Approximately 1,400 short articles cover the basics in anthropology and give this volume more the feel of a dictionary than an encyclopedia. Few articles include bibliographies. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Andrew Sherratt, ed. Articles are signed and the work includes illustrations, references, and an index.
Arrangement is topical rather than alphabetic.
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. This set was prepared under the auspices and with the support of the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University. Descriptive summaries of cultures are arranged alphabetically within each volume. Summaries include maps, glossaries and indexes of alternate names for the cultural groups, and range from a few lines to several pages. Summaries include references and the longer ones are signed.