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Prehistory/Anthropology/Archaeology |
Catalog
for Finding Books
Databases for Finding Magazine & Journal Articles
Selected
Web Sites
Links for ANTH 165 Honors
Guide to
Library Resources for ANTH 155
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
- Type search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click Submit.
- The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
- To Limit your results to books at
- Subject headings related to prehistory:
- Prehistoric peoples
- Primitive societies
- Neolithic period
- Religion, Prehistoric
- Civilization, Ancient
- Antiquities
[and place name], e.g.
You can also
start by browsing the shelves:
Call numbers for the main area for books on prehistory: GN 739 -
GN 743.
Magazine & Journal Databases (to access articles):
JSTOR - Scholarly
journals archives - on campus or off-campus w/ library
card
Back
issues of important academic journals, including many historical
journals (no current issues) going back to 1838.
Excellent for in-depth academic journal
articles on all historical topics except: recent history and articles
published within the last 3 – 5 years
- For a basic/general search, enter search words & click Search
- To search for a specific topic, click on Advanced Search, and then enter search words for multiple concepts in the separate search boxes
- To search for exact phrases, put quote marks around the phrase, e.g. “Thomas Jefferson” or “freedom of the press”
- To limit your search to regular journal articles (as opposed to book reviews or editorials), click in the “Article” check box under “Limit by”
- If too many articles are found, click on "Modify Search", add additional search words & search again
- To email, print or save an article:
- Click on “PDF” (at the upper right of the page)
- A new window
with “JSTOR's Terms and Conditions” will be displayed;
click on “OK”
[If your browser blocks pop-ups, you need to hold down the CTRL key while clicking on “OK”] - When the pdf image file is displayed, click on the “Email”, “Print” or “Save a Copy” icons (on the pdf task bar at the top of the page)*
- To email the
full article, click on “Send Copy”,
then enter
e-mail address in "To:" entry box and click "Send"*
* pdf functions vary according to the specific software setup for different computers - For more help in how to search the JSTOR database, see the JSTOR Search Help page
EbscoHost databases - on campus or off-campus
w/ library card
Articles
from academic journals, magazines, newspapers & other published sources in
all subject areas.
- To search for more than one "concept", click on Advanced Search below the Search box
- In the “Search modes” selection area, select “Boolean/Phrase” by clicking the appropriate button
- In the first search box, type the search word(s) for one concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- In the second box, type the search word(s) for another concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- If you have a third concept, type the search word(s) for that concept in the third box. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- Click the “Search” button to begin a search
- When the results page is displayed, click on an article title to see detailed information and a summary of the article.
- To see the full-text of an article, click on PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text at the left of the detailed information page
- Once you find one article specifically on your topic, click on any relevant subject headings (near the top of the article page) to find more articles on that topic.
- To print or e-mail an article, click on the print or e-mail buttons at the right of the article.
Gale
PowerSearch databases - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Articles
from academic journals, popular magazines and newspapers;
excellent set of general periodical databases.
- From the initial “Basic Search” page, click on "Advanced Search" on the navigation bar near the top of the page.
- In the first search box, type the search word(s) for one concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- In the second box, type the search word(s) for another concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- If you have a third concept, type the search word(s) for that concept in the third box. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- Click the SEARCH button
- When search results are first displayed,
only magazine articles are
shown, if available for your search.
Click on: “Academic Journals” tab to display journal articles; "News" tab to display news articles; "Books" tab to display reference book articles. - Click on an article title to view the full article
- After selecting articles, you can e-mail the articles to yourself by clicking on the EMAIL button in the “Tools” box at the top right of every article.
- Enter your e-mail address in the “Mail to” box
- Click the SEND button
Google Scholar -
Google’s academic search engine accesses a wide range of academic articles, theses,
books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional
societies, online repositories, and universities.
Google search statements:
· Since Google only provides a single search
box (instead of multiple search boxes), use parentheses around search terms for
each concept, and
- place ANDs between each concept,
· put quotes (“ “) around
search phrases, i.e. any search terms with more than one word
The majority of sources retrieved by Google Scholar
are usually abstracts
(summaries) of articles, which do not provide the full-text of the article (or
a significant charge is required for the full article). In many cases, you may
be able to retrieve the full-text of these articles by using the Skyline
College Library Article Delivery Service.
General
Anthropology Sites
American Anthropological Association:
Anthropology Resources on the Internet - http://www.aaanet.org/resources/
"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.
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
- http://www.anthropologie.net/
A great place to begin searches for anthropology materials
on the Internet. Includes lists of discussion groups; programs and files via
FTP; gopher servers; World Wide Web servers on general anthropology,
archaeology, archaeological digs, linguistics, cultural anthropology, physical
anthropology, museums, academic departments, other institutions, commercial
sites; electronic journals and archives; and other anthropology resource
collections.
ArchNet - http://archnet.asu.edu/toc/toc.php
Provides access to archaeological resources available on the Internet.
Information is organized by geographic region and subject. A
Virtual Library site.
The Archaeology Channel -
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
This site attempts to "explore the human cultural
heritage through streaming media." (Use Windows Media
Player or RealPlayer.) The videos are about archeological sites and
include Mesa Verde, Gila Cliff dwellings, mound builders, and others sites
found in North America. There is also a site in Thailand. There are related
links with each video.
Mesoweb - http://www.mesoweb.com/
Subtitled An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures,
this site is "devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures: the Olmec,
Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacano, Toltec, Mixtec, Zapotec and others"
and presents information about an archeological dig and restoration project at
Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico. Photos, map, animations, videos (requiring
QuickTime), rubbings of Maya sculptures, and an illustrated encyclopedia are
available as well as the text of the first Palenque roundtable: a conference on
art, iconography, and dynastic history of Palenque. There are related links. A joint venture of the Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute (PARI)
and Mexico's Instituto Nacional
de Antropologia y Historia
(INAH).
