Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It is also a point at which I want to remind students of core course concepts like cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. This is why evidence for diet was a big part of my archaeology flipped class activity , for example. I use infographics as a course assignment, so the infographic is a useful example for me. References Han, D. (27

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APRIL 23, 2025

He insisted that it be better: more historically informed, more ethically aware, and more honest about its blind spots. The book dismantles the idea that genetic similarity can explain what makes us humanor that genes can do the cultural and historical work of explaining behavior, intelligence, or social life.

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MARCH 10, 2025

They were the remains of animals deeply intertwined with the histories and cultures of Indigenous communities. That’s a problem, says William Taylor, curator of archaeology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and co-author of the study. Are they places where we treat archaeological objects as inanimate things?

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Ian Straughn worked with students in an introductory archaeology course using Humata.ai to imagine and develop the research design for the archaeological investigation of UCI’s campus at some time in the future (perhaps an excavation to be conducted by non-human intelligence). As it turns out, a lot!)

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Wajãpi had invited me to map archaeological sites in their territory. The Wajãpi already knew of my “archaeological finds”—the footsteps of Creator Hero from the beginning of time. What could my archaeological knowledge possibly offer to such a vast cosmological wisdom? I was excited. We just draw from different backgrounds.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It is also a point at which I want to remind students of core course concepts like cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. This is why evidence for diet was a big part of my archaeology flipped class activity , for example. I use infographics as a course assignment, so the infographic is a useful example for me. References Han, D. (27

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MAY 16, 2024

Discovered in Poland, this artifact challenges our understanding of their cognitive abilities and symbolic culture. Tomasz Płonka, professor of archaeology at the University of Wrocław, “It is one of the quite rare Neanderthal objects of symbolic nature. Journal of Archaeological Science , 166 (105971), 105971.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 14, 2024

They come in different sizes and materials, make different sounds, and have fun cultural references built in. Students are told that they need the duck for an activity, more information will follow, and the ducks must be returned at the end. They are silly and therefore safe. References Martin, F. & & Bolliger, D.U.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 14, 2024

They come in different sizes and materials, make different sounds, and have fun cultural references built in. Students are told that they need the duck for an activity, more information will follow, and the ducks must be returned at the end. They are silly and therefore safe. References Martin, F. & & Bolliger, D.U.

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Symposium may focus on any aspect of the history, archaeology, art and architecture, and geology of Italy and Sicily from remotest antiquity to the Renaissance. Informal inquiries are also welcome at this email address.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 6, 2024

In 1994, the Schöningen open-cast coal mine yielded an astonishing archaeological treasure: remarkably well-preserved hunting weapons dating back 300,000 years. Spearheads and throwing sticks, discovered alongside animal bones, offered a glimpse into the sophisticated craftsmanship of early humans.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Role of Technology in Unveiling Ancient Secrets The sheer vastness of the Nazca Pampa, covering an area of about 400 square kilometers (154 square miles), presents significant challenges for traditional archaeological fieldwork. The plateau’s immense size, combined with centuries of weathering, has obscured many of the glyphs.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

These findings offer a new perspective on human population stability and cultural evolution in southern Africa. The Oakhurst site, which dates back over 12,000 years, provides a unique opportunity to explore southern Africa's genetic and cultural history. Oakhurst rock shelter, original excavation by Goodwin 1932-1935.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Recent archaeological studies in Sicily reveal crucial information about early human migration into the Mediterranean islands. Photo: Ilaria Patania) Rediscovery of Ancient Caves: Revisiting Forgotten Sites Archaeological surveys conducted by a team from Washington University in St.

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Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

It is also known as physical anthropology, which originally referred to the study of human biