Ancient History, Anthropology, & Archeology
Sources in the Blume Library and on the Web

In the Library

(NOTE: Call numbers given after each title are in the Main Floor Federal Documents Collection, unless preceded by a REF or FIRST or THIRD FLOOR designation.)

National Park Service series

Smithsonian Institution series

On the Web

Major Sites

National Archeological Database

This is a database of "grey literature" on archeological sites.  There is also a small collection of maps showing national distributions of cultural and environmental resources such as National Register of Historic Places properties and State Historic Preservation Office Site densities. The reports database contains subsets for some states and agencies, allowing for more targeted searching. (note: didn't work 4/16)

Bureau of American Ethnology

The Annual Reports of this important agency for anthropology contain substantive research work, not simply overviews of the Agency's activities. In an unexpected benefit of globalization, the National Library of France has digitized this collection, from 1881-1933.