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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
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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
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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 (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
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BITNET & INTERNET DISCUSSION GROUPS
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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
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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
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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
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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.)
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
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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
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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
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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
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"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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