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Prof. Ian Brown has published a new book detailing his travel adventures in Russia while on a People to People archaeology delegation immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the first to occur in that part of the world. Behind Glass in Russia 1992: An Archaeologist’s Journal is now available from Ernest and Hadley […]

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PhD student Michael Fedoroff has received a Civilian Service Achievement Medal from the Department of the Army for his work leading an interagency team of investigators to prosecute a ring of thieves that were looting Choctaw and Chickasaw ancestral sites on Army Property in Mississippi. He writes, “It was a team effort that I just […]

Read Moreabout PhD Student Michael Fedoroff Receives Civilian Service Achievement Medal from the Dept. of the Army

PhD alums Ashley Dumas and Paul Eubanks published their new edited volume Salt in Eastern North America and the Caribbean: History and Archaeology with the University of Alabama Press. Congratulations to them both! http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/978-0-8173-9333-5-Salt-in-Eastern-North-America-and-the-Caribbean,7460.aspx?skuid=4173 […]

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In early June, our faculty recognized the need to become more intentionally involved in the international racial injustice movement. Below is our department’s position statement. Take note that the document states that we will form a department level standing committee this fall to facilitate and make recommendations regarding the development and implementation of actions consistent with a more active […]

Read Moreabout Anthropology Department’s statement on racial justice and disciplinary decolonization

This has been a very good month for University of Alabama Anthropology researchers! We are ecstatic to report that Dr. Sonya Pritzker just found out she is the recipient of a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation in excess of $500,000. This grant is a huge vote of confidence in the work she […]

Read Moreabout Trifecta: Drs. Pritzker, Tokovinine, Lynn Awarded National Science Foundation Grants

We are delighted to announce that our brand new Global Health Undergraduate Minor is now live! This interdisciplinary minor could hardly be more timely in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This is separate from, and can be taken alongside, an anthropology major or minor. To get started, reach out to Dr. Lisa Pawloski, program […]

Read Moreabout New Global Health Minor Launches Fall 2020

At the February joint meetings for the Mississippi Archaeological Association and the Louisiana Archaeological Society, Drs. Ian Brown and Vin Steponaitis were honored with the L. B. Jones Award. This award was presented in honor of their outstanding and enduring contributions to Mississippian Archaeology. We could not be prouder! […]

Read Moreabout Dr. Ian Brown Honored for Contributions to Mississippian Archaeology

Dr. Mirjam Holleman and Cayla Colclasure, former graduate students in the Department of Anthropology, continue to each receive honors for their respective works. Holleman has won The University of Alabama Outstanding Dissertation Award and Colclasure has won The University of Alabama Outstanding Thesis Award! The department could not be prouder!!! […]

Read Moreabout More University Honors for Mirjam Holleman and Cayla Colclasure