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FAQ: Internet Resources of Interest to Anthropologists [update]Allen Lutins (al2032@CSC.ALBANY.EDU)Wed, 5 Oct 1994 00:07:32 -0400
Compiled By: allen h. lutins (al2032@thor.albany.edu) Release: 5.13 Last Update: October 1994 Posted to: ANTHRO-L, ARCH-L, sci.anthropology, sci.archaeology 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) Gopher: ArchNet & Archaeology Information & Software (see) WWW: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/afaq.html; http://www.anatomy.su.oz.au ========================================================================== 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 (can be found via gopher at una.hh.lib.umich.edu/intdirs). Thanks also to all the wonderful people who maintain archives of this list! -allen ========================================================================== 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-THEORY -- Archaeological theory in Europe send message "join arch-theory {your-name}" to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk (messages go to arch-theory@mailbase.ac.uk) ARTIFACT -- Material culture study/methods apply to listserv@umdd.bitnet ASAONET -- Anthropology of Oceania apply to listserv@uicvm.uic.edu or listserv@uicvm.bitnet AZTLAN-L -- Mesoamerican studies apply to listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.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 NATIVE-L -- Native Cultures contact Gary Trujillo {gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us} 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 USENET DISCUSSION GROUPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name Topic ---- ----- alt.native Native American issues 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 sci.lang linguistics soc.misc miscellaneous social issues soc.* issues pertaining to culture area/country "*" (numerous!) PROGRAMS AND FILES VIA ANONYMOUS FTP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ftp.cit.cornell.edu /pub/special/NativeProfs/usenet Native American information ftp.halcyon.com /pub/FWDP Fourth World Documentation Project--Information on indigenous peoples [also available via gopher and World Wide Web (see below)] ftp.neosoft.com /pub/users/claird/sci.anthropology Anthropology/archaeology information and software ftp.uu.net /pub/linguistics Linguistics archive: syllabi, handouts, fonts, lexica, software, papers, digests, more! ftp.u.washington.edu /public/calib Radiocarbon calibration program for IBMs grv.dsir.govt.nz /Archaeometry and /sas Archaeology software and Society for Archaeological Sciences database; Use "cd [.archaeometry]" info.umd.edu /info/Government/US/Cesus-90 Census information isdres.er.usgs.gov USGS maps jefferson.village.virginia.edu /pub/publications/med Mayan Epigraphic Database Project (also available via gopher and WWW) joyce.cs.su.oz.au /danny/sci.anthropology.paleo Archives for the sci.anthropology.paleo newsgroup lucy.ukc.ac.uk CSAC Ethnographics Gallery/Intermedia Library (also available via gopher, WAIS, WWW, etc; use same address (e.g., http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk for WWW) newton.newton.cam.ac.uk /pub/ancient Egyptology resources [also available via World Wide Web (see below)] oak.oakland.edu /pub/msdos/mapping GIS software (OzGIS) rascal.ics.utexas.edu /misc/misc State Dept. travel Advisories rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet-by-group/sci.anthropology/Shamanism-General_Overview Shamanism-General Overview-Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) seq1.loc.gov /pub/vatican.exhibit & pub/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit On-line museum exhibits sparky2.esd.mun.ca /pub Geology software spectrum.xerox.com /pub/map USGS maps, census data, etc. sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/info/nms Anthropology Hypertext Book (Hypercard stack for Macintosh) ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu /hcf "Computing & Humanities" archive ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu anthro-l Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists [can also be searched via gopher (see below)] vela.acs.oakland.edu /pub/anthap ANTHAP (Applied Anthropology Computer Network) archives GOPHER SERVERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acadame This Week (Chronicle of Higher Education; new issue every Tuesday at noon; extensive digest, includes articles, listings of jobs, conferences, grants, etc.) Server: chronicle.merit.edu ANTHAP (Applied Anthropology Computer Network) archives Server: gopher.acs.oakland.edu; select `Applied Anthropology Computer Network' Anthropology information Server: toto.ycc.yale.edu 