- Fort Mose: Black militia, forced migrations and resistance.
February 15, 2024
UF archaeologists study how “In eighteenth-century Spanish Florida, a militia composed of formerly enslaved Africans fought for their liberty”. Read more "Fort Mose: Black militia, forced migrations and resistance." - Anthropology Day 2024
January 26, 2024
Join the celebration of anthropological research, education, and application on UF’s campus! February 15th, 2024, dont miss it! Read more "Anthropology Day 2024" - New Issue of Emic: the Anthro-zine
November 3, 2023
Issue 3 of Emic was developed around the concept of “foundations”. A seemingly fixed and tangible word resulted in a dynamic and moving collection of art and research. Read more "New Issue of Emic: the Anthro-zine" - Spring 2024 Courses
November 2, 2023
Spring into 2024 with exciting courses like “Archaeological Remote Sensing”, “Language and Culture”, “Global Gender Issues”, and a new Graduate Certificate in Public Archaeology that reflect the relevance and vibrancy of an education in Anthropology. Read more "Spring 2024 Courses" - New MA Program in Public Archaeology
July 20, 2023
The Department of Anthropology, University of Florida is embarking on a new direction in graduate education. For the first time in its 74-year history, the department is offering a terminal Master’s degree in Anthropology with a certificate in Public Archaeology. Read ... - Aaron Broadwell’s research featured in Smithsonian Magazine
May 18, 2023
Elling Eide Professor Aaron Broadwell and Historian Alejandra Dubcovsky share with readers of Smithsonian Magazine how Indigenous speakers of Timucua in Spanish colonial Florida were actively writing translations of their language in the Roman alphabet taught to them by Spanish ... - Congratulations to Spring 2023 Graduates!
May 10, 2023
We are very proud of our Anthropology majors and graduate students whose rites of passage in the Spring 2023 Commencement carry forward our tradition of academic excellence! Read more "Congratulations to Spring 2023 Graduates!" - Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023
May 10, 2023
Thrilled to see our undergraduates presenting their research on April 4th at the 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by the Center for Undergraduate Research in the O’Connell Center. This event provides a public platform for undergraduate students to present the ... - Honors Thesis Slam 2023
April 20, 2023
Congratulations to 12 outstanding undergraduate majors who conducted research under the mentorship of Anthropology faculty and presented the results of their efforts at the annual Honors Thesis Slam Read more "Honors Thesis Slam 2023" - New Courses, New Directions
March 27, 2023
Launching in Fall 2023 are exciting new undergraduate courses like “Language and Foreignness” and a new Graduate Certificate in Public Archaeology that reflect the relevance and vibrancy of an education in Anthropology. Read more "New Courses, New Directions" - Anthropology Undergraduates Awarded Research Funding
March 23, 2023
With the support of faculty mentors, nine Anthropology undergraduate majors garner funding for research projects spanning the breadth of the discipline. Read more "Anthropology Undergraduates Awarded Research Funding" - Introducing Emic Magazine!
March 8, 2023
Emic is a mixed-media magazine focused on bolstering the original and academic works of undergraduates through a digital platform Read more "Introducing Emic Magazine!" - BOOK LAUNCH: Crossing the Current: Aftermaths of War along the Huallaga River
February 27, 2023
In his latest book, Crossing the Current, Professor Richard Kernaghan asks what happens to the lay of landscapes in the Upper Huallaga Valley of Peru once a prolonged period of political and social turbulence has ostensibly passed. Read more "BOOK LAUNCH: ... - A Conversation with Chief Afukaka:
February 13, 2023
We invite you to a public conversation with Chief Afukaka Kuikuro, the Paramount Chief of the Kuikuro Indigenous Nation along the southern fringes of the Brazilian Amazon. Chief Afukaka will discuss his views on collaborations with archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and ... - Congratulations to our Fall 2022 Graduates
December 17, 2022
We are pleased to recognize an outstanding group of students, all of whom had degrees conferred on December 16th, 2022: Terry Barbour’s dissertation is titled “The View Source Side Shell Bead Production along Florida’s Gulf Coast.” Randee Fladeboe was awarded the doctorate ... - PhD Candidate Rocío M. López Cabral Awarded NSF DDRIG
December 9, 2022
Ph.D. Candidate Rocío M. López Cabral was awarded the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her project “A Geoarchaeological Approach to the Materiality and Historical Ecology of Earth Mounds: The Colina da Monte Site (India Muerta Wetlands, ... - PhD Candidate Emily Bartz Awarded NSF DDRIG
December 8, 2022
Ph.D. Candidate Emily Bartz was awarded the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her project “Hunter-Gatherer Foodways in the American Southeast: Organic Residue Analysis of Stalling Period Pottery of the Middle Savannah River Valley.” Emily’s research employs organic ... - Dr. George Aaron Broadwell wins 2022 Victor Golla Prize
December 6, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. George Aaron Broadwell, the winner of the 2022 Victor Golla Prize from the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas. The Victor Golla Prize is presented in recognition of a significant history of ... - “Hearing a faint voice: Timucua words in a Catholic miracle story”
November 9, 2022
Dr. George Aaron Broadwell and his coauthor, Alejandra Dubcovsky (UC Riverside), have a new journal article “Hearing a faint voice: Timucua words in a Catholic miracle story”, which appears in the inaugural edition of The New American Antiquarian. The earliest texts ... - Assistant Professor in Mesoamerican Archaeology
September 25, 2022
The University of Florida Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-accruing position in archaeology at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 16, 2023. Read more "Assistant Professor in Mesoamerican Archaeology"