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Anthropology & Archaeology

A guide to library resources related to anthropology and archaeology.

Getting Started

If you are looking for general background information on your site, a good place to start is with dictionaries and encyclopedias.  Here are two that deal specifically with classical sites.  

Oxford Classical Dictionary:  online resource that is searchable.

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites: physical resource located in the Hayden Reference area (call number: DE59 .P7).  

Finding Books

You can search the Library Catalog for books relating to your site.  

To locate books on your topic it is best if you search by subject heading rather than keyword.  The two best subject headings to search are:

Antiquities Rome (or Greece or Italy - whichever is relevant to your site)

Excavations Archaeology Rome (or location of your site)

 

You may have to look at books that focus on the general area rather than your specific site.  You can check the index of the specific book to see if it talks about the site you have selected for your paper.  

L'Annee Philologique

L'Annee Philologique is an international, multi-lingual bibliography of all aspects of classical studies.  This will just give you the citation information.  You will then have to search to see if ASU Library owns a copy of the article or book you are looking for or request it through Interlibrary Loan.  

For more information on how to search L'Annee Philologuique check out this guide.  

To see if ASU Library owns a specific journal article start with Journal Title Lookup.    

CItation Information

You are required to use a citation style that uses notes rather than parenthetical citation. The most common of these styles is Chicago style.  

For more information:

UW-Madison Writing Center Chicago Style Guide

The Chicago Manual of Style Online

Print editions of Chicago Manual of Style

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