Publications
The Peabody Museum has long published a variety of print and electronic publications relating to collections, projects, and excavations conducted by Peabody Museum staff and Department of Anthropology faculty.
Current publications can be found under Books with links to purchase, while pre-1970s publications include links to texts when available.
Books
Body-Marking in Southwestern Asia
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Henry Field. 1958. Body-Marking in Southwestern Asia, Pp. 226. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 45, no. 1Bones from Awatovi
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Stanley J. Olsen. 12/1/1978. Bones from Awatovi, Pp. 84. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. BUY THIS BOOK
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Bones from Awatovi contains a detailed analysis of the massive collection of both the faunal remains and the bone/antler artifacts recovered from the site of Awatovi. Unique in its size and degree of preservation, the Awatovi faunal collection provides rich ground for analysis and interpretation. Olsen and Wheeler deliver an in-depth examination which is of interest to archaeologists and faunal analysts alike.
Cave of Loltun, Yucatan: Report of Explorations by the Museum, 1888–89 and 1890–91
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Edward H. Thompson. 1897. Cave of Loltun, Yucatan: Report of Explorations by the Museum, 1888–89 and 1890–91, Pp. 44. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Memoirs Volume 1, no. 2Caves of the Upper Gila and Hueco Areas in New Mexico and Texas
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C. B. Cosgrove. 1947. Caves of the Upper Gila and Hueco Areas in New Mexico and Texas, Pp. 260. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 24, no. 2Ceramics and Artifacts from Excavations in the Copan Residential Zone
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Gordon R. Willey, Richard M. Leventhal, Arthur A. Demarest, and William L. Fash. 2/21/1995. Ceramics and Artifacts from Excavations in the Copan Residential Zone, Pp. 496. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. BUY THIS BOOK
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This is the first of two volumes addressing the Harvard University excavations in an outlying residential zone of the Copan in Honduras. The book offers detailed descriptions of ceramics and all other artifacts during 1976–1977. The materials pertain largely to the Late Classic Period. Ceramics are presented according to the type-variety system.
Changing Navaho Religious Values: A Study of Christian Missions to the Rimrock Navahos
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Robert N. Rapoport. 1954. Changing Navaho Religious Values: A Study of Christian Missions to the Rimrock Navahos, Pp. 174. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 41, no. 2
(Reports of the Rimrock Project Values Series, no. 2)
Series
Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley: Report of Explorations for the Museum, 1898–1900, Part One
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Teobert Maler. 1901. Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley: Report of Explorations for the Museum, 1898–1900, Part One, Pp. 385. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Memoirs Volume 2, no. 1Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley: Report of Explorations for the Museum, 1898–1900, Part Two
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Teobert Maler. 1901. Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley: Report of Explorations for the Museum, 1898–1900, Part Two, Pp. 385. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Memoirs Volume 2, no. 2Researches in the Uloa Valley, Honduras and Caverns of Copan, Honduras: Report on Explorations by the Museum, 1896-1897
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George Byron Gordon. 1898. Researches in the Uloa Valley, Honduras and Caverns of Copan, Honduras: Report on Explorations by the Museum, 1896-1897, Pp. 70. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Memoirs Volume 1, no. 4The Chultunes of Labná, Yucatan: Report of Explorations by the Museum, 1888–89 and 1890–91
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Edward H. Thompson. 1897. The Chultunes of Labná, Yucatan: Report of Explorations by the Museum, 1888–89 and 1890–91, Pp. 50. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Memoirs Volume 1, no. 3Astronomical Notes on the Maya Codices
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Robert W. Willson. 1924. Astronomical Notes on the Maya Codices, Pp. 74. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 6, no. 3Azilian Skeletal Remains from Montardit (Ariège) France
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Ruth Otis Sawtell. 1931. Azilian Skeletal Remains from Montardit (Ariège) France, Pp. 58. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 11, no. 4Basket-Maker Caves of Northeastern Arizona: Report on the Explorations, 1916–17
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Samuel James Guernsey and Alfred Vincent Kidder. 1921. Basket-Maker Caves of Northeastern Arizona: Report on the Explorations, 1916–17, Pp. 222. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 8, no. 2Body-Marking in Southwestern Asia
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Henry Field. 1958. Body-Marking in Southwestern Asia, Pp. 226. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press. READ ONLINE
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 45, no. 1Anthropological Literature
The Peabody Museum also publishes Anthropological Literature, a research database that indexes over 660 journals in multiple languages -- a highly recommended research tool.