"Intute is a free online service providing access to high quality Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK Universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in the database."

 

Academic Info: Anthropology: A gateway of annotated resources on anthropology and anthropological research. AcademicInfo was founded in 1998 by Mike Madin, a librarian coordinator, and is now maintained by multiple contributors.

 

American Folklife Center: This web site provides Ethnographic Resources related to Folklore, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and the Humanities. Unless otherwise noted, the sites listed in this directory are provided by organizations other than the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links.

 

Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals: Search for bibliographic references, in the Anthropological Library at the British Museum, from 1950 - present.

 

Anthropologists of Europe: "This site offers international resources that may be of interest to anthropologists of Europe and allied colleagues. An effort has been made to include "gateway" links that lead to many sources, as well as to the few specific links to European anthropological topics."

 

Anthropology CyberPursuits: This portal provides access to a very large list of links for reference materials, academic departments, libraries, museums, publications, organizations, and other endeavors in the many branches of Anthropology.

 

Anthropology Resources on the Internet: This list of links provided by the American Anthropological Association focuses on Applied Anthropology, Ethnography, Visual Anthropology, Technology, Funding and Anthropologists.

 

Anthropology Resources: An index containing multiple web directories around the world. Developed by Allen Lutins and maintained by Bernard-Olivier Clist.

 

ArchNet: A free educational service open to the public, students, and researchers, ArchNet offers links to thousands of web presentations devoted to archaeology, ancient sites, and artifact studies. ArchNet was created in 1993 at the University of Connecticut and in 2001 migrated to the Archaeological Research Institute at Arizona State University.

 

Biological Anthropology Forum: A comprehensive site providing information on the biological and cultural aspects of human variation and adaptation within the following subject areas: anthropology, health, genetics, language, diversity, population genetics, archaeology, geography, etiology, epidemiology, DNA, and the Human Genome Diversity Project. Sponsored by Kevin M. Kelly, biomedical anthropologist and currently an associate research scientist in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa.

 

Bubl Link: Anthropology: Annotated list of links on all fields of anthropology.

 

Center for World Indigenous Studies: Fourth World and Indigenous resources for the following indigenous peoples: aboriginal, first nations, native americans, indians, native peoples, tribal peoples, fourth world nations, indigenous nations, tribes, and ethnic minorities. Founded by Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser of the Cowlitz Tribe and Chief George Manuel of the Shuswap Nation.

 

Cultural Studies and Critical Theory: Use this e-server to explore cultural studies and critical theory, combining research in sociology, literary theory, film/video studies, and cultural anthropology to study cultural phenomena in industrial societies. E-Server was founded at Carnegie Mellon and is now based at Iowa State University.

 

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: This has been designed to cover ancient and medieval history. The quality of research is controlled by a system of hyperlinked indexes which are managed by qualified professionals who serve as the Associate Editors of the project. The same procedures that govern quality also serve to limit the scope of research to the ancient world, hosted by the University of Evansville.

 

Internet Resources for Physical Anthropology: David Langenberg at the University of Delaware Library has provided web resources in Physical Anthropology, in the categories of museums, societies, archives, universities and newsgroups.

 

New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: "The manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy." This revised 3rd edition authored by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil.

 

Resources in Ethnographic Studies: A subject directory of resources in Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, and Folklife provided by the American Folklife Center, provided by the Library of Congress.

 

University of Hawaii: A Guide to Internet Resources in Anthropology: A comprehensive list of anthropological sources provided by Allan Lutins, Anita Cohen, and Lisa Mitton. Archival only as site is no longer maintained as of December 2009.

 

 

Arctic Circle: "The overall goal of Arctic Circle is to stimulate among viewers a greater interest in the peoples and environment of the Arctic and Subarctic region as it relates to our three themes: natural resources, history and culture, social equity and GIS/Maps. Developer Norman Chance has selected three themes that are crucial to the future of the people, land, and waters of the Arctic and Subarctic region: natural resources, history and culture; social equity and environmental justice.

 

Berkeley Natural History Museums: This site provides scientific information in all aspects of cultural/human and biological diversity, from molecular evolution to human prehistory, contained in the following natural history museums: Entomology, Zooology, Anthropology, Paleontology, Herbaria, Botany and Human Evolution.

