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Larkin Chapman Awarded NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant

Posted: Aug 06, 2025 - 12:00pm

Larkin Chapman, doctoral candidate in Archaeology, has been awareded an NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant for her project Assessing Support for Human-Caused Extinction of Pleistocene Horses in the Radiocarbon Record. AbstractThe cause of the l...read more

In Memoriam: Dr. Jane Lancaster, Pioneer in Human Evolutionary Sciences (1935-2025)

Posted: Aug 04, 2025 - 12:00pm

Dr. Jane Lancaster, UNM Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, passed away on August 3, 2025.   Dr. Lancaster was a pioneer in the human evolutionary sciences. Her early research on primate behavior developed into groundbreaking ...read more

Dr. Kristina Jacobsen Awarded CORE Fellowship to Study Song, Food and Connection

Posted: Aug 04, 2025 - 08:00am

Dr. Kristina Jacobsen has been awarded a CORE Fellowship to study song, food and connection for her projects Three Miles and Hour and Together at the Table.   The Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St. James, ...read more

MOSAIC: Creating the First-of-its-Kind Database for Analyzing Human Remains

Posted: May 13, 2025 - 12:00pm

Dr. Heather Edgar is part of a team headed by Dr. Joe Hefner at Michigan State University that will create first-of-its-kind database for analyzing human remains. Dr. Edgar is a Forensic Anthropologist and runs the Bridge Lab in the UNM Departm...read more

Students Awarded Grants from The Hitchcock-Kelly Fund for Human and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Posted: May 12, 2025 - 12:00pm

This year, the UNM Department of Anthropology and the UNM Department of Native American Studies have made seven small grant awards to graduate students in both departments.  The students will receive funding to work on research projects directl...read more

Dr. Les Field Awarded the Snead-Wertheim Endowed Lectureship

Posted: May 09, 2025 - 12:00pm

Dr. Les Field, professor in the Socio Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology (SCALA) subfield in the Department of Anthropology, has been awarded the 2025-2026 Snead Wertheim Endowed Lecture. This lectureship was created in 1989 by Jerry and Mary...read more

UNM Anthropology Spring 2025 Undergraduate Awards

Posted: May 02, 2025 - 12:00pm

During the Spring semester, the UNM Department of Anthropology awards a variety of undergraduate scholarships to support research, fieldwork, study abroad, and conference attendance.   Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Student Award...read more

Laura Steele, PhD Candidate, Awarded a Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship

Posted: May 01, 2025 - 12:00pm

Laura Steele, PhD Candidate in the Archaeology subfield, has been awarded a Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship in Pre-Columbian Studies. Dumbarton Oaks is a Harvard research institute, library, museum, and garden, located in Washington D.C.,...read more

Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 2025

Posted: May 01, 2025 - 12:00pm

UNM celebrates Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 2025. Click on the red links below for more information. Scroll down to read about UNM organizations,  events, scholars, the history of A...read more

UNM Researchers Explore Ancient Architecture at Tsé Yaa Kin

Posted: May 01, 2025 - 09:00am

Tsé Yaa Kin or Mummy Cave, is an alcove village revered by Indigenous people as an ancestral place. TséYaa Kin means “House Under the Rock” and is aptly named. The 1,700-year-old site is nestled in the center of a 1,000-fo...read more

Dr. Mary Stiner, Distinguished Alumna, Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Posted: Apr 30, 2025 - 12:00pm

Dr. Mary Stiner, distinguished alumna (UNM PhD, 1990), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.   Dr. Stiner is Regents' Professor of Anthropology in the School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson. She is also Curat...read more

Uncovering America’s First War: Contact, Conflict, and Coronado’s Expedition to the Rio Grande

Posted: Mar 28, 2025 - 10:00am

Dr. Matthew Schmader, Adjunct Associate Professor in the UNM Department of Anthropology, has published a comprehensive monograph on his work in Uncovering America’s First War: Contact, Conflict, and Coronado’s Expedition t...read more