, editor. History of Physical Anthropology. This 2 volume set comprises three kinds of entries: those dealing with the development of specific areas of scientific inquiry and theory; the description of the discipline's intellectual and institutional development in specific countries throughout the world; and implicit biographical sketches.

REF GN 325 .L46 1998 Levinson, David. Ethnic Groups Worldwide: a Ready Reference Handbook. From the Introduction-"This handbook is divided into four parts-Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific and the Americas-with each part containing an individual nation-by-nation description for that region. An introduction, a bibliography of sources, and maps are provided at the beginning of each regional part."

American Anthropological Association
http://www.ameranthassn.org/index.htm
--Good association information and an excellent, annotated list of anthropology resources on the Internet.

Resources in Ethnographic Studies
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html
--This site is from the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. It includes links to the following categories: General Sources | Directories | Scholarly Programs | Archives, Museums, and Archival Collections | Grants and Awards | Journals and Newsletters | Societies | Educator's Resources | Ethnomusicology and Folksong Resources | Fieldwork | Indigenous People's Resources | Mythology and Narrative.

Anthropology Resources on the Internet
http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm
--(Review from http://www.lii.org) "Lists only a few of the largest and up-to-date sites with links to anthropology resources on the Internet. These sites are good places to begin investigating the enormous wealth of anthropological materials now available on the Internet." From the American Anthropological Association.

A Guide to Internet Resources in Anthropology
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/richard.robbins/legacy/anth_on_www.html
--(Review from http://www.lii.org) Lots of good information. Includes links to anthropologists, anthropology departments, anthropology and archaeoloy sites/digs, museums, literature, jobs, and more.

Anthropology Tutorials
http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/
--(Review from http://www.lii.org) A basic introduction to the topic. The searchable Anthropology Tutorials cover physical (biological) anthropology and includes early theories of evolution, genetics, heredity, chromosomal abnormalities, biological adaptability, primates, and the classification of living things. Cultural (Social) anthropology includes language and culture, kinship, sex and marriage, ethnicity and race, and culture change. Related links are provided. From the Behavior Sciences Department, Palomar College.

Cultures
http://www.cultures.com
--(Review from http://www.lii.org) "This site is devoted to cultures, living and ancient, and the promotion of world communication. Featured topics include the Amistad slave ship rebellion, the Hopi and their Anasazi ancestors, the Greek shrine of Dodona, the Muwekma Ohlone and their Pacific Islander cousins, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe and Afropop." The topics are imaginatively presented with photos, drawings, animations, and sounds. Also available are links to the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology, the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures, as well as to the separate Web sites for these two cultures.

National Anthropological Archives
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/
--From the website "The National Anthropological Archives collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of the discipline. Its collections represent the four fields of anthropology – ethnology, linguistics, archaeology, and physical anthropology – and include manuscripts, fieldnotes, correspondence, photographs, maps, sound recordings, film and video created by Smithsonian anthropologists and other preeminent scholars. All told, the NAA's holdings include nearly 400,000 ethnological and archaeological photographs, including some of the earliest images of indigenous people worldwide, and 20,000 works of native art, mainly North American, Asian, and Oceanic. The archives's audio collections include 1,200 aluminum discs recorded by J.P. Harrington during his extensive work in California, the Northwest Coast, and Alaska. The recent addition of the Human Studies Film Archives has added more than eight million feet of original film and video materials to the NAA's collections. The Smithsonian's broad collection policy and support of anthropological research for over 150 years have made the NAA an unparalleled resource for scholars interested in the cultures of Latin America, Oceania, Africa, and Asia."

WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology
http://vlib.anthrotech.com/
--Extensive set of links to anthropology resources. Headings include applied anthropology, archaeology, biophysical anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, discussion forums, bibliographies, career guides, and specialised fields such as forensics, primatology and postmodernism.

SOSIG World Catalogue: Ethnology, Ethnography and Anthropology
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World/ethno.html
--Anthropology news and links to related resources classified under headings such as journals and newsgroups, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology. Produced by Manchester University in England.

Anthropology Biography Web
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/index.shtml
--From Choice Reviews (June '01)-Part of the Minnesota State University EMuseum, this site offers brief encyclopedic entries about notable scientists who have made an impact on anthropology. Students in anthropology at Mankato wrote the 414 entries. Most of the biographies, which are alphabetically arranged, contain brief lists of further readings; not all entries are signed. Althrough some articles simply restate facts found in other works, most are well-written snapshots of the authors' lives."

ArchNet
http://archnet.asu.edu/archnet/
--ArchNet provides access to archaeological resources available on the Internet. Information is organized by geographic region and subject.

Archaeology Exhibits
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/archaeology/
--(Review from http://www.lii.org) A wide range of information about archaeology. General Archaeology contains a timeline of its development in the U.S.; an overview of the laws for the U.S., Minnesota, and the British Isles; dating techniques; the use of technology; and related links. Additionally, there is information about the various archaeological fields. Other sections are Artifacts; MinnArchBib, a bibliography of Minnesota archaeology; Prehistoric Technology; information about worldwide archaeological Sites arranged alphabetically by continent; Underwater and Virtual Archaeology; and a brief directory of museums.

Collapse: Why do civilizations fail?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/
--A site that explores the decline of four ancient civilizations: the Maya, the early civilization of Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon (the Anasazi of the Southwestern United States), and the Mali and Songhai of western Africa. The methods used by archeologists to understand why these particular civilizations collapsed are also presented. Links to related Internet resources and citations of print sources are available.

Perseus Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
--From the website-The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world and beyond. Collaborators initially formed the project to construct a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Planning for Perseus began in 1985; the project was formally established in July, 1987. Since then, the Perseus Project has published two CD-ROMs and created the on-line Perseus Digital Library. Recent expansion into Latin texts and tools and Renaissance materials has served to add more coverage within Perseus and has prompted the project to explore new ways of presenting complex resources for electronic publication.

Seven wonders of the ancient world
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
--The Wonders are listed in chronological order: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and Lighthouse of Alexandria (see also the PBS Nova presentation on the Pharos Lighthouse, Treasures of the Sunken City). Descriptions are linked to more pictures or to significant places around the Web. Also has Forgotten, Modern, and Natural Wonders.

Research in the National Parks
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/npsites.htm
--This site from the National Park Service lists archaeology and ethnography information for the national parks in the United States.

AncientMexico.com
http://www.ancientmexico.com/
--An interactive map of Mexico showing pre-Columbian archaeological sites. Plans and details of some sites.