 

BrainMaps: This site is an interactive multiresolution next-generation brain atlas that is based on over 20 million megapixels of sub-micron resolution, annotated, scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate brains and is integrated with a high-speed database for querying and retrieving data about brain structure and function. Created and maintained by Principal Investigator Edward G. Jones and the Brainmaps Team (Ade Adowe, Kate Brown, Maly Bun, Megan Cleary, Matt Countryman, Xinran Cui, Fred Gorin, Alessandro Graziano, Brendan Hunt, Larry Lau, Albert Lim, Robert Linehan, Xiaobo Liu, Parisa Mehran, Shawn Mikula, Karl Murray, Phong Nguyen, Barbara Rubino, James Stone, Issac Trotts, Long Votran, Shang Wei, Jennifer Wright) at the UC Regents, Davis campus.

 

Center for World Indigenous Studies : This site presents an astounding collection of links to sites by and about indigenous nations around the world. Developed by Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D. (a member of the Cowlitz Tribe ) and Chief George Manuel (1929-1989) of the Shuswap NationChief and maintained by George Manuel Library.

 

Centre for Social Anthropology: The aim of the Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Sociology, Anthropology, Politics is to support teaching and learning and to improve the student learning experience. Offered are an annual tranche of mini-projects, as well as a series of events, workshops, and other activities led by subject academic co-ordinators and C-SAP Associates.

 

Cave of Chauvet-Pont-D'Arc: An interactive website dedicated to this cave in the Ardèche department of southern France that contains the earliest known cave paintings, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. It is located near the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the Ardèche River. Discovered in 1994, it is considered one of the most significant prehistoric art sites. Scientific direction by Jean Clottes, conservateur général du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture et de la communication).

 

eSkeletons Project: "The eSkeletons Project website is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy. It offers a unique set of digitized versions of skeletons of several primates in 2-D and 3-D full color, animations, and much supplemental information." Sposored by the University of Texas at Austin.

 

Lascaux: An virtual tour of this complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. Click on "A visit to the cave" for a sesational interactive tour within the cave which contains some of the best-known Upper Paleolithic art, with paintings estimated to be at least 17,300 years old. The paintings primarily consist of primitive images of large animals, most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time. Developed by Norbert Aujoulat, conservateur du patrimoine, chef du département d'Art pariétal du Centre national de la Préhistoire.

 

Harvard Museum of Natural History - Harvard University: The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) is the public museum of three renowned institutions at Harvard University: the Botanical Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum. These museums have exhibits on dinosaurs, paleontology, natural history, botany, rocks, minerals, meteorites, geology, mineralogy, Agassiz, zoology, biology, taxidermy, and mammals.

 

Middle Awash Project: "This research project in Ethiopia is an international multidisciplinary effort to elucidate human origins and evolution, conducted under permit from the Ethiopian Government (Authority for Research and Conservation of the Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture and Tourism). The dual missions of the Middle Awash project are to generate knowledge through scientific research, and to build Ethiopian research and management capacity and infrastructure in archaeology, geology, and paleontology."

 

National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution: The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, highlights fossil descriptions and cultural exhibits. Opened in 1910, the Museum "is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, and learning about the natural world through its research, collections, exhibitions, and education outreach programs."

 

Natural History Museum: "For almost 200 years, preserved plant specimens, animal specimens, rocks, minerals and fossils have been collected, studied and preserved at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum. A selection of specimens are on display for the general public in the Geological and Zoological Areas.

 

NGram Viewer: The first tool of its kind, the Google Labs N-gram Viewer is capable of precisely and rapidly quantifying cultural trends based on massive quantities of data, e.g., how often phrases have occurred in the world's books over the last 500 years. Use the Google tool to graph the occurrence of phrases up to five words in length from 1400 through the present day. This tool currently supports the following languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, and Russian. A research article in "Science Express" that highlights the use of this Google tool is Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books.

 

Places of Peace and Power: "Photographs, writings and theories regarding sacred sites, power places, pilgrimage traditions, and ancient mysteries by anthropologist, photographer, and world traveler Martin Gray."