1 Anthropology & Archaeology
Book Collections & Textbooks
- Becoming Human: How Evolution Made Us: An introduction to basic evolutionary theories and human origins; highlights how evolution affects the way we are today, and helps us to anticipate what might happen to us in the future. [CC BY-NC]
- Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology: A collection of chapters on the fundamental topics in cultural anthropology. An edited volume with each chapter written by a different author from their experiences working as an anthropologist. [CC BY-NC]
- OpenStax: Introduction to Anthropology: a four-field text integrating diverse voices, engaging field activities, and meaningful themes like Indigenous experiences and social inequality to engage students and enrich learning; showcases the historical context of the discipline, with a strong focus on anthropology as a living and evolving field. There is significant discussion of recent efforts to make the field more diverse—in its practitioners, in the questions it asks, and in the applications of anthropological research to address contemporary challenges. In addressing social inequality, the text drives readers to consider the rise and impact of social inequalities based on forms of identity and difference (such as gender, ethnicity, race, and class) as well as oppression and discrimination. The contributors to and dangers of socioeconomic inequality are fully addressed, and the role of inequality in social dysfunction, disruption, and change is noted. [CC BY]
- Project Gutenberg: Anthropology Collection: The vast majority of Project Gutenberg eBooks are in the public domain in the US. This means that nobody can grant, or withhold, permission to do with this item as you please. “As you please” includes any commercial use, republishing in any format, making derivative works or performances, etc. [Public Domain]
- Introduction to Paleoanthropology: A featured book on Wikibooks; Chapters: Defining Paleoanthropology; Origin of Paleoanthropology; Importance of Bones; Early Hominid Fossils; Phylogeny and Chronology; Early Hominid Behavior; The Oldowan Period; The Acheulean Period; Hominids of the Acheulean; Technology in the Acheulean; Hominids of the Middle Paleolithic; Technology of the Middle Paleolithic; The Upper Paleolithic. [CC BY-SA]
- Student Anthropologist Archives: Archived volumes of Student Anthropologist, a flagship peer-reviewed journal of the National Association of Student Anthropologists (the largest organization of student anthropologists in the world). The journal publishes peer-reviewed, original ethnographic or theoretical student research as well as book reviews of relevant texts in anthropology and related fields. [CC BY-NC-ND]
- OpenBook Publishers: Anthropology, Archaeology and Religion: “We are the leading independent Open Access publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the UK: a not-for-profit Social Enterprise run by scholars who are committed to making high-