College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University
Department of

Anthropology

Resources for Anthropology

Anthropology Labs and Collections

Library Resources

Journals and Publications

  • Ancient Mesoamerica, the premier journal of Mesoamerican studies, is edited in the department.
  • Exploration is the online research journal at Vanderbilt University.
  • The Vanderbilt University Publications in Anthropology is a series of monographs presenting the results of scientific research in all subdisciplines of anthropology.
  • The Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology Monography Series publishes archaeological research by Vanderbilt faculty, Ph.D.'s and other scholars

Interdisciplinary Centers at Vanderbilt

Organizations


Research and Writing Resources for Students

Writing an Anthropology paper:
 Citing Sources in Anthropology:
 Finding Information:
 
General Guides to Writing Research/Term Papers and Essays:
 
Online Style Guides:
 Miscellaneous:
                                                                              
 

Research and Writing Resources for Faculty

Books on Research and Writing in Anthropology

Bailey, Carol A.
            2007    A Guide to Qualitative Field Research, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.B275)
 
Banks, Marcus
            2001    Visual Methods in Social Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM500.B365)
 
Berg, Bruce L.
            2004    Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston: Pearson Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H61.B4715)
 
Bernard, H. Russell
            2000    Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.B439)
2002    Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, 3rd edition. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 345.B36)
 
Brewer, John
            2006    Foundations of Multimethod Research: Synthesizing styles. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.B658)
 
Cargan, Leonard
            2007    Doing Social Research. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM571.C35)
 
Clifford, James
            1986    Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography (School of American Research Advanced Seminar). Berkeley: University of California Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 307.7.W75)
 
Creswell, John W.
            2003    Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
 
Emerson, Robert M.
            1995    Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing). Chicago: University of Chicago Press (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 307.7.E44)
 
Fagan, Brian M.
2006    Writing Archaeology: Telling Stories About the Past. Walnut Creek, CA:
Left Coast Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: CC82.6.F34)
Handwerker, W. Penn
            2002    Quick Ethnography: A Guide to Rapid Multi-Method Research. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
 
Hart, Chris
            2001    Doing a Literature Search: A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Reference- 4th Floor-noncirculating- call number: H62.H257)
 
Harvey, Michael
            2003    The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing. Hackett Publishing Company.
 
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy
            2006    Emergent Methods in Social Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H61.E437)
 
Kaplan, David
            2004    The Sage Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.S275)
 
Krathwohl, David R.
            1988    How to Prepare a Research Proposal: Guidelines for Funding and Dissertations in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 3rd ed. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. (VU Peabody Library Stacks call number: HG177 .K73)
            2005    How to Prepare a Dissertation Proposal: Suggestions for Students in Education and the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: LB2369 .K725)
 
Markman, Roberta, Marie L. Waddell, and Peter T. Markman
            1994    10 Steps in Writing the Research Paper. Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
 
Parish, Steven M.
1981        The Overworked Student’s Practical Guide to Writing Term Papers for
 Anthropology and Related Subjects. San Diego: University of California, San Diego, Department of Anthropology.
 
Praag, Bernard M. S. van
            2004    Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach. New York: Oxford University Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: BF575.H27 P75)
 
Presser, Stanley
            2004    Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM538.M48)
 
Rozakis, Laurie
            1999    Shaum’s Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers. McGraw-Hill.
Scheyvens, Regina
            2003    Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Peabody Library Stacks call number: H62.5.D44 D48)
 
Schonlau, Matthias
            2002    Conducting Research Surveys via Email and the Web. Santa Monica, CA: Rand. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: AS36. R25 no. 1480)
 
Schram, Thomas H.
            2003    Conceptualizing and Proposing Qualitative Research. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall. (VU Peabody Library Stacks call number: LB2326.3.S38)
 
Spradley, James P.
            1979    The Ethnographic Interview. New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 346.3.S66).
            1980    Participant Observation. New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 346.4.S68)
 
Staines, Gail M.
            2000    Social Sciences Research: Writing Strategies for Students. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62. S736)
 
Van Maanen, John
            1988    Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 307.7.V36)
 
Weller, Susan C.
            1988    Systematic Data Collection (Qualitative Research Methods). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.W415)
 
Wolcott, Harry F.
            1994    Transforming Qualitative Data: description, analysis and interpretation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 345.W64)
            1999    Ethnography: A Way of Seeing. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.  (VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 345.W62).
2001    Writing Up Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: T11.W65)
 
Yin, Robert K.
            2003    Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM500.B365)

