Armadillo Roast SAVE THE DATE March 25 (Dr.s Brenner and Milbraths house) (See event on calendar) Relics and Reliquaries: A Matter of Life and Death Please join us for Prof. Hahn’s public lecture as part of the 2016-17 HESCAH series and the Death: Confronting the Great Divide series organized by the Center for the Humanities and […]
Call for paper International Journal of Arts and Humanities ISSN 2415-122X (Online), ISSN 2415-1491 (Print) Submission open for February– 2017 […]
Feeding the Coastal Masses, A.D. 550 February 2017 About 1,500 years ago on the northern Gulf Coast of Florida, Native Americans built the infrastructure to harvest large numbers of fish to supply periodic gatherings of people at nearby civic-ceremonial centers. A massive fish trap at Richards Island is among the recent findings of the […]
SHIFTING CONTOURS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN COLONIAL CONTEXTS Professor Michael S. Nassaney Department of Anthropology Western Michigan University Narratives about the past are never divorced from the social contexts in which they are created. Colonial contexts have been especially subject to political influence when they involve descendant communities, directly or tangentially. Archaeology at Fort St. […]
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The department will be showing “The Anthropologist” to coincide with a visit by Dr. Susie Crate. The film explores climate change (and more broadly, social change) as it is affecting different parts of the world, such as the Andes, Siberia, and Pacific Islands, and how researchers are approaching the problem. It focuses on the work and […]
Summer Teaching Positions Available: Teach Reading to Students of All Ages This Summer Earn more than $6,000 during the summer. Teachers typically earn between $500 and $800 per week while teaching. Gain over 500 hours of teacher-training and teaching experience with a variety of age groups. Help students of all ages develop their reading skills […]
Administration Dr. Chris McCarty, Chair Dr. Peter Collings, Associate Chair Dr. James Davidson, Graduate Coordinator Dr. John Krigbaum, Undergraduate Coordinator Dr. Abdoulaye Kane, Graduate Professionalism Coordinator Advisory Committee Dr. Peter Collings (ex officio) Dr. Dave Daegling Dr. Valerie DeLeon Dr. Marit Ostebo Dr. Peter Schmidt Personnel Committee Dr. George Aaron Broadwell Dr. Susan Gillespie Dr. […]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/science/john-anthony-capra-neanderthals-dna-humans.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FArchaeology%20and%20Anthropology&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection&_r=0
Read more "What Did Neanderthals Leave to Modern Humans? Some Surprises"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170109191553.htm
Read more "What teeth reveal about the lives of modern humans"
https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2017/01/netherlands-starting-taphonomic-cemetery-first-body-farm-europe
Read more "Netherlands Starting Taphonomic Cemetery – First ‘Body Farm’ in Europe"