Research Guides: Open Educational Resources: Anthropology

Anthropology

On this page you will find open access Anthropology & History textbooks along with supplemental materials. The purpose of these subject specific pages is to highlight content for those who are interested in what open educational resources are available. This list of content is by no means exhaustive. The nature of open educational resources is very collaborative and we encourage comments about the content featured on this page, or recommendations of content that are not found here.

Anthropology Textbooks

Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology
The first peer-reviewed open access textbook for cultural anthropology courses. Produced by the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges and available free of charge for use in any setting.

Studies in Population Genetics - This book deals with central concepts in population genetics, describing the main evolutionary processes that influence the allele frequency distribution and change.
Introduction to Human Osteology - This text was designed for use in the human osteology laboratory classroom. Bones are described to aid in the identification of skeletonized remains in either an archaeological or forensic anthropology setting. Basic techniques for siding, aging, sexing, and stature estimation are described.
Native Peoples of North America - An introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective.

Anthropology Collections

Ancient Civilizations
Comprehsneively addresses all major ancient civilization including Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, and China.
Anthropology - InTech
Resources which include the Social Sciences; Business, Management and Economics; Environmental Sciences; and more...
Anthropology - Open Educational Resource Commons
Information about Anthropology made available in a variety of formats and material types, such as books, case studies, lectures, audio and video.
Archeology - Open Educational Resource Commons
Information about Archeology made available in a variety of formats and material types, such as books, case studies, lectures, audio and video.
Project Gutenberg
Digital versions of a variety of books including fiction, non-fiction, classic, law, and technical.

Anthropology Resources

The American Anthropological Association
The American Anthropological Association is the world’s largest association for professional anthropologists, with more than 10,000 members. Based in Washington, D.C., the Association was founded in 1902, and covers all four main fields of anthropology (cultural anthropology, biological/physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistic anthropology).
American Memory - The Library of Congress
These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
anthropologi.info
Social Anthropology in the news.
Cultural Anthropology
Tutorials created and maintained by Dr. Dennis O'Neil, Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA.
Digital Public Library of America
Brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.
Global Voices
A group which curates, verifies and translates trending news and stories from blogs, independent press and social media in 167 countries.
Introduction to Paleoanthropology
A featured resource on WikiBooks.
JessicaParr.org
A list of repositories with significant digital collections in Early American and Atlantic History.
The Public Domain Review
An not-for-profit project dedicated to promoting and celebrating the public domain in all its richness and variety. All works eventually fall out of copyright, from classics works of art to absentminded doodles, and in doing so they enter the public domain.
The Smithsonian - Department of Anthropology
Research on topics which include human-environmental interactions, population migration, origins of domestication, linguistics, and forensic anthropology, among many others.

Open Access Anthropology Journals

American Journal of Archeology
The journal of the Archeological Institute of America.
Journal of Anthropological Archeology
A journal in support of open access.
Open Anthropology
A public journal of the American Anthropological Association.

Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP)

Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP)
Publisher of more than 200 open access, online, peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines serving the worldwide academic communities and contributing to the progress and application of science.