Anthropology - Class Research Guides - Lake Tahoe Community College Library

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ANTHROPOLOGY RESOURCES

Got a paper due? Library staff are available to assist you from the start to the finish, from selecting your topic to helping with citations. We recommend you use this page to launch your research.

Choose your topic:

Browse LTCC print magazines such as:

Archeology
National Geographic

What other magazines does LTCC Library subscribe to? Check out our periodical titles, such as these, which are available through our online databases such as EBSCOhost

Annual Review of Anthropology
Anthropological Quarterly
Anthropology Today
Australian Journal of Anthropology
BlacFax
Current Anthropology
Ethnology
Expedition
Journal of Social & Evolutionary Systems
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
South African Journal of Ethnology

Search for books:

Use keyword or subject search options in the LTCC Library Catalog to learn what Library of Congress call numbers are assigned to your topic.

Browse the shelves.

Scan academic periodicals and web sites:

Access, via the Internet link below, these journals:

Also consider these web sites recommended by LTCC Anthropology instructors:

AncientScripts - A comprehensive introduction to linguistic anthropology
American Anthropological Association - A huge round-up of quality web links on anthropology
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Anthropology Tutorials
Journal of the American Assoc. of Physical Anthropologists
American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project - Homepage for the ASLLRP
Cheyenne Language & Cheyenne Indian Tribe - An Algonquin language still spoken in Montana & Oklahoma
Chicago Assyrian Dictionary Project - Dictionary of the various dialects of Akkadian, the earliest Semitic language
Chimpanzee Communication - Insight into the origins of language
Chinese Script - Essay combining linguistic, cultural & historic anthropology about the evolution of written Chinese
Emily's Introduction to Historical Linguistics - History of languages, how languages change, how they relate to each other
Ergativic Stage of Early Proto-IndoEuropean - Online paper dealing with origins of language in Europe
ForensicAnthro - Forensic anthropology and human osteology resources
The Great Vowel Shift - How and why pronunciation changes over time
Growth Points in Thinking-for-Speaking - Paper on the shifting thinking process of bilingual speakers. http://mcneilllab.uchicago.edu/pdfs/GP-think-for-speak.pdf
How to Talk to an Extraterrestrial - Book excerpt, by Jonathan Vos Post, about how to communicate with aliens
Images of Women in Ancient Art
Linguistic Anthropology General resources
Linguistic Comprehension in Chimps - Article about experiments with chimps and the human language
Linguistics: Quick Guide to Semitic Languages & People
Distribution of Languages in Hidalgo, Mexico - Distribution of Nahua, Nahnu, Totnac, Tepehua and Spanish languages
Native Languages of the Americas - Wealth of information about Native American languages and tribes
Science Magazine: No Last Word on Language Origins - A look at the evolution of human speech
Roots of Mambila - Paper on the Mambila language, spoken near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, from Oxford
Small Lexicon of Tsalagi Words - Selection of words & pronunciation guide for the language of the Cherokee Indian
Sumerian Language Page - About the history and anthropology of ancient Sumerian language; how it evolved
Think Baby Names - Etymology and history of names from around the world