Resources by Subject: Anthropology Resources: Web Resources

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American Anthropological Association
"Founded in 1902, the American Anthropological Association is the world’s largest scholarly and professional organization of anthropologists. The Association is dedicated to advancing human understanding and applying this understanding to the world’s most pressing problems."
American Association for Physical Anthropologists
"The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, is the world's leading professional organization for biological anthropologists."
Australian Anthropological Society
"The Australian Anthropological Society is a member-based association committed to representing the profession of anthropology in Australia."
Canadian Anthropology Society
"CASCA organizes the largest anthropological conference in the country and collaborates with other anthropological organizations across the country, continent and world. We provide travel grants to graduate students to help them start up their careers, and provide a bilingual venue for publishing academic papers via our journal Anthropologica."
Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology
"The Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology / l’Association canadienne d’anthropologie biologique is a learned society of international scholars and students whose aim is to promote and increase awareness and understanding of physical (biological) anthropology among its membership, as well as to supporting institutions and agencies and the public at large."
European Association of Social Anthropologists Association
"The European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) is a professional association open to all social anthropologists either qualified in, or else working in, Europe."
The Leakey Foundation
"The Leakey Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding human origins research and sharing the results of this research through innovative educational programs."
National Association For The Practice of Anthropology
"NAPA promotes human-centered work applied to practical problems by linking a network of professional anthropologists working across employment sectors. We support all anthropologists in bringing real solutions to communities, organizations, and policymakers, by offering advocacy, information, networks, mentoring, and continuing education."
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
"The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is the world's longest-established scholarly association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology (the study of humankind) in its broadest and most inclusive sense. "
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
"The Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (SACC) is a network of people who teach anthropology in community colleges, two-year and four-year colleges, universities and pre-collegiate institutions."
Society for Applied Anthropology
"Advancing archaeology, preservation, and practice."
Society for Historical Archaeology
"The society is specifically concerned with the identification, excavation, interpretation, and conservation of sites and materials on land and underwater. Geographically the society emphasizes the New World, but also includes European exploration and settlement in Africa, Asia, and Oceania."
The World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA)
"A network of national, regional and international associations that aims to promote worldwide communication and cooperation in anthropology."

LingBuzz
"an article archive and a community space for Linguistics."
The Rutgers Optimality Archive
"The Rutgers Optimality Archive is a distribution point for research in Optimality Theory and its conceptual affiliates. Posting in ROA is open to all who wish to disseminate their work in OT and related theories of grammar."
semanticsarchive.net
"For exchanging papers of interest to natural language semanticists and philosophers of language"

American Museum of Natural History, New York
"The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions."
British Museum
"Its eight million objects allow us to explore the extraordinary diversity of human cultures, from small communities to vast empires, to discover the many forms and expressions human beings have given to every aspect of life, and to realise how closely they are interconnected."
British Museum Virtual Tour
"The Museum of the World - an interactive experience through time, continents and cultures, featuring some of the most fascinating objects in human history."
Canadian Museum of History
"To enhance Canadians’ knowledge, understanding and appreciation of events, experiences, people and objects that reflect and have shaped Canada’s history and identity, and also to enhance their awareness of world history and cultures.”
Manitoba Museum
"We are honoured with a sacred trust by the people of Manitoba to protect, preserve, and research our province’s human and natural history, and we take this responsibility very seriously."
Museum of Anthropology - University of British Columbia
"MOA is committed to promoting awareness and understanding of culturally diverse ways of knowing the world through challenging and innovative programs and partnerships with Indigenous, local and global communities."
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge UK
"MAA is a museum of humanity's history over hundreds of thousands of years, of world cultures over recent centuries, and of Indigenous life and art in the present."
Museum of Ontario Archaeology
"The Museum of Ontario Archaeology is a unique Canadian museum devoted to the study, display, and interpretation of the human occupation of Southwestern Ontario over the past 13,000 years."
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
"This important site houses the archaeological and anthropological testimonies forged by multiple cultural groups over hundreds of years of history; At the same time, it pays homage to the indigenous peoples of Mexico today through a large collection that rescues the uses, representations, expressions, knowledge and traditions that are the intangible heritage of the nation and a legacy that belongs to all humanity."
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge USA
"The Peabody Museum at Harvard cares for cultural heritage, including objects and images, from diverse people from around the world and across time. "
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley
"With a collection containing millions of objects, we are constantly working to tell the stories of the cultures around us. Stories that demonstrate our shared humanity and the myriad connections that bring communities—from around the world—closer together."
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England
"We have bold aims: to be a pioneering institution challenging and crossing boundaries; to influence the lives of a diverse local, national and international audience; and to be a place of welcome, where difficult conversations can take place alongside enjoyment, awe and surprise."
Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex
"One of the mandates of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum is to acquire collections and objects related to the history of Montréal. The Museum is also responsible for conserving them, managing them and showcasing them as part of a varied program that includes the permanent and temporary exhibitions, educational activities and virtual projects."
Royal BC Museum
"The Royal British Columbia Museum Corporation collects and preserves items relating to the whole of the province’s natural and human history. We have over seven million objects and specimens and millions of significant government documents and records; substantial photographic, audio and video collections; artworks; and an extensive library of publications."
Royal Ontario Museum
"As the country’s preeminent field research institute and an international leader in new discoveries, ROM plays a vital role in advancing our understanding of the artistic, cultural and natural world. "
Sam Waller Museum
"Our Museum is a portal to the past. Enter and experience the rich and diverse history of The Pas and marvel at the strange and eclectic curiosities collected by our founder, Mr. Sam Waller."
Smithsonian, Washington
"The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex."
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
"As custodians of over a million objects in the Penn Museum’s collection, we bear the responsibility of ascribing value to people, cultures, and histories from around the world."

Anthropologica
Anthropologica is the official journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA).
Anthropology - American Museum of Natural History
"The Division of Anthropology is concerned with all aspects of human behavior—past, present, and with an eye to the future. Our work is biological, archaeological, socio-cultural, and linguistic."
Anthropology - Internet Archive
The Atlas of Canada
"A key source of geographic information the Atlas provides a selection of interactive and historical maps and geographical data available for reference or downloading."
Open Access Resources - Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
World Mapper
"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps called cartograms, where territories are resized on each map according to the subject of interest. "

Anthropology - University of Oxford
"Podcasts from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography. The School is renowned for its contributions to anthropological theory, its commitment to long-term ethnographic fieldwork, and its association with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the anthropology of visual and material culture."
American Anthropology Association (AAA) Podcasts

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