Field Projects
Archaeological Sites Conservation
Ongoing
Investigator/s:
Angelyn Bass
Location:
Casa Grande National Monument; Montezuma Castle National Monument; El Morro National Monument; Tonto National Monument
Angelyn Bass is an architectural conservator specializing in the conservation and management of archaeological and historic sites. Angelyn joined the Department of Anthropology in 2013 as a visiting Research Assistant Professor, and is the PI on multiple interdisciplinary field study projects funde...read more
Chaco Canyon
Ongoing
Investigator/s:
Dr. Patricia Crown
Dr. Wirt Wills
Location:
Chaco Canyon, NM
The UNM Department of Anthropology has been conducting field schools and research at Chaco Canyon National Historical Monument since 1929. The history of Southwestern archaeology, Chaco Canyon, and the University of New Mexico are deeply intertwined, largely through Edgar Lee Hewett, the firs...read more
El Mirón Cave
Ongoing
Investigator/s:
Dr. Lawrence Straus
This fall, Dr. Lawrence Straus continued his work at El Mirón Cave, conducting lab research in the Instituto International de Investigaciones Prehistoricas at the Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Dr. Emily Jones and Milena Carvalho (PhD student in archaeology) are currently analyzin...read more
Kibale Chimpanzee Project
Ongoing
Investigator/s:
Dr. Martin Muller
Dr. Melissa Emery Thompson
Location:
Kibale National Park, Uganda
This project is a long-term study focusing on the behavioral ecology, physiology, and health of wild chimpanzees in the Kanyawara community of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Dr. Martin Muller is co-director of KCP, and Dr. Melissa Emery Thompson is a senior researcher with the project. KCP provides ...read more
Mosuo Health and Demography Project
Ongoing since 2006
Investigator/s:
Siobhan Mattison
Location:
China
Since 2006, this project has focused on the health, demography, and social structure of the Mosuo, a Chinese ethnic minority in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces who practice both male-focused and female-focused forms of kinship in different communities. Dr. Siobhán Mattison directs the project, bu...read more
Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OA HeLP)
Ongoing
Investigator/s:
Ian Wallace
Location:
Malaysia
The Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OA HeLP) is a collaboration between anthropologists and biomedical researchers to study the changing patterns of health and disease among the indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia, collectively known as the Orang Asli. Traditionally, the Orang Asli li...read more
Uxbenká Archaeological Project (UAP)
Ongoing
Investigator/s:
Dr. Keith Prufer
Location:
Belize
The Uxbenká Archaeological Project (UAP) examined human-environmental dynamics in the rise and fall of a tropical complex polity in southern Belize. Archaeological excavations were conducted from 2004-2015 and were led by Dr. Keith Prufer along with interdisciplinary scholars from the US and E...read more
Vanuatu Health and Demography Project
Ongoing since 2016
Investigator/s:
Siobhan Mattison
Location:
Vanuatu
Since 2016, this project has supported multiple students in investigations of family structure, function, and associations with health and socio-ecology among the Melanesian ni-Vanuatu. Current foci include understanding the effects of market integration on health and demography and investigating t...read more
