Dr. Gabriel Prieto’s research has been featured in the March/April issue of Archaeology Magazine. See the full issue here. (All images from Archaeology Magazine)
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Anthropology Office The office remains open for business. After a conversation with the staff, we’ve decided to continue business in our normal place. We have plenty of Lysol wipes! However, we’d encourage folks to avoid coming in unless it is absolutely necessary. Although we might be pretty good in keeping everything disinfected (our doorknobs have […]
Dillo Roast! Our annual upcoming Armadillo Roast, which will be held on March 14 — Just 8 days away! In addition to our horseshoes tournament and the mystery meat and pie competitions, our roast hosts have devised some new attractions, including a Hot Ones challenge (how many actual or faux chicken wings can you consume, and how […]
Graduate Recruitment Weekend Thanks to everyone who came out to meet with our newly admitted graduate students, and especially to those hosted students or who helped setup and take down at our Saturday picnic (or, in some cases, both!). I’d like to offer a special shout-out to Chris LeClere for being such an excellent Cruise […]
Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend This year we welcome prospective new students to Gainesville and UF February 14 & 15. Stay tuned for our planned events, which include an afternoon picnic meet and greet for current students and faculty. We are very much in need of hosts willing to board a visiting student over the weekend. Please […]
Awards Arianne Boileau has just been awarded NSF funding for her dissertation research, “Identifying Household-level PoliticalEconomy on the Maya/Spanish Frontier through Zooarchaeology.” Congratulations, Arianne! FASA Colloquium This afternoon we have two talks, sponsored by FASA. Dr. Kelly Sams will present her talk “Disease X: An Anthropological History,” which will be followed by Alex Lowie, who will present his paper […]
Upcoming Lectures and Talks We have two upcoming FASA lectures: Today, we have a lecture from Douglas Trent, titled ““Jaguars and Professional Opportunities.” Trent is an ecologist by training and the executive director of the Instituto Sustentar (https://institutosustentar.net/) and the Research Director of the Pantanal Wildlife Program (www.bichosdopantanal.org). He will be speaking about his jaguar […]
Awards Section Please join me in congratulating Brittany Mistretta, who has been awarded a UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI) Lifelong Learner’s Grant for her proposal titled “Florida Archaeology and Arts in Medicine: Exploring the Art and Environment of Early Native Florida in Hospital Outreach”. Drawing on Florida archaeological collections curated at the Florida Museum and in […]
Workshops at the Center for Teaching Excellence The Center for Teaching Excellence is dedicated to keeping faculty, staff, and teaching assistants connected and informed. Our goal is to help build a community of faculty members from all fields working together to share ideas and resources, to strengthen teaching, and maximize learning. Workshops are open to both faculty […]