World Cultures

ANTH 105 Section 81

Assignment: Your assignment will be a web and library search on a specific culture or cultural trait of interest to you.  You will select a culture, and, using information on the culture from the books, web pages and library turn in an annotated bibliography of resources on this topic.  You must have 10 sources total and 5 points will be deducted for each day it is late.

 1. Must turn in a list of at least ten references (only 5 may be web sites).

 2. Typed and bibliographic form.

            a. Follow MLA or other style, be consistent.

            b. For web sites list address, title and author (if any).

            c. Information on Bibliography-http://www.oneonta.edu/library/infoliteracy/bibliog.html

 3. State topic at the top of the list, along with name and section number.

 4. Each reference should have a written summary (from a paragraph to a page):

a. explaining what type of reference it is (book, journal article, web site).

            1. be very careful in evaluating web sites.

2. make sure the author of the site is from a reliable source and he/she documents where there information came from.

b. how this reference relates to your topic (is it a general overview, specific, etc.).

c. specific information that this reference includes (names, dates, sites,  etc.).

5.  Books and journal should be from “primary” resources, such as American Antiquity. (Although National Geographic is an excellent resource, it is not primary).

 Example:

 Topic:  “Early Formative Period Developments in Mesoamerica and the Aztec”

Renee B. Walker

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Adams, Richard E. W.

            1991 Prehistoric Mesoamerica.  University of Oklahoma Press, Norman and London.

            This is a book that incorporates general information on Mesoamerica and includes all aspects of Mesoamerican Prehistory.  It includes one chapter on the Early Formative, with specific dates and sites that relate to this period.  Adams information is extremely detailed, particularly on early formative developments such as agriculture and monumental architecture.  This book also includes specific chapters on important Early Formative sites, with good site maps and illustrations. This would be a key reference for a paper on the topic of the early formative period in Mesoamerica.

Hixson, David R.
            2001 Mesoamerican Photo Archives. Electronic Document, http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/, accessed June 14, 2006.

This web page contains examples of Mesoamerican artifacts from several of the major sites in Mesoamerica. In particular, it illustrates several hollow anthropomorphic ceramic figures that are found in many monuments and vessels from this period. Many of the figures are from the early Formative site of Tlatiloco, in Central Mexico.  Information on this page includes good, specific illustrations of vessels and other artifacts dating to the early Formative period.  However, other than serving as an example of illustrations, this page would not be useful as a comprehensive reference on this topic.

*These examples represent the minimal amount of summary necessary for each reference.