A number of students have been by the desk in past weeks looking for archaeological site reports for two classes, ANTH 232 (Ancient Latin America) and ANTH 203 (Methods of Anthropological Archaeology).
Here are some tips. Subject headings for site reports take 3 forms:
Excavations (Archaeology) — [location]
for example: Excavations (Archaeology) — Peru
If you know the site name, use that:
Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
Or you can use the name of the people, followed by “Antiquities”:
Mayas – Antiquities.
Many records will have two or three of these headings:
-Excavations (Archaeology) – Mexico – San Juan Teotihuacán.
-Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
-Mayas – Antiquities.
A great starting point is the “Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures : the civilizations of Mexico and Central America“, available online. Each entry has an annotated bibliography. If you look up an archaeological site, the bibliography will often tell you which is the key or definitive archaeological site report.
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