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Anthropology & Archaeology: Finding Books

Resources available in Anthropology and Archaeology

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  • ​Anthropological Linguistics
  • Applied Anthropology
  • Demographic Anthropology
  • Ethnohistory
  • Ethnology
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Human Geography
  • Paleoanthropology
  • Physical Anthropology
  • Structural Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • Urban Anthropology

Also search under Anthropology and names of countries and regions, e.g. Anthropology--China

  • Animal Remains (Archaeology)
  • Archaeological Dating
  • Bible -- Antiquities
  • Classical Antiquities
  • Coastal Archaeology
  • Enviromental Archaeology
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Industrial Archaeology
  • Landscape Archaeology
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  • Underwater Archaeology

Also search under Antiquities under the name of countries, cities, ethnic groups, etc. e.g. Egypt--Antiquities

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