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Call Ranges for Anthropology Books

If you prefer to browse the stacks for books, use the following call numbers as your guide.

GN1-890 Anthropology

GN49-298 Physical Anthropology

GN296-296.5 Medical Anthropology

GN301-674 Social and Cultural Anthropology

GN700-890 Prehistoric Archaeology

Books about archaeology are located under the call number CC, although items that focus on archaeological research in specific geographic areas (e.g. Egypt) are usually located with books on the history of that region.

Sociolinguistic titles are cataloged under the call number P.

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