Library Guides: Anthropology and Archaeology Research Guide: Organizations & More

Organizations

Listed below are key professional and academic organizations for anthropologists and archaeologists.

American Anthropological Association
"Based in Washington, D.C., the AAA was founded in 1902, and covers all four main fields of anthropology (cultural anthropology, biological/physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistic anthropology)."
American Society of Primatologists
The ASP is a nonprofit organization which "promotes and encourages the discovery and exchange of information regarding primates."
Association for Environmental Archaeology
An international organization based in the UK, the AEA is concerned with environmental archaeology: the study of the impact that human beings have on their environment.
Society for American Archaeology
The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas.
Society for Applied Anthropology
The Society for Applied Anthropology is a professional, international organization and publisher committed to studying all aspects of human society. As such, their focus is interdisciplinary.
Society for Historical Archaeology
The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is an academic organization focused on the archaeology of modern historical sites (1400 AD-present).

Museums

These links belong to museums or museum organizations which support Anthropology or Archaeology. Some of these, like the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, also have collections on their website available for educational use.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Council for Museum Anthropology
Current news supplement to Museum Anthropology, The Journal of the Council for Museum Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association.
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Part of the Smithsonian Institute, NMAI has collections of art and artifacts from Native American peoples. Can be searched by culture, region, group, and subject.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
"The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology is one of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology and houses one of the most comprehensive records of human cultural history in the Western Hemisphere."
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
This collection include materials from all continental areas, with particular strengths in eastern North America and Asia.
Virtual Hilltribe Museum
Information on Akha, Mien, Hmong, Lahu, Lisu, and Karen tribes of Thailand.

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