Anthropology & Archaeology

Presents Native American history from the 15th through the 20th centuries, covering wars and battles, government, legal decisions, and Native American contributions to American history.

North America, Mesoamerica, South America

Through Oxford Reference Online.

The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. Topics include tribal self-governance, government-to-government relations, religious rights, repatriation of human remains, trust management, health and education, federal recognition of tribes, presidential policies, and Alaska Natives.

Featured in the three-volume Encyclopedia of Archaeology are articles by leading authors that summarize archaeological knowledge at the beginning the 21st century, highlighting important sites and issues, and tracing the development of prehistoric cultures around the globe.

50 chapters examine the role of Native Americans in the history and development of each state.

Nearly 600 signed entries on the life and work of key men and women in the discipline starting from the 19th century, as well as entries on the foremost scholars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Biographies of 58 archaeologists written by well-known archaeologists.

A fully searchable reference of anthropologists within universities, colleges, museums, non-profits, government agencies, and businesses. The online version of the AnthroGuide allows you to search for organizations by name, location, degrees offered, available internships, field schools, and more.

In the database Early Encounters in North America
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3

Short biographies of individuals from Native American history of North America.

Encyclopedic reference of 450 entries focusing on the behavior, biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, captive management, disease, conservation, taxonomy and representation in literature of human and non-human primates.