Online Resources:
Prehistoric Mesoamerica Timeline
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/ma_timeline.html
Hosted by the University of Minnesota Duluth
Masaai People: Kenya, Africa
http://www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/masai_people.asp
- pictures of people in village
Canela Body Adornments
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/canela/canela1.htm
- pictoral biography of a boy's right of passage
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.
http://www.famsi.org/research/grove/chalcatzingo/index.html
Ancient Chalcatzingo. Ed. David Grove. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1987.
- excellent sections about Jade
Howard, Kim Be. "Jadeite." Canada Institute of Gemology. 2008. 28 Jun. 2008 <http://www.cigem.ca/431.html>.
Waring, A.J., and Preston Holder. "A Prehistoric Ceremonial Complex in the Southeastern United States." American Anthropologist 47 Jan.-Mar. 1945: 1-34. JSTOR. Blackwell Publishing. Univ. of Richmond Libraries, Richmond, VA. 21 May 2008 <http://newman.richmond.edu:2125>.
Ruhl, Katharine C., and Mark F. Seeman. "The Temporal and Social Implications of Ohio Hopewell Copper Ear Spool Design." American Antiquity 63 Oct. 1998: 651-662. JSTOR. Society for American Archaeology. Univ. of Richmond Libraries, Richmond, VA. 21 May 2008 <http://newman.richmond.edu:2125>.
McKern, W.C. "A Hopewell Type of Culture in Wisconsin." American Anthropologist 31 Apr.-Jun. 1929: 307-312. JSTOR. Blackwell Publishing. Univ. of Richmond Libraries, Richmond, VA. 21 May 2008 <http://newman.richmond.edu:2125>.
Mckern, W.C. "Wisconsin Pottery." American Anthropologist 33 Jul.- Sept. 1931: 383-389. JSTOR. Blackwell Publishing. Univ. of Richmond Libraries, Richmond, VA. 21 May 2008 <http:// newman.richmond.edu:2125>.
Ford, J.A., and Gordon R. Willey. "An Interpretation of the Prehistory of the Eastern United States." American Anthropologist 43 Jul.-Sept. 1941: 325-363. JSTOR. Blackwell Publishing. Univ. of Richmond Libraries, Richmond, VA. 21 May 2008 <http://newman.richmond.edu:2125>.
Keddie, Grant. "Labrets in the Collection of the Royal B.C. Museum." Royal British Columbia Museum. 2007. 21 Jun. 2008 <http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca/bcarchives/default.aspx>.
Museum websites:
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/index.php
Baltimore Museum of Art
http://artbma.org/collection/overview/ancamericas.html
- collection of items from the ancient Americas
American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/culture/index.html
- not very many pictures, but provides a great overview of what can be found in each gallery and the "Culture Halls"
The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/index.php
Yale University Art Gallery
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/permanent/pc_artamericas.html#
- good online pictures
National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/ancient/english/index.html
- online exhibition for ancient Mexican art
El Museo Del Barrio
http://elmuseo.org/
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/
- excellent resource for lectures and special exhibitions
Peabody Essex Museum
http://www.pem.org/homepage/
- excellent resource for lectures and special exhibitions
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/online.html
- Caroline Mytinger online exhibition
- check out the online exhibitions
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umma/research/onlinecatalogs/
San Diego Museum of Man
http://www.museumofman.org/index.html
- permanent exhibition of the Maya: Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
Fowler Museum at UCLA
http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/incEngine/?content=main
- exhibitions include art from the Americans and Asian cultures
Streaming Videos:
Video Series: Out of the Past
http://www.learner.org/resources/series45.html
Video Series: Bridging World History
http://www.learner.org/resources/series197.html#
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Print Resources (MLA style)
These are books that we have in our collection, available for public viewing:Baker-Capistrano, Florina. Art Of Island Southeast Asia. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.
Chagnon, Napoleon. Yąnomamö: The Fierce People. 3rd ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1983.
Domenici, Davide. The Maya: History And Treasures Of An Ancient Civilization. Trans. Catherine Bolton. Italy: White Star Publishing, 2006.
Diran, Richard. The Vanishing Tribes Of Burma. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1997.
Graham, Mark, Juan Guerrero, Michael Snarskis, and Zulay Méndez. Jade In Ancient Costa Rica. Ed. Julie Jones. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.
Lewis, Paul and Elaine Lewis. Peoples Of The Golden Triangle. 2nd ed. London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd, 1998.
Maya: Divine Kings Of The Rain Forest. Ed. Nikolai Grube. Germany: Konemann, 2006.
Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now Museum of Art and Design). The Art of Personal Adornment. New York, 1965.
King, Heidi. Rain Of The Moon: Silver In Ancient Peru. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.
Perlingieri, Blake. A Brief History Of The Evolution Of Body Adornment In Western Culture: Ancient Origins and Today. Oregon: Tribalife Publications, 2003.
Saulnier, Tony. Head Hunters Of Papua. Trans. Margaret Shenfield. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1963.
Saitoti, Tepilit Ole. Maasai. 2nd ed. 1980. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993.
Digby, Adrian. Maya Jades. Revised ed. Oxford: University Press, 1972.
Ward, Fred. Jade. Revised ed. Maryland: Gem Book Publishers, 2001.
Ed. Frederick Lange. Precolumbian Jade. Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press, 1993.
Crocker, William H., and Jean G. Crocker. The Canela: Kinship, Ritual, and Sex in an Amazonian Tribe. 2nd ed. Ed. George Spindler. Toronto: Wadsworth/Thomson, 2004.
Thomas, David H. Exploring Native North America. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Miles, Charles. Indian and Eskimo Artifacts of North America. New York: Bonanza Books, 1968.
Moorehead, Warren K. Stone Ornaments Used By Indians in the United States and Canada. 1917. Davenport: Gustav's Library, 2005.
More to come..