From the Library of Congress: "[A]nthropology, archaeology, and ethnology cut across many LC classes. Psychological anthropology falls in the B class; archaeological method and theory in C; ethnographies and archaeological site reports are in D, E, and F; anthropological method in GN; political anthropology in J; legal anthropology in K; ethnomusicology in M; and physical anthropology in Q."

In the Library of Congress Classification Scheme, the GN section is labeled "Anthropology." In the Sewanee library, GN is on the main floor.

Read more about the organization of Subclass GN

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