Giza Plateau Mapping
Project - http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GIZ/Giza.html
This site is of a project mapping the settlements of
ancient Egypt at Giza. The annual reports for the project for 1991-1999 are
available and contain the findings for each year. While the computer model for
the Giza Plateau is still in development, models for Khufu pyramid and others
are available, as is a rendering for the courtyard of the Sphinx temple.
Included is a reprint of an article titled Excavation at Giza 1988-1991: The
Location and Importance of the Pyramid Settlement by Mark Lehner,
Associate Professor of Egyptology at the University of Chicago.
Collapse: Why do Civilizations
Fall? - 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.
ABZU: Guide to the Study of the Ancient
Near East - http://www.etana.org/abzubib/
An
extensive index of resources for the ancient civilizations of the Near and
Middle East, including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Judea, Lebanon,
Cyprus, Syria, Turkey, Anatolia, Kurdistan, Assyria, Babylonia, Mesopotamia,
Iraq, Iran, Persia, Armenia, the Indus Valley, the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia,
Yemen, Oman, the Gulf States, and the Red Sea.
The Ancient Indus Valley -
http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html
The story of the ancient Indus Valley civilization that flourished around 2,500
B.C. focussing on the city of Harappa.
Introduction to
Archaeoastronomy - http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/cfaar_as.html
What do Chaco Canyon, Gotland, Stonehenge, Takamatsu Zuka Kofun, and Carnac have in
common? This page defines archaeoastronomy as the
"study of the astronomical practices, celestial lore, mythologies,
religions and world-views of all ancient cultures" and provides an
annotated set of links, organized by subject, to General, Native American/Meso-American, Megalithic, and World archaeoastronomy
sites.
Journal of world
prehistory - http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0892-7537/contents
Fee-based electronic journal includes some free abstracts and some free issues
to non-subscribers.
ANTH 165 Honors, Fall 2011:
Ethnographic research assignment comparing hijras of
India with other sex/variant roles
Selected articles:
Condition
and Status of Hijras (Transgender, Transvestites
etc.) in Pakistan
by Humaira Jami. National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University (2005?)
Collected Information About the Eunuchs of India Known as Hijras
Mekong
Erotics: Men Loving/Pleasuring/Using Men in Lao PDR
Bangkok:
UNESCO Bangkok, 2008. 114 pp. Ethnographic study on male to
male sexuality in Lao PDR.
Dubbing Culture: Indonesian "Gay" and "Lesbi" Subjectivities and Ethnography in an Already
Globalized World
by Tom Boellstorff. American Ethnologist, Vol. 30, No. 2 (May, 2003), pp. 225-242. How Indonesians come to see themselves as lesbi or gay through fragmentary encounters with mainstream
mass media.
Roses
of the North: The Katoey of Chiang Mai University
by Andrew Matzner. 1999.
Reports on a kathoey "sorority" at Chiang
Mai University.
The Intimate
Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and
Avon Ladies in the Global City
By Ara Wilson. (Introduction to book.)
Sexual
identities and lifestyles among non-heterosexual urban Chiang Mai youth:
implications for health - off-campus
w/ library card
Using quantitative and
qualitative data we explore perspectives on and experiences of sexual lifestyles
and relationships among more than 1750 young people aged 17-20 years who reside
in urban Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Performative
Genders, Perverse Desires: A Bio-History of Thailand's Same-Sex and Transgender
Cultures
by Peter Jackson from Intersections:
Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context Issue 9, August 2003
An
Explosion of Thai Identities: Global Queering and Re-Imagining Queer Theory
- on campus or off-campus w/ library card
by Peter Jackson. Culture,
Health & Sexuality, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct. -
Dec., 2000), pp. 405-424
Sadhin – Gaddi (India):
Unmarried Women of the Dhaula Dhar:
Celibacy and Social Control in Northwest India - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Hidden in History: Female Homoeroticism and Women of a "Third
Nature" in the South Asian Past - off-campus w/ library card
Bakla/boyot/bantut (Philippines):
Identity, Mobility, and Urban Place-Making: Exploring Gay Life in Manila - on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Global Desirings and Translocal
Loves: Transgendering and Same-Sex Sexualities in the
Southern Philippines – off-campus w/ library card
Sexuality, Ethnicity and Language: Exploring Chinese Filipino Male
Homosexual Identity – on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Travestis (Brazil):
The Gender of Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes - on campus or off-campus
w/ library card
by Don Kulick. American
Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 99, No. 3 (Sep.,
1997), pp. 574-585.
Identity as a
'patchwork': aspects of identity among low-income Brazilian travesties - on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Findings
from a qualitative study that took place within the context of a four-year
healthcare programme directed towards low-income travestis
in the central area of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sex
work in Mexico: vulnerability of male, travesti,
transgender and transsexual sex workers - on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Travesti: Sex,
gender, and culture among Brazilian transgendered prostitutes (Google Books – limited browsing)
by Don Kulick
Issues
Concerning the Informality and Outdoor Sex Work Performed by Travestis in Sao Paulo, Brazil
by Erin
C. Wilson, Robert Garofalo, Robert D. Harris, Amy
Herrick and Miguel Martinez, et al. Archives
of Sexual Behavior, 2011
Sexuality,
Culture and Politics: The Journey of Male Homosexuality in Brazilian
Anthropology
Two Spirits (Native North America):
Coming to Terms with
Navajo "nádleehí": A Critique of "berdache," "Gay," "Alternate
Gender," and "Two-Spirit" - off-campus
w/ library card
An Aztec Two-Spirit
Cosmology: Re-Sounding Nahuatl Masculinities, Elders,
Femininities, and Youth - off-campus w/ library card
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