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Resources of the Department of Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology at Berkeley is enhanced by its relationship with other campus departments, organized research units, libraries and collections, and area and regional study centers—many of international excellence and with particular relevance to anthropological training.
The
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum
The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum contains the largest anthropological
collections in the United States west of the Mississippi and is well known
for the artistic and scientific quality of its exhibitions. In 1997 the
collections totaled approximately 3.8 million items. Coverage is wide,
but reflects the early emphasis of collections in California, and other
portions of North America, Peru, ancient Egypt, Africa, and Oceania. The
museum is used extensively for research, both by faculty members and by
students. Faculty members from other departments, such as Art, Design,
Classics, and Near Eastern Languages, also use its collections and serve
as curators of special collections. Museum materials are also widely used
in teaching. In addition to small, permanent teaching exhibits, the Museum
presents several exhibits to the public each year, and there are smaller,
rotating exhibits at several points on the campus.
The
George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library
The George and Mary Foster Anthropological Library contains over 80,000
volumes, more than 700 currently received serial titles, and access to
significant digital library collections supporting anthropological research.
The on-site print collections include academic works covering social cultural
anthropology, traditional cultures, archaeology (with emphasis on prehistory),
folklore methods and theory as well as physical anthropology (with a focus
on the social behavior of primates and fossil man). Collections focus
on historical areas of faculty interest (e.g. Andean Prehistory, Mesoamerica,
California Indian culture, social behavior of primates and fossil man)
along with current research interests (e.g. medical anthropology, anthropology
of gender, anthropology of law, and California archaeology).
Archaeological Research Facility
The Archaeological Research Facility (ARF) is an Organized Research Unit of the University of California, Berkeley. Composed of 36 Berkeley faculty members from 10 departments and ORUs, the ARF is involved in publishing reports and monographs on the results of archaeological research carried out by UC Berkeley and other scholars; developing a new program of archaeology outreach education with area schools; and sponsoring lectures and meetings throughout the academic year. One such lecture series is a weekly noon-time brown bag meeting in which faculty, visiting faculty and graduate students present their latest archaeological findings.
Folklore Archive
The Folklore Archive contains more than 500,000 items of folklore from around the world, organized in alphabetical order by country or geographical area, and then catalogued according to genre. The Archive houses items from almost two hundred countries, though the majority of the material is Anglo-American. Genres include blason populaire, counting-out rhymes, jokes, folk beliefs, dance, drama, folkspeech, games, legends, mnemonic devices, songs and song parodies. The raw materials in the Archive may be inspected and used by students for research projects.
Faculty Research
Organs Watch
Biotechnology
Multimedia Authoring: MACTiA
Journal
Articles
Lecture
Series
290 Lecture Series
MedAnthro Lecture Series
ARF Brown
Bag Lecture Series
Emeritus Lecture Series
Graduate
Student Contacts
Student Organizations
K.A.S.
A.G.O.R.A.
A.U.A.
Organized Research Groups
Critical Studies in Medicine,
Science and the Body