***An amazing resource. Articles by specialists summarizing current archaeological knowledge, highlighting important sites and issues, and tracing the development of prehistoric cultures around the globe.
Print version in Library's Reference Collection CC 70. E53 2008 VOL. 1-3

Entries on human fossils, historical sites, geographical areas, and the people, history, theory, and substance of archaeology.

Reference GN 710. E53 2001 VOL. 1 - 9
v. 1. Africa, v. 2. Arctic and Subarctic, v. 3. East Asia, and Oceania, v. 4. Europe, v. 5. Middle America, v. 6. North America, v. 7. South America, v. 8. South and Southwest Asia, v. 9 Subject Index

Provides basic information on all archaeologically known cultures. Each volume represents a different geographical region, with general summaries of major traditions within that region and information about the environment and culture of the people represented. For each tradition, entries often discuss subtraditions and important archaeological sites and suggest readings or references. Entries are divided into four sections--a discussion of the time during which the culture flourished, geographic location, diagnostic traits as known from the archaeological record (with subtraditions demarcated as identified), and representative sites--followed by a list of references.

More than 2,000 entries relating to many types of artifacts associated with all continents and all periods, from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Historic. Line drawings and the occasional photograph accompany many entries.

Reference CC 77. H5 E53 2002

Information about key discoveries, events, people, techniques, and controversies. To find info about a scholar, search the last name of the scholar.

Reference F 1218.6 A73 2001

Reference CC 75. A75 2000

Reference CC 70. C59 1999 VOL. 1 - 2

Reference CC 110. E54 1999 VOL. 1 - 2

Reference E 77.9 A72 1998

Reference DT 3. E53 1997

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Also available in print in the Reference Collection, 3 volumes

"the great civilizations of the pre-Columbian era (including the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya peoples) up through the colonial and postcolonial periods, the Encyclopedia covers art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, history, and historiography"

Reference Collection E 77.9 A72 1998

Reference Collection F 1406. E53 2008 VOL. 1 volumes 1-6

Reference DE 9. A1 M43 2000

Reference CC 110. E54 1999 VOL. 1 - 2

Reference CC 75. A75 2000
Provides a survey of archaeological method and theory, as well as the application of physical and biological sciences in archaeological research, from the initial site discovery to the ultimate disposition of materials. Entries on site exploration and examination include simple low-cost conservation techniques to promote sample integrity and long-term preservation. Techniques described for excavation and analysis include the latest refinements of radiometric dating, stable isotopic analysis, and the PCR technique of DNA analysis. Other entries cover quantitative methods and data management.

Reference DS 56. O9 1997 VOL. 1-5
Provides information on over 450 archaeological sites, many regional overviews, aspects of material culture, important individuals, discussions of archaeological method and theory, the history of archaeology in the Near East and more. Covers from prehistory through the rise of Islam and the Crusades.

Reference DS 111. A2 E58 1993 VOL. 1 - 4
Entries pertaining to 420 sites, primarily written by the last archaeologist to have excavated the site. However it also provides articles written by deceased major excavators,(e.g. Albright, Kenyon, and Yadin) unless the information was out of date. Check the indexes to subject entries and geographical regions.

Reference DS 111. A2 E58 1993 VOL. 1 -4
Most entries, written by the latest archaeologist to have excavated a site, present the findings of 100 years of archaeological investigation. 420 sites, subject entries and geographical regions.

Reference DS 57. C58 2000 VOL. 1 & 2, 3 & 4
200 topical essays divided into 11 broad subject areas about the cultures of the ancient Near East from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic era. Describes the archaeology and the history and culture of each subregion, languages, environment; population; social institutions, religious life, governments, peace and war, commerce and agriculture, writing, and literature, and the visual and performing arts. Includes 46 maps, 612 photographs and line drawings, time lines comparing ancient Near Eastern civilizations, and a very useful index.
Available online but can not be searched precisely. Use the Search box or expand the Subject or Geographic limits on the left.

Reference DT 58. E53 1999

Reference N 6260. G76 2009 VOL. 1-3
Covers all subject areas in Islamic art including: artists, rulers, writers, architecture, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, calligraphy, textiles, and more over thirteen centuries.
Use the index to find relevant entries.

Reference BS 191.5 A1 2001 O94

BL 31. E5 1995 VOL. 1 - 16

D 57. C34 1971 VOL. 1 PT. 1 & 2

Historical, geographical and archaeological context of each entry

BS 440. A54 2008 VOL. 1-6

Individuals living in the Near East between the twenty-fifth and the second centuries BC.

Reference Collection GN 307. C68 2001 VOL. 1-4

Main Collection G 1046. E1 P7 1989

Information Reference Collection E 77. H25 1996

Entries on the history, migration, culture, belief system, social organization, and relationships of the peoples of the Asia-Pacific region east of the Caspian Sea to others. Includes discussions of their kinship systems, religious systems, and subsistence systems.

Information Reference Collection F 1218.6 O95 2000 VOL. 1-3

Information about human bodies from many disciplines, including anthropology archeology, sociology, and medicine. Cultures, tribes, and customs, ancient practices to the latest fad, comparisons among cultures, changing perceptions of the body, and issues of race, gender, religion, community and belonging, ethnicity, power structures, human rights.

Volume 1: Principles, Methods, and Approaches, Volume 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins, Volume 3: Phylogeny of Hominids

Vocabulary for archaeological work, including theories, techniques, materials, artifacts, cultural phase or period, monuments and sites. Focuses especially on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas.

Provides biographical articles on deceased scientists, including anthropologists, and lists of primary and secondary literature.