Great news! We have a new publication from two of our own faculty and one of our graduate students. Lisa LeCount along with John Blitz, graduate student Ted (Clay) Nelson and colleague Chet Walker have co-authored the journal article “Land Tenure Systems at the Ancient Maya Site of Actuncan, Belize.” The article is in the […]
Dr. Cameron Lacquement publication about Moundville Earthen Landscape Modification
Our own Dr. Cameron Lacquement has published a chapter entitled “The Energetics of Earthen Landscape Modification: An Assessment of an Emerging Mississippian Polity.” It is in an edited book by Leah McCurdy and Elliot Abrams called “Architectural Energetics in Archaeology: Analytical Expansions and Global Explorations” from Routledge Press. Click here to check it out! […]
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Anthropology students rack up awards at Society for Anthropological Sciences Meeting
Our students swept the awards from the Society for Anthropological Sciences meeting in conjunction with the Society for Applied Anthropology in Portland! Russell Bernard Graduate Student Paper Prize: Max Stein, “Cultural Models of Mobility: Using Cultural Consensus Modeling to Explore Push/Pull Factors of Network Migration in Trujillo, Peru” Travel Award: Lawrence Monocello, “‘They don’t care […]
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Dr. Ian Brown to serve as Commencement Marshall at the August 2019 graduation ceremony
Dr. Ian Brown has been unanimously approved by the Faculty Senate to serve as Commencement Marshall at the August 2019 graduation ceremony. Our department is thrilled by this recognition by his colleagues and students at The University of Alabama. […]
Dr. Chris Lynn nominated as Leshner Fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected ten researchers in the area of human augmentation as the 2019-2020 AAAS Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellows. Our own Dr. Lynn has the honor of being one of these ten nominees. These scientists and engineers were chosen for having demonstrated leadership and excellence […]
Ian Brown publishes new issue of Teocentli
Dr. Ian Brown has published another issue of Teocentli (#122), which addresses what current and past retired archaeologists have recently been up to. For your reading enjoyment: Teocentli 122. […]
Recipients of Anthropology Department Scholarships announced
The following are the recipients of the various Anthropology scholarships for 2018-19: Camille Morgan is the winner of the DeJarnette Scholarship ($7,500). Rob Else is the winner of the Maxwell Scholarship ($5,000). Kareen Hawsey is the winner of the Knight Scholarship ($2,000). Kohl Dothage is the winner of the Milady Murphy Scholarship ($2,000) Next year all of […]
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Monocello and Holleman win department 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Congratulations to the winners of the anthropology department’s 3-Minute Thesis competition, held on January 19, 2019: Ph.D. students Larry Monocello and Mirjam Holleman. Larry’s presentation was entitled, “Culture, Body Image, and Distorted Eating among Men in South Korea.” Mirjam’s presentation was entitled, “Inclusion or Care: Perspectives on Disability in Poland and Effects on Implementation of […]
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Amazing new ethnographic documentary on traditional Peruvian healing practices by Dr. Kathy Oths
Dr. Kathy Oths and colleague filmmaker Adam Booher have made a documentary entitled “The Last Bonesetter” about Don Felipe, a traditional healer in the Peruvian Andes whose knowledge is in danger of being lost to the ages. Congratulations on a finished project that was long in the making and a labor of love. Click here […]
“Tombstones Returned to Their Proper Place” – Dr. Marysia Galbraith publishes innovative Polish study
Marysia Galbraith has just had an article published in Polish (see attached) entitled: “Tombstones Returned to Their Proper Place.” It is in the issue entitled Jews of Wronki and Wartoslaw: History, Heritage, Memory of the Notebooks of the Wronki Regional Museum. See the citation below. Congratulations Dr. Galbraith! Galbraith, Marysia. 2018. “Macewy Wróciły na Swoje Miejsce” [“Tombstones […]