Reference Sources

• Archaeological Method and Theory: an Encyclopedia. Ref. CC 75 .A654 2000.
• Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: an Encyclopedia. Ref. E77.9 .A72 1998.
• Collins Dictionary of Archaeology. Ref. CC 70 .C58 1993.
• 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.
• Encyclopedia of Massachusetts Indians: Tribes, Nations, and People of the Plains Eastern Woodlands E78.M4 E63 1999.
• Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes Ref. E76.2.W35 1999.
• Encyclopedia of North American Indians Ref E76.2.E53 1997,v1-11.
• Encyclopedia of North American Indians Online one volume book.
• Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Ref. GN 710 .E53 2001.
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology. Ref. CC 70 .K56 2000.
• Handbook of North American Indians Ref. E77.H36. Library has volumes 4-13,15,17.
• Historical Dictionary of North American Archaeology. Ref. E 77.9 .H57 1988.
• History of the Ancient & Medieval World (12 vols.) Ref. D117 .H57 1996.
• Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples Ref. E77.P89 1998, v.1-2.
• Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Ref. CC 70 .O96 1996.
• 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:
  • Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • Ethnoarchaeology
    • Ethnoarchaeology -- America
    • Ethnoarchaeology -- Florida
  • Excavations (Archaeology) -- Massachusetts
  • Excavations (Archaeology) -- North America
  • Human remains (Archaeology)
  • Indians of North America -- Antiquities
  • Kennewick Man
  • Paleo Indians
  • United States. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
  • Woodland Indians -- Antiquities
• Net Library - online book collection
  Sample titles:
• City of Sacrifice : the Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization / David Carrasco
• Material Meanings: Critical approaches to the Interpretation of Material Culture / edited by Elizabeth S. Chilton.
• Virtual Catalog - for books not at the Five Colleges
• WorldCat - a world-wide catalog; use for books not at the Five Colleges - and Other Library Catalogs

  Library Cataloging Question: What is the difference between the Library of Congress subject headings "Excavations (Archaeology)" and "Archaeology?"
  Answer: The term "Excavations (Archaeology)" is used as a subject heading when the material is about actual archaeological digs, or for materials on sites in different places. This subject heading is subdivided geographically by the place where the archaeological sites are located. An additional heading is added with the place subdivided by "Antiquities." For example:
  Excavations (Archeology)--Spain
  Spain--Antiquities
  These subject headings would be assigned to a book that was an archaeological site report, or was about archaeological sites in Spain.The term "Archaeology" is used as a subject heading when the material is about archaeology as a branch of learning. This heading may be subdivided geographically for works on this branch of learning in a specific place. For example:
  Archaeology--Spain
  This subject heading would be assigned to a book that was on the science of archaeology in Spain.
  [Question and Answer courtesy of the Subject and Bibliographic Access Committee of the Anthropology and Sociology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.]

Journals (for browsing)

• *African-American Archaeology Newsletter, 1994-2000
• American Antiquity Per E51.A52 and online
• American Journal of Archaeology, 1897-1997and current issues, 2000-
• Antiquity- Current Issues, 2001- - Backfiles, 1993-2002
• Archaeological Reports, 1954-1998
• Archaeology, 1999-
• Archaeology of Eastern North America E77.8.A7
• Arctic Anthropology, 1993-
• The Archaeological Journal DA20.A71
• Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society Per F66.M368
• CRM [Cultural resources management] online only
• Current Anthropology Per GN1.C8 and online
• Ethnohistory Per E51.E8 (1954-2001) and online
• International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 1993-
• 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
• North American Archaeologist Per E43.N67
• Northeast Anthropology Per GN1.M33
• Oxford Journal of Archaeology Per CC1.O9 and online
• Southeastern Archaeology, 1999-

Databases (journal indexing and online journals)

• Academic Search Premier - Multidisciplinary database with many anthropology journals. Citations, abstracts and full text articles. Citations can be saved to a folder and exported directly to RefWorks.
• America: History and Life - citations and abstracts for journal articles, dissertations and book reviews published in over 2000 journals covering United States and Canadian history (including especially historical archeology). Citations can be exported directly to RefWorks.
• *Anthropological Index Online
• Anthropology Plus - Indexes articles, books, and more. Citations can be exported directly to RefWorks.
• 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.)
    
• JSTOR (full text) Scholarly journals. Citations can be saved in a text file and imported to RefWorks using a filter.
• *National Archeological Database
  "Bibliographic inventory of approximately 240,000 reports on archeological planning and investigation... This 'gray literature' represents a large portion of the primary information available on archeological sites in the U.S. " Also includes a variety of maps.
• Project MUSE (full text) Citations can be exported directly to RefWorks.
• Web of Science - Allows multidisciplinary searches combining arts, humanities, social science and science. Citations can be saved in a text file and imported to RefWorks using a filter.

Internet Resources

• See Anthropology Internet Links page.
• See also Native American Indian Studies Research Guide.

Reserves

Click here for Reserve Books and Paper Copies of Articles and eReserve articles for Anthropology 369 (when available).

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Prepared for Anthropology 369: North American Archaeology, Fall 2004, Professor Elizabeth Chilton; Fall 2005 Lecturer Christopher Donta
Library guide by Isabel Espinal, Humanities & Anthropology Librarian
Last updated: October 11, 2005