7000 select `Archaeology Academics' from the phone book Server: uniwa.uwa.edu.au; select `Departmental', then `people with a common interest' Archnet (Prehistoric archaeology of the Northeast) Server: spirit.lib.uconn.edu [or use World Wide Web server (see below)] Bishop Museum [Access to nearly every museum that's on the Internet!] Server: bishop.bishop.hawaii.org Buffalo server ["Worldwide E-mail directory of anthropologists" and back- issues of "Journal of World Anthropology"; both also available via ftp; (see above)] Server: wings.buffalo.edu. Select "Academic & Departmental Information," then "Academic Departments," then "Anthropology Department" Center for World Indigenous Studies/Fourth World Documentation Project Server: fir.cic.net; select Politics; Fourth World [or use WWW server {see below}] Classics and Archaeology Server: rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu [or use World Wide Web server (see below)] Georgia Anthro (inc. general southeastern anthropology, CRM, etc.) Server: julian.dac.uga.edu Historical documents Server: scilibx.ucsc.edu; select items 7 (The Library), then 3 (Electronic Books and Other Texts), then 19 (Historical Documents) Human Genome News Server: gopher.gdb.org; select Genome Project; Human Genome News Library of Congress Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library Server: marvel.loc.gov; or telnet to marvel.loc.gov and login as "marvel" Mayan Epigraphic Database Project (scheduled to open in September) Server: jefferson.village.virginia.edu [or use ftp {see above} or WWW {see below}] Native American Issues and Culture Server: absolut.gmu.edu Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) collections data Server: gopher.peabody.yale.edu Primate Information Net Server: gopher.primate.wisc.edu Smithsonian Natural History Museum Server: nmnh.si.edu UC-Berkeley Museum Server: ucmp1.berkeley.edu USGS data & reports Server: 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) Server: hpb.hwc.ca [or use World Wide Web server (see below)] Worldwide E-mail directory of anthropologists -- See "Buffalo Server" above WORLD WIDE WEB SERVERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Archaeological Field Work Opportunities Server: http://durendal.cit.cornell.edu/TestPit.html Archnet (Prehistoric archaeology of the northeast) Server: http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/HTML/archnet.html [or use gopher server (see above)] Center for World Indigenous Studies/Fourth World Documentation Project Server: ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/WWW/fwdp.html [or use gopher server or anonymous ftp (see above)] Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology World Wide Web server Server: http://rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu/welcome.html [or use gopher server (see above)] Egyptology Resources Server: http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt [or use anonymous ftp (see above)] Human Genome Network Server: http://www/gdb.org/hopkins.html Mayan Epigraphic Database Project Server: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/med/medwww.html [or use ftp or gopher (see above)] Oriental Institute Server: http://csmaclab-www.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html Palynology/paleoecology Server: http://life.anu.edu.au/landscape_ecology/pollen.html Southampton University Archaeology Department Server: http://avebury.arch.soton.ac.uk/arch_top.html Theoretical Anthropology (Electronic Journal) Server: http://www.univie.ac.at:8088/ethno UC-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology hypertext server Server: http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu:80/welcome.html University of Michigan Papyrology Collection Server: http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/HomePage.html World Heritage Materials {see World Heritage Gopher, above} Server: http://hpb.hwc.ca:7002/world.heritage.html; http://hpb.hwc.ca:7002/heritage.list.html; etc. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HNSource (Central Information Server for Historians) For list of gophers with Native American information, telnet to history.cc.ukans.edu; login as history; select "Index of Resources", then "Resources organized by region", then North America", then (almost at the bottom of the list) "Native American Gopher Sites". National Archaeological Database Telnet to cast.uark.edu; login as "nadb" (omit quotes; use lower-case only). FURTHER READING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet" by Adam Gaffin. MIT Press, $14.95. Not just for dummies! ...an 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!
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