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Dr. Les Field Awarded EAGER Grant from the National Science Foundation

Posted: Oct 17, 2018 - 12:00am

Dr. Les Field, Professor and Chair, has been awarded an EAGER (Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research) from the National Science Foundation, to begin a project entitled “Accelerating Anthropogenic Climate Change and Contemporary Agr...read more

Jill Jordan Awarded Wenner Gren

Posted: Oct 11, 2018 - 12:00am

Congratulations to Jill Jordan, Archaeology doctoral candidate, who has been awarded a post-doctoral Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant for a project entitled, Investigating the Effects of Societal Collapse on Information Exchange, Community Interaction, ...read more

What Makes a Dog? UNM Researchers Explore the History of Dogs at 14th Century Site

Posted: Oct 09, 2018 - 12:00am

In a recent journal article in Open Quartenary, UNM Anthropology Department researchers Victoria Monagle, Cyler Conrad, and Emily Lena Jones, set out to answer the question, “What Makes a Dog?” The group started their investiga...read more

Doomed to Mad Maxian World? Dr. Siobhan Mattison discusses the Evolution of Inequality

Posted: Oct 08, 2018 - 12:00am

The Human Biology Association hosts a podcast, “The Sausage of Science”, moderated by Cara Ocobock and Christopher Lynn, to discuss cutting edge research in biological anthropology. In the episode “Doomed to Mad Maxian World?&#8221...read more

Holly Brause receives grant from the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute

Posted: Sep 27, 2018 - 12:00am

Ethnology doctoral student, Holly Brause, received a grant from the New Mexico Water Resources Institute (WRRI) to support her dissertation research. Her project, The Everyday Politics of Irrigated Agriculture and an Uncertain Future, focuses ...read more

Research by Marylin Riggs featured in American Archaeology Summer Edition

Posted: Aug 15, 2018 - 12:00am

Congratulations to Marilyn Riggs, doctoral student in Archaeology, whose dissertation research on gambling in the US Southwest is featured in the summer edition of American Archaeology. For more information, click here ...read more

Carlyn Stewart Awarded the Powers Prize at the 2018 Pecos Conference

Posted: Aug 13, 2018 - 12:00am

Congratulations to new Public Archaeology Graduate Student Carlyn Stewart, who was awarded the Powers Prize for the best extemporaneous talk given by an archaeologist under the age of 35 at the 2018 Pecos Conference which was held in Flagstaff, AZ t...read more

Marcus Hamilton, UNM alum, Appointed to Tenure-Track Faculty Position at the University of Texas, San Antonio

Posted: Jul 19, 2018 - 12:00am

Congratulations to UNM Anthropology alumn, Dr. Marcus Hamilton (PhD, 2008) has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in Anthropology at the University of Texas, San Antonio. ...read more

UNM Archaeologist Dello-Russo Honored by the State for His Service and Noteworthy Discoveries

Posted: Jul 19, 2018 - 12:00am

Archaeologist Robert Dello-Russo, Ph.D., has received the Individual Achievement Award from the State of New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, Department of Cultural Affairs. Dello-Russo, who is currently the director of the...read more

Amy Thompson Lead Author on Journal of Archaeological Science Article

Posted: Jul 16, 2018 - 12:00am

Doctoral candidate Amy Thompson was lead author on an article, Comparing Geostatistical Analyses for the Identification of Neighborhoods, Districts, and Social Communities in Archaeological Contexts: A Case Study from Two Ancient Maya Centers i...read more

Hope Casareno Awarded the Ortiz Center Community Engagement Scholarship

Posted: Jul 10, 2018 - 12:00am

The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies has awarded the Community Engagement Scholarship to Hope Casareno for the Summer 2018 semester. Hope is assisting with the planning, implementation, and follow-up for the Second Intergeneratio...read more

Dr. Heather Edgar Develops UNM Database of Deceased People, a National First

Posted: Jul 06, 2018 - 12:00am

Dr. Heather Edgar, Associate Professor and Forensic Anthropologist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI), is currently converting a dataset of whole body decedent CT scans into a searchable d...read more

In Memoriam: Dr. Marta Weigle

Posted: Jun 15, 2018 - 12:00am

It is with great sadness that the Department of Anthropology announces the passing of our beloved colleague Marta Weigle on Thursday June 14. Dr. Weigle was an extraordinary writer, cultural historian, and critical analyst of what she famously...read more

Dr. Crown at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, NM

Dr. Patricia Crown to receive prestigious AV Kidder Award from the American Anthropological Association

Posted: Jun 15, 2018 - 12:00am

Congratulatulations to Dr. Patricia Crown, Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, for being selected as the 2018 prestigious AV Kidder Award in Southwestern archaeology. She was selected from an elite group of nominations. Dr. Crown w...read more

Students Awarded Fellowships from the UNM Center for Regional Studies

Posted: Jun 06, 2018 - 12:00am

Congratulations to Paulina Przystupa, Jaque Kocer, and Martin Pfeiffer who have been awarded a Center for Regional Studies Fellowship for 2018/2019. Paulina, a graduate student in the Archaeology program, received the award for her dissertation...read more