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Reference Books

Note: All books are located in the Main Library's Reference Area unless otherwise noted. The Reference Area is to the right of the lobby area.

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Anthropology REF GN11 .D48 1986
Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations REF GN496 .C37 1996
The Oxford Companion to Archeology REF CC70 .O96 1996

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Taboos REF GN471.4 .H65 2000
Encyclopedia of Anthropology REF GN11 .E63 2006
Encyclopedia of Archaeology REF CC100 .E54 2001
Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life REF GN333 .W67 1998
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology REF GN307 .E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology REF GN307 .E57 1996
Encyclopedia of World Cultures REF GN550 .E53 1991
History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia REF GN307 .E53
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. REF H40 .A2 .I5
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory 2nd ed. REF GN281 .E53
Archeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia REF E77.9 .A72 1998

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