Books on Teaching Anthropology

Bender, S.J. and G. S. Smith (eds).
     2000     Teaching Archaeology in the Twenty-first Century. Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology.
Bohannon, Paul
     1992     Discovering the Alien: A Workbook in Cultural Anthropology. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.
Conkey, Margaret W. and Ruth E. Tringham
     1996     Cultivating thinking/challenging authority: some experiments in feminist pedagogy in archaeology. In Gender and  
                   Archaeology, edited by Rita P. Wright, pp. 224-250. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.  (VU Central 
                   Library Stacks, call number: GN 799.W66.G45).
Kottak, Conrad, Jane White, Richard Furlow, and Patricia Rice (eds.)
     1997     Teaching Anthropology: Issues, Problems, and Decisions. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.
Mandelbaum, David G., Gabriel Lasker, and Ethel Albert (eds.)
     1963     Resources for the Teaching of Anthropology. Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association, Memoir 
                   94. (VU Central Library Stacks, call number: Z511.M3).
Rainbird, Paul and Yannis Hamilakis (eds.)
     2001     Interrogating Pedagogies: Archaeology in Higher Education. Oxford: Archaeopress. (VU Central Library-3rd 
                   Floor/Oversize, call number: CC 97.G7 L36)
Rice, Patricia C. and David W. McCurdy (eds.)
     2002     Strategies in Teaching Anthropology, 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (VU Central Library Stacks, call 
                   number: GN 42. S773).
Romanowicz, Janet V. and Rita P. Wright (book chapter)
     1996     Gendered perspectives in the classroom. In Gender and Archaeology, edited by Rita P. Wright, 
                   pp. 199-223. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (VU Central Library Stacks, call number:
                   GN 799.W66.G45).
Stone, Peter and Robert MacKenzie
     1990     The Excluded Past: Archaeology in Education. London: Unwin and Hyman.

Journal Articles on Teaching Anthropology

Aitchison, Kenneth
     2004     Supply, demand and a failure of understanding: addressing the culture clash between archaeologists’ expectations 
                   for training and employment in “academia” versus “practice.” World Archaeology 36(2): 203-219.
Barnes, Nancy
     1992     The Fabric of a Student’s Life and Thought: Practicing Cultural Anthropology in the Classroom. Anthropology and 
                   Education Quarterly 23(2): 145-159.
Bird, S. Elizabeth and Jonathan P. Godwin
     2006     Film in the Undergraduate Anthropology Classroom: Applying Audience Response Research in Pedagogical 
                   Practice. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 37(3): 285-299.
Blum, Denise
     2006     Expanding the Dialogue: A Response to Bird and Godwin’s “Film in the Undergraduate Anthropology 
                   Classroom.” Anthropology and Education Quarterly 37(3): 300-306.
Bonner, Jeffrey P.
     1985     Museums in the Classroom and Classrooms in the Museum. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 288-293.
Bonney, Rachel
     1985     Teaching Anthropology through Folklore. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 265-270.
Chilcott, John H. and James J. Deetz
     1964     The Construction and Uses of a Laboratory Archaeology Site. American Antiquity 29(3): 328-337.
Clarke, Catherine
     2004     The politics of storytelling: electronic media in archaeological interpretation and education. World Archaeology 
                   36(2): 275-286.
Coleman, Simon
     2002     The New Higher Education? Learning and Teaching in a Knowledge Society.  Anthropology Today 18(3): 26.
Coleman, Simon and Bob Simpson
     1999     Unintended Consequences? Anthropology, pedagogy and personhood.  Anthropology Today 15(6): 3-6.
     2001     Anthropology Inside Out: Identity and Agency in the Reproduction of a Discipline. Anthropology in Action 8(1): 1-5.
Colley, Sarah
     2003     Lessons for the profession: teaching archaeological practical work skills to University students. Australian 
                   Archaeology 57: 90-97.
     2004     University-based archaeology teaching and learning and professionalism in Australia. World Archaeology 
                   36(2): 189-202.
Davis, M. Elaine
     2000     Archaeology education and the political landscape of American schools.  Antiquity 74(283): 194-198.
 Davis, Richard
     1994     Coming to terms with Madang’s Death: Watching and experience in Anthropological teaching. Canberra 
                   Anthropology  17(2): 97-102.
de Roche, Constance P. and John E. de Roche
      1990    As I Say, as I Do : Teaching Reflexivity through a Reflexive Subject.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly 
                   21(2): 128-133.
Dobbert, Marion L.
     1972     Teaching Undergraduate Anthropology: Problems, Solutions and Experiments. Council on Anthropology and 
                   Education Newsletter 3(1):14-17.
Donahue, Jack and James M. Adovasio
     1985     Teaching Geoarchaeology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 306-310.
Erickson, Paul A. and Patricia C. Rice
     1990     Introduction: Themes for the 1990’s. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 101-105.
Fagan, Brian
     2000     Education is what’s left: some thoughts on introductory archaeology.  Antiquity 74(283): 190-194.
Farrer, Claire R.
     1990     Honors Anthropology and the Four Rs. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 134-140.
Gifford, Carol A. and Elizabeth A. Morris
     1985     Digging for credit: early archaeological field schools in the American Southwest. American Antiquity 50(2): 395-411.
Hamilakis, Yanis
     2004     Archaeology and the politics of pedagogy. World Archaeology 36(2): 287-309.
Higgins, Patricia J.
     1985     Review Essay: Teaching Undergraduate Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 32(2): 318-331.
     2000     Comment on “Teaching Anthropology through Performance.” Anthropology and Education Quarterly 32(2): 254.
Lanouette, JoAnne
     1985     Review Essay: High School Anthropology Texts: Sound the Alarm!  Anthropology and Education Quarterly
                   16(4): 331-336.
Lapoint, Elwyn C.
     1990     Cultural Content in Introductory Linguistics. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 153-159.
Malone, Caroline, Peter Stone and Mary Baxter
     2000     Education in archaeology. Antiquity 74(283): 122-126.
Mazur-Stommen, Susan
     2006     Optimal Foraging Theory and the Racecar Driver: The Impact of Student-Centered Learning on Anthropological 
                   Pedagogy. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 37(3): 273-284.
 Nanda, Serena
     1985     Active Learning in the Introductory Cultural Anthropology Course.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly 
                  16(4): 271-275.
Nash, Dennison
     1990     Adapting in M.B.A.-Land. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 173-178.
Newman, Stanley M.
     1990     Teaching Anthropology to “Nonelite” Students: A Beginning Discussion.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly 
                   21(2): 141-145.
Pedelty, Mark
     2001     Teaching Anthropology through Performance. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 32(2): 244-253.
Perry, Jennifer E.
     2004     Authentic learning in field schools: preparing future members of the archaeological community. World Archaeology 
                  36(2): 236-260.
Peterson, Earl
     1990     Helping TA’s Teach Holistically. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 179-185.
Plotnicov, Earl
     1985     Introducing Contemporary Anthropology: A Team-Taught Course for Large Classes. Anthropology and Education 
                   Quarterly (16(4): 256-260.
Podelofsky, Aaron
     1985     A Simple Simulation for Sociocultural Anthropology.   Anthropology and  Education Quarterly 16(4): 261-265.
Rice, Patricia C.
     1985a    Introduction to the Special Issue on Teaching Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 250.
     1985b    Adventures in The Scientific Method (TSM). Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 276-279.
     1985c    Ethno-Improvisation: A Technique for Teaching Cultural Emotions.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly 
                    16(4): 280-287.
     1985d    The Study of Small Groups and Microevolution: A Project for Physical Anthropology. Anthropology and Education 
                    Quarterly 16(4): 294-301.
     1985e    Using a Simulated Site to Teach Data Analysis in Archaeology.   Anthropology and Education Quarterly 
                    16(4): 301-305.
     1990     Introductory Archaeology: The Inexpensive Laboratory. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 167-172.
Robbins, Richard H. and Philip De Vita
     1985     Anthropology and the Teaching of Human Values. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 251-256.
Seaford, H. Wade
     1990     Addressing the Creationist Challenge. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 160-166.
Segal, Edwin S.
     1990     The Journal: Teaching Reflexive Methodology on an Introductory Level.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly 
                   21(2): 121-127.
Simpson, Bob and Simon Coleman
     2002     Effective Ethics and the Effects of Ethics in Anthropological Research, Teaching and Learning. Anthropology in Action 
                   9(3): 2-4.
Smith, Courtland L.
     1985     Two Bits on Computer-Aided Learning in Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 311-317.
Smith, G. S. and S. J. Bender
     2000     The Society for American Archaeology’s “Teaching archaeology in the 21st century” initiative. Antiquity 
                   74(283): 186-189.
Smith, J. Jerome
     1990     Pasteboard Ethnography: Qualitative Fieldwork Projects in Card-Game Settings. Anthropology and Education 
                   Quarterly 16(4): 146-152.
Spindler, George and Louise Spindler
     1990     The Inductive Case Study Approach to Teaching Anthropology.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 106-112.
Taylor, Robert B.
     1990     A Modified Personalized Instruction Method of Teaching Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Anthropology and 
                  Education Quarterly 21(2): 113-120.
Turnbaugh, W.A.
     1976     An on-campus alternative to the archaeological field school. American Antiquity 41(2): 208-211.