Reference Sources

• African Archaeology: a Selected Bibliography. Du Bois Stacks Z 5118 .A6. R5 1993.
• Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land Ref. DS111.A2 A73 2001.
• Archaeological Method and Theory: an Encyclopedia. Ref. CC 75 .A654 2000.
• Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: an Encyclopedia Ref. F1218.6 .A73 2001.
• British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography Per Z 5132 .B72.
• Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Ref. DS57 .C55 1995.
• Collins Dictionary of Archaeology. Ref. CC 70 .C58 1993.
• Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East Ref. DS69.5 .R63 1990.
• Dictionary of Archaeology. Ref. CC 70 .D53 1999.
• Dictionary of Concepts in Archaeology. Ref. CC 70 .M45 1993.
• The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations Ref. CB311 .E53.
• The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean Ref. DS57 .E47 1997.
• The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Ref. DT58 .B96 1999.
• Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Volume 1- 2001- (ongoing). Ref. GN 710 .E53 2001. The first 3 volumes are on Africa, the Arctic and Subarctic, and East Asia and Oceania respectively.
• Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt Ref. DT58 .E53 1999.
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology. Ref. CC 70 .K56 2000.
• Historical Dictionary of Ancient Mesoamerica Ref. F1434 .H57 2000.
• History of the Ancient & Medieval World (12 vols.) Ref. D117 .H57 1996.
• Oxford Companion to Archaeology. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996.
  Ref. CC 70 .O96 1996.
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (3 vols.) Ref. DT58 .O94 2001.
• See also Reference Materials in Anthropology page

Books

• UMass Library Catalog Searches at http://umlibr.library.umass.edu/ . Use the broad categories below to browse for sub-topics or to limit (by date, words in subject or words in title) for more focussed results.
  Sample searches:
  • China -- Civilization -- To 221 B C
  • China -- History -- 1766 B C 220 A D
  • China -- History -- To 1766 B C
  • Egypt -- Antiquities
  • Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt
  • Human Sacrifice -- Mexico
  • Iraq -- Antiquities
  • Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817 1894
  • Sumerians
  • Trojan War
• Net Library - online book collection
  Sample titles:
  • City of Sacrifice : the Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization / David Carrasco
  • Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia: the Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature / Rivkah Harris
• Virtual Catalog - for books not at the Five Colleges
• WorldCat - a world-wide catalog - and Other Library Catalogs

Journals (for browsing and searching)

• American Antiquity Per E51.A52 and online
• The Archaeological Journal DA20.A71
• Current Anthropology Per GN1.C8 and online
• Ethnohistory Per E51.E8 (1954-2001) and online
• Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Per CC79.E85J68 (1982-2001) and online
• Journal of Archaeological Science Per CC1.J68 (1974-2001) and online
• Man Du Bois Storage Per GN1.M25 (1901-1994) and online
• Oxford Journal of Archaeology Per CC1.O9 and online

Databases (journal indexing and online journals)

• Anthropological Index Online
• Anthropology Plus - Indexes articles, books, and more. If new to this database, see the Database Guide for info on getting started and search tips.
• British Archaeological Abstracts
• eHRAF Collection of Archaeology - (full text)
  • Help pages
  • User Guides
  • Searching
  • Citing a Document from eHRAF - "When citing a document from eHRAF, use the citation style you normally would use (e.g., MLA, AAA style) for the author, title, and publication information and then add the following: 'As seen in the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography on the Web, (use the current date, month/day/year)." (From the eHRAF Help pages.)
    
• Expanded Academic ASAP (includes full text)
• Historical Abstracts
• JSTOR (full text)
• Project MUSE (full text)
• Social Sciences Index
• Web of Science - Allows multidisciplinary searches combining arts, humanities, social science and science.

Internet Resources

• See Anthropology Internet Links page.

Reserves

Click here for Reserve Books and Paper Copies of Articles and eReserve articles for Anthropology 150(when available).

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Prepared for Anthropology 150: Ancient Civilizations, Spring 2003. Professor Donald Proulx
Library guide by Isabel Espinal, Humanities & Anthropology Librarian