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For more information and help in understanding Anthropology, consult the websites below, they are very useful resources.

Cultural Anthropology

Quinebaug Valley Community College (Connecticut) Cultural Anthropology

Provides links explaining theories, culture, history, and other main elements of Anthropology.

The Society of Cultural Anthropology

Provides information regarding the Society for Cultural Anthropology. The link to the Society's Journal leads you to a helpful resource where you can read articles and blogs of professionals discussing happenings in the study of Cultural Anthropology.

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Provides a deeper look into sub-fields associated with Cultural Anthropology.

Physical Anthropology

The American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Provides insight to one of the top organizations dealing with physical anthropology. This website contains information on career opportunities, and a catalogue of newsletters talking about improvements and innovations in physical anthropology.

Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology

Provides web resources on most topics covered in physical anthropology, such as evolutionary biology, growth and development, genetics, primate studies, and much more.

Physical Anthropology Resources

Provides academic journal links, and many other great resources that can aid in the study of physical anthropology.

General Anthropology

Education Index on Anthropology

Provides links to an array of topics, covering all the divisions of anthropology, physical, cultural, archeology, and linguistics.

The American Anthropological Association

Provides explanations of the politics, ethics, and other issues confronting and being dealt with by Anthropologists today. Articles and other links provide understanding about present and past issues that Anthropologists have, or are trying, to solve.

Archaeology

Archaeology

A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America, this website provides a lot of great and useful information including articles, reviews, pictures, and interactive digs.

What is Archeology?

Provides great explanations about what Archeology is and, more importantly, what it is not. The website also explains the processes Archeologists use to determine dig sites, what they do when they decide where to dig, and what they do when they find artifacts.

The Society for Historical Archeology

Provides an explanation for one of the sub-fields of Archeology, Historical Archeology, which aims to "discover the fabric of common everyday life in the past and seek to understand the broader historical development of their own and other societies."

Linguistics

Ancient Scripts

Provides origins, types, and families of writing systems. Additionally, it looks at languages by region, and provides an excellent time line of language use throughout history.

Linguistics

Provides a list of universities linguistics pages, as well as excellent explanations on the basic vocabulary associated with linguistics.

Published Papers & Articles on Linguistics

Provides articles on current issues on Linguistics, posing questions concerning the origins of language and debates on its effects in society.

“Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.” - Margaret Mead