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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
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
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
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
