UPDATE: Internet Resources of Interest to Anthropologists (5.22)

allen lutins (al2032@CSC.ALBANY.EDU)
Sat, 11 Mar 1995 14:42:34 -0500

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Compiled By: allen h. lutins (al2032@cnsunix.albany.edu)
Release: 5.22
Last Update: March 1995
Posted to: ANTHRO-L, ARCH-L, sci.anthropology, sci.archaeology,
news.answers
Archived at: Anonymous ftp: ftp.neosoft.com (pub/users/claird/
sci.anthropology/Anthropology_network_FAQ);
ftp.anatomy.su.oz.au (/danny/anthropology/net-faq);
lucy.ukc.ac.uk (/pub/Anthropology_network_FAQ)
WWW: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/afaq.html;
http://danny.oz.au/anthropology/index.html
Recent Changes: Lots of additions, including loads o' WWW sites :)
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This list is intended for those who already have a grasp of how to use
such net tools as listserv, ftp, telnet, gopher, and World Wide Web.
Feel free to contact me with corrections, updates and comments, but if
you need further assistance in utilizing these resources, please see
"Further Reading" at the end of this document. I don't have the space to
thank everyone who's contributed so far, but i must acknowledge Peter
Stott's "Internet Resources for Heritage Conservation, Historic
Preservation and Archaeology" as a very useful resource. Thanks also to
all the wonderful people who maintain archives of this list!
-allen
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BITNET & INTERNET DISCUSSION GROUPS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AEGEANET -- Pre-Classical Aegean World
apply to majordomo@acpub.duke.edu (message: "subscribe aegeanet")
messages to: aegeanet@acpub.duke.edu

AIA-L -- Archaeology & Technology
apply to listserv@cc.brynmawr.edu (moderated)

ANCIENT-L -- History of Ancient Mediterranean
contact Jim Cocks {jacock01@ulkyvm.bitnet}

ANE -- Ancient Near East
send message "subscribe ane" to majordomo@oi.uchicago.edu

ANSS-L -- Discussion Forum for Information Specialists in Anthropology,
Sociology and Related Fields
apply to listserv@uci.edu

ANTHAP -- Applied anthropology news, announcements, jobs, etc.
(open only to members of Society for Applied Anthropology or National
Association of Practicing Anthropologists)
apply to anthap-request@oakland.bitnet {not a server}

ANTHRO-L -- Anthropology
apply to listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu

ARCH-L -- Archaeology
apply to listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu

ARCH-METALS -- Archaeology/history of metallurgy
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

ARCH-THEORY -- Archaeological theory in Europe
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

ARCHSTUD -- Archaeology students
apply to listserv@suvm.syr.edu

ARTIFACT -- Material culture study/methods
apply to listserv@umdd.bitnet OR listserv@umdd.umd.edu

ASAONET -- Anthropology of Oceania
apply to listserv@uicvm.uic.edu or listserv@uicvm.bitnet

AZTLAN -- Mesoamerican studies
apply to listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu

C14-L -- Carbon fourteen dating issues
listserv@listserv.arizona.edu.

CBR-L -- Craniofacial Biology Research
send message "SUBSCRIBE CBR-L" (without quotes) to majordomo@po.cwru.edu

CROSS-L -- Cross-Cultural Research in Information
contact Roberto Evaristo {evaristo@umnsom.bitnet}

DARWIN-L -- Cultural Evolution
apply to listserv@iris.uncg.edu

DEVEL-L -- Technology transfer in international development
apply to listserv@auvm.bitnet

EAAN -- East Asian Archaeology Network (early East Asian Archaeology and
History)
send message "subscribe eaan" (without quotes; also without signature and
subject line, if possible) to lstsrv@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

ETHMUS-L -- Ethnomusicology
apply to listserv@umdd.bitnet

ETHNET-L -- Irish & British Ethnography
contact Mark Shutes {fr191601@ysub.ysu.edu} or Lee Komito
{lkomito@irlearn.ucd.ie}

ETHNO -- Ethnomethodology/conversation analysis
apply to comserve@rpiecs.bitnet
messages to ethno@rpiecs.bitnet

ETHNOHIS -- Ethnology and history
apply to listserv@hearn.bitnet

FOLKLORE -- Folklore
apply to listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu

HISTARCH -- Historical Archaeology
apply to listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu

HUMBIO-L -- Human Biology
apply to humbio-request@acc.fau.edu

HUMEVO -- Human Evolution
apply to listeserv@gwuvm.bitnet

INTERCUL -- Intercultural communication
apply to comserve@rpiecs.bitnet
messages to intercul@rpiecs.bitnet

JWA -- Journal of World Anthropology
apply to listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (back-issues available via buffalo
gopher; see below)

LORE -- Folklore
apply to listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet

MAPC -- Materialist Anthropology and the Production of Culture Workshop
apply to listserv@utoronto.bitnet

MUSEUM-L -- Museum issues
apply to listserv@unmvma.unm.edu or listserv@unmmvm.bitnet

NAGPRA-L -- Discussion of Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act
apply to majordomo@world.std.com

NAT-EDU -- Native American education issues
apply to listserv@indycms.bitnet

NAT-HEALTH -- Native American health issues
apply to listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu

NAT-LANG -- Native American indigenous languages
apply to listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu

NAUTARCH -- Nautical/Maritime archaeology
send request for subscription to nautarch-request@santafe.edu

PACARC-L -- Pacific Rim archaeology
apply to listserv@wsuvm1.bitnet

PAN -- Physical Anthropology News List
apply to listserv@gwuvm.bitnet

ROCK-ART -- Petroglyphs, pictographs, etc.
apply to listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu

SAS-net -- Society for Archaeological Sciences (primarily for members)
contact Jim Burton {jhburton@macc.wisc.edu}

XCULT-X -- Intercultural communication
apply to listserv@umrvmb.bitnet

XYLHIST-L -- History & archaeology of timber-framed construction
apply to listserv@bloxwich.demon.co.uk


USENET DISCUSSION GROUPS
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Name Topic
---- -----
alt.native Native American issues (superceded by
soc.culture.native)
rec.food.historic ancient foods
sci.anthropology anthropology
sci.anthropology.paleo evolution of humans and other primates
sci.archaeology archaeology
sci.archaeology.mesoamerica archaeology of Mesoamerica
soc.culture.native Native American issues (supercedes alt.native)
sci.lang linguistics
soc.misc miscellaneous social issues
soc.* issues pertaining to culture area/country "*"
(numerous!)


PROGRAMS AND FILES VIA ANONYMOUS FTP
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ANTHAP (Applied Anthropology Computer Network) archives
vela.acs.oakland.edu:/pub/anthap

Anthropology/archaeology information and software
ftp.neosoft.com:/pub/users/claird/sci.anthropology

Anthropology Hypertext Book (Hypercard stack for Macintosh)
sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/info/nms

Archaeology software and Society for Archaeological Sciences database;
Use "cd [.archaeometry]"
grv.dsir.govt.nz:/Archaeometry and /sas

Bonn Archaeological Statistics Package
ftp.uni-koeln.de:/msdos/statistics/basp4dos

Census information
info.umd.edu:/info/Government/US/Cesus-90

Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Resources (CCER) [also available
via World Wide Web]
newton.newton.cam.ac.uk:/pub/ancient

Computing & Humanities archive
ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu:/hcf

CSAC Ethnographics Gallery/Intermedia Library (also available via gopher,
WAIS, WWW, etc; use same address (e.g., http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk for WWW)
lucy.ukc.ac.uk

Fourth World Documentation Project--Information on indigenous peoples
[also available via gopher and World Wide Web]
ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/FWDP

GIS software (OzGIS)
oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/mapping

Library of Congress on-line museum exhibits
seq1.loc.gov:/pub/vatican.exhibit & pub/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit

Linguistics archive: syllabi, handouts, fonts, lexica, software, papers,
digests, more!
ftp.uu.net:/pub/linguistics

Mayan Epigraphic Database Project (also available via gopher and WWW)
jefferson.village.virginia.edu:/pub/publications/med

Native American information
ftp.cit.cornell.edu:/pub/special/NativeProfs/usenet

Radiocarbon calibration program for IBMs
ftp.u.washington.edu:/public/calib

sci.anthropology.paleo newsgroup archives
joyce.cs.su.oz.au:/danny/sci.anthropology.paleo

Shamanism-General Overview--Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/sci.anthropology/
Shamanism-General_Overview

State Dept. travel Advisories
rascal.ics.utexas.edu:/misc/misc

USGS maps
isdres.er.usgs.gov

USGS maps, census data, etc.
spectrum.xerox.com:/pub/map

Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists [also available via gopher]
ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu


GOPHER SERVERS
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Acadame This Week (Chronicle of Higher Education; new issue every
Tuesday at noon; extensive digest, includes articles, listings of jobs,
conferences, grants, etc.)
chronicle.merit.edu

ANTHAP (Applied Anthropology Computer Network) archives
gopher.acs.oakland.edu; select `Applied Anthropology Computer Network'

Anthropology information
toto.ycc.yale.edu 7000; select `Archaeology Academics' from the phone
book

uniwa.uwa.edu.au; select `Departmental', then `people with a common
interest'

Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
gopher ucmp1.berkeley.edu

Bishop Museum [Access to nearly every museum that's on the Internet!]
bishop.bishop.hawaii.org

Buffalo server ["Worldwide E-mail directory of anthropologists" back-
issues of "Journal of World Anthropology", etc.; also available via ftp]
wings.buffalo.edu; select "Academic & Departmental Information,"
then "Academic Departments and Research Centers" then "Anthropology
Department"

Center for World Indigenous Studies/Fourth World Documentation Project
[also available via World Wide Web and ftp]
fir.cic.net; select Politics; Fourth.World

Classics and Archaeology [also available via World Wide Web]
rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu

Exploratorium of Science and Art (museum) [also available via World
Wide Web]
gopher.exploratorium.edu

Flora Mesoamericana [also available via World Wide Web]
gopher2.nhm.ac.uk:70/11botany/.florames

Georgia Anthro (inc. general southeastern anthropology, CRM, etc.)
julian.dac.uga.edu

Historical documents
scilibx.ucsc.edu; select items 7 (The Library), then 3 (Electronic Books
and Other Texts), then 19 (Historical Documents)

Human Genome News
gopher.gdb.org; select Genome Project, Human Genome News

"Internet Resources for Heritage Conservation, Historic Preservation,
and Archaeology" [also avaiulable via World Wide Web]
hpb1.hwc.ca:10000/00/.icomos/internet/irg308 &
una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/archpres:stott

Library of Congress Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual
Electronic Library
marvel.loc.gov; or telnet to marvel.loc.gov and login as "marvel"

Material Culture Resources
info.umd.edu; select "Educational Resources", "Colleges and Schools at
UMCP", "College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU)", "Departments, Programs
and Majors", "American Studies", "Material Culture Resources"

Mayan Epigraphic Database Project [also available via ftp and World
Wide Web]
jefferson.village.virginia.edu

Museum List
ulkyvm.louisville.edu; select "Some Other..." then "Museums"

Native American Issues and Culture
absolut.gmu.edu

Native American Net Server
alpha1.csd.uwm.edu; select "UWM Information"

Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) collections data
gopher.peabody.yale.edu

Primate Information
saimiri.primate.wisc.edu

Smithsonian Natural History Museum
nmnh.si.edu

Society for American Archaeology Bulletin
alishaw.ucsb.edu

UC-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology [also available via World Wide Web]
ucmp1.berkeley.edu

USGS data & reports
merlot.welch.jhu.edu; select the following menu choices from each
succeeding menu: 13 (search/retrieve software), 8 (search/retreive
graphics), 3 (search all), then 2 (graphics software).

World Heritage Gopher (Inst. for Global Communications/Int'l Council
on Monuments & Sites) [also available via World Wide Web]
hpb.hwc.ca

Worldwide E-mail directory of anthropologists -- See "Buffalo Server" above


WORLD WIDE WEB SERVERS (GENERAL) [Museum Exhibits listed separately, below]
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{Note: Web servers are being added on a daily basis--it is hard to keep up
with them all! Many of these pages will provide links to other pages of
anthropological interest, some added too recently to include in this list;
i recommend checking the Stanford University Home Page. (listed below)}

ANTHRO-L Home Page
http://danny.oz.au/anthropology/anthro-l/index.html

Anthropology/Archaeology Server
http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/Science/Anthropology_and_Archaeology

Archaeological Field Work Opportunities
http://durendal.cit.cornell.edu/TestPit.html

Archnet (Prehistoric archaeology of the northeast) [also available via
gopher]
http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/HTML/archnet.html

Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Resources (CCER) [also available
via anonymous ftp]
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt

Center for World Indigenous Studies/Fourth World Documentation Project
[also available via gopher and ftp]
http://http.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html

Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology World Wide Web server
[also available via gopher]
http://rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu/welcome.html

Egyptology Resources
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt

Flora Mesoamericana [also available via gopher]
http://straylight.tamu.edu/MoBot/FM/fm_introduction.html

Gopher Site List
http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/~marc/gophers.html {under construction}

"Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East"
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/ABZU.HTML

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford
http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/

Human Genome Network
http://www/gdb.org/hopkins.html

Human Languages Page
http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/Language-Page.html

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford
http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/

"Internet Resources for Heritage Conservation, Historic Preservation,
and Archaeology"
http://hpb1.hwc.ca:10002/Internet_Resource_Guide.html
[also available via Gopher]

Mayan Epigraphic Database Project [also available via ftp and gopher]
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/med/medwww.html

Native American Resource Center
http://www.hotwired.com/justin/dox/na.html

NativeNet Information Server
http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/~marc/native_main.html

Oriental Institute
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html

Palynology/paleoecology
http://life.anu.edu.au/landscape_ecology/pollen.html

Southampton University Archaeology Department
http://avebury.arch.soton.ac.uk/arch_top.html

Stanford University Anthropology Home Page Server:
http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/Science/Anthropology_and_Archaeology

Theoretical Anthropology (Electronic Journal)
http://www.univie.ac.at:8088/ethno

University of Michigan Papyrology Collection
http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/HomePage.html

World Heritage Materials {see World Heritage Gopher, above}
http://hpb.hwc.ca:7002/world.heritage.html;
http://hpb.hwc.ca:7002/heritage.list.html; etc.


WORLD WIDE WEB SERVERS (MUSEUM EXHIBITS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Exploratorium of Science and Art
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/

Franklin Institute Virtual Museum
http://sln.fi.edu/

Israel Museum
http://www.macom.co.il/museum/index.html

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan
http://classics.lsa.unmich.edu/Kelsey/Outreach.html

London Museum of Natural History
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Paris Museum
http://meteora.ucsd.edu:80/~norman/paris/

Russian Paleontological Institute
http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu/exibittext/pinentrance.html

Trips Museum
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/scripts/JASON.html

UC-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu:80/welcome.html

Various Museums/Exhibits
http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/Art/Museums_and_Exihbits


ELECTRONIC JOURNALS & ARCHIVES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anthropology News Network (Makes anthropological perspectives on news
and issues available to the public)
Contact Fred Skanes {fskanes@kean.ucs.mun.ca} for more information.

Coombspapers Data Bank (Electronic repository of social science &
humanities research papers and documents)
ftp to coombs.anu.edu.au & get file INDEX from directory
`coombspapers' (available via Gopher as well).

World Systems Archive (Announcements, documents, data, biographical and
publications information)
ftp to csf.colorado.edu and connect to directory `wsystems'.


OTHER SOURCES OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INFORMATION/SOFTWARE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
National Archaeological Database
Telnet to cast.uark.edu; login as "nadb" (omit quotes; use lower-case
only).

SIRIS Databases (Smithsonian Libraries catalogs, Research Bibliographies,
Archives and Manuscripts, and Art Inventories {Inventory of American
painting, Inventory of American Sculpture})
Telnet to siris.si.edu


FURTHER READING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: These are but a few of the *many* excellent guides to the Internet
available in bookstores.

"Everybody's Guide to the Internet" by Adam Gaffin. MIT Press, $14.95.
Excellent beginner's guide.

"The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet" by Peter Kent. Alpha Books,
$19.95. Another in the beginner's guide genre.

"The Internet Companion, A Beginner's Guide To Global Networking by Tracy
LaQuey with Jeanne C. Ryer." Addison-Wesley Publishing. Includes a
detailed history of the Internet, a discussion on "netiquette" (network
etiquette), and how to find resources on the net.

"The Internet Yellow Pages" by Harley Hahn & Rick Stout. Osborne McGraw-
Hill, $27.95. An excellent, comprehensive guide to Internet resources
highly recommended & new for 1994!