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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

Vaccines, Broadband Access, Mysterious Bird Deaths

Posted: Dec 18, 2020 - 02:00pm

Dr. Heather Edgar, Forensic Anthropologist, was interviewed as part of an New Mexico In Focus piece Vaccines, Broadband Access, Mysterious Bird Deaths for her recent work using the New Mexico Decedent Image Database (NMDID) to identify missing and m...read more

In Memoriam: J. Stanley Rhine

Posted: Dec 16, 2020 - 10:00am

Suddenly and unexpectedly, Dr. Stan Rhine, retired Professor of Anthropology, forensic scientist, mentor, researcher, academic, leader, writer, railroad historian, model train builder (from scratch), automated piano restorer, guru and go-to guy pass...read more

History on a Plate: How Native American Diets Shifted After European Colonization

Posted: Dec 10, 2020 - 12:00pm

Lois Ellen Frank (UNM PhD, 2011) is a Santa Fe–based chef and culinary anthropologist whose book, Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations, won a James Beard Award. In a recent article for History,  History on a Plate: How Native American Di...read more

The Museum Research Traineeship

Posted: Dec 09, 2020 - 12:00pm

The University of New Mexico (UNM), which is the state’s only Carnegie-designated R1 research institution and one of 14 R1 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) in the country, is proud to offer a brand-new graduate-level research experience thr...read more

Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies Call for Proposals

Posted: Dec 06, 2020 - 11:00am

The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies is currently accepting applications for Project Requests during the 2020-2021 academic year. Proposed projects should be focused on collaborative projects in education, public outreach, exhibition, ...read more

Chery Wase Scholars 2020-2021

Posted: Dec 02, 2020 - 12:00pm

Congratulations to Kayla Abeyta-Lopez, Samantha Morley, and Sorayah Romero, recipients of 2020-2021 Cheryl L. Wase Memorial Scholarships from the Society for American Archaeology!  The scholarship provides up to five years of funding (tuit...read more

UNM Researchers Show Gender Norms that Favor Women Reverse Gender Disparities in Health

Posted: Nov 18, 2020 - 12:00pm

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) points to gender norms as a primary cause of health disparities between men and women. Researchers working among the Mosuo, a minority society in Southwest China, co...read more

New Radiocarbon Dates from Prehistoric Non Nok Tha, Don Kok Pho and Don Pa Daeng, Upper Nam Phong Watershed, Khon Kaen Province, Northeast Thailand

Posted: Nov 11, 2020 - 01:00pm

Dr. Cyler Conrad (UNM PhD, 2019) has co authored a paper New radiocarbon dates from prehistoric Non Nok Tha, Don Kok Pho and Don Pa Daeng, upper Nam Phong watershed, Khon Kaen Province, Northeast Thailand  published this month in Archaeological...read more

How to Publish Your First Book: SAR Press Talks to Nicholas Barron

Posted: Nov 11, 2020 - 01:00pm

Dr. Nicholas Barron (UNM PhD, 2020) has been featured in a new blog series developed by the School for Advanced Research (SAR), which will be comprised of interviews with diverse scholars including first-generation scholars and scholars from margina...read more

Asia Alsgaard Awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

Posted: Nov 11, 2020 - 10:00am

Archaeology PhD student Asia Alsgaard has just been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award from the National Science Foundation for her project Coastal Resource Stability and Human Subsistence Adaptation. This award will support Asi...read more

The House of the Cylinder Jars: Room 28 in Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon

Posted: Nov 05, 2020 - 11:00am

The House of the Cylinder Jars  details the archaeological excavations led by Patricia L. Crown at Pueblo Bonito’s famed Room 28 in Chaco Canyon in 2013. Originally excavated in 1896 by the Hyde Exploring Expedition, Room 28 gained notori...read more