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Old Answers to New Questions: Traditional Water Management as a Solution to Climate Change
Posted: Apr 12, 2021 - 12:00pm
Public Archaeology student Emily Hayes-Rich has been selected for both a Fulbright Award and an AAUW-UNM Scholarship to support her master's research, Old Answers to New Questions: Traditional Water Management as a Solution to Climate Change.&...read more
New Virtual Exhibit at the Maxwell Museum: Rio Grande Fish: Archaeology Superheroes!
Posted: Apr 06, 2021 - 09:00am
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology continues it's virtual exhibits with Rio Grande Fish: Archaeology Superheroes! hosted by Jonathan Dombrosky, archaeology doctoral student. The 10 minute video features research on Maxwell collections on...read more

Ancient Maya Houses Show Wealth Inequality Tied to Despotic Governance
Posted: Mar 25, 2021 - 10:00am
In a new study in PLOS ONE, University of New Mexico alumna Amy Thompson, who graduated with a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2019, and UNM Anthropology department professor Keith Prufer report on their findings after examining the remains of houses...read more

Early Experiences Shape Aggression in Young Chimpanzees
Posted: Mar 23, 2021 - 12:00pm
Dr. Kris Sabbi, who recently completed her PhD in Anthropology at The University of New Mexico under professors Melissa Emery Thompson and Martin Muller, did her dissertation research about the developmental origins of sex differences in chimpanzee ...read more
Maxwell Museum Receives Reaccreditation
Posted: Mar 22, 2021 - 09:00am
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico has been reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), an honor held by only about 8 percent of anthropology museums and 16 percent of university museums. The AAM is the le...read more
Women's History Month, March 2021
Posted: Mar 01, 2021 - 12:00pm
The UNM Department of Anthropology celebrates Women's History Month, March 2021. The red links below will take you to more information. About Women’s History Month “Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, ...read more

Between Casas Grandes and Salado: Community Formation and Interaction at the Pendleton Ruin Site in the Borderlands of the American Southwest/Northwest, AD 1200-1450
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 - 12:00pm
Thatcher Rogers, Archaeology graduate student, has been awarded a Carryl B. Martin Research Award from the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society for his project Between Casas Grandes and Salado: Community Formation and Interactio...read more
The Maxwell Museum Presents the People of the Southwest Virtual Museum Visit
Posted: Feb 15, 2021 - 12:00pm
The Maxwell Museum presents the People of the Southwest Virtual Museum Visit. This 40 minute video features archaeology Curator Dr. Kari Schleher, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, OCA Co-Principal Investigator Robin Cordero, and Zuni Cultu...read more
Black History Month, February 2021
Posted: Feb 05, 2021 - 12:00pm
"Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history." Read more about the origins of Black History Month on the History website "Dr. Audrey Smedley (1930-20...read more

Sarah Leiter Appointed Graduate Student Contributing Editor for American Anthropologist
Posted: Feb 04, 2021 - 11:11am
Sarah Leiter, graduate student in Ethnology, has been appointed a graduate student contributing editor for American Anthropologist. The team of graduate students will serve a two-year term, working closely with the managing editor and members ...read more

Galapagos Giant Tortises: The Era of Exploitation (1535-1959)
Posted: Feb 04, 2021 - 11:00am
Cyler Conrad, an adjunct assistant professor of Archaeology at The University of New Mexico, recently co-authored a chapter in a book called Galapagos Giant Tortoises. In this magnum opus, contributors from around the world examine the tortoise̵...read more

A Meta-Analysis Approach to Understanding Maya Fish Use on the Yucatán Peninsula
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 - 01:00pm
Archaeology PhD student Asia Alsgaard, has published A Meta-Analysis Approach to Understanding Maya Fish Use on the Yucatán Peninsula in the Journal of Ethnobiology. This meta-analysis uses seven previously published fish assem...read more
Moby-Dick and the Galápagos Tortoises
Posted: Dec 23, 2020 - 12:00pm
Cyler Conrad (UNM PhD, 2018) has conducted scientific and historic research on the exploitation of Galápagos tortoises and sea turtles and has published numerous studies based this topic. In his most recent article in Scientific American,...read more
Community Formation and Interaction in the Borderlands of the American Southwest/Northwest Mexico, A.D. 1200-1450
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 - 12:00pm
Archaeology PhD student Thatcher Rogers has just been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award from the National Science Foundation for his project “Community Formation and Interaction in the Borderlands of the American Southwes...read more
New Video Leads Maxwell Virtual Visitors Through Early Human History
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 - 12:00pm
When the pandemic shut down public places, the team at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico decided if people couldn’t come to the museum, they’d take the museum to the people. Virtually. The latest edition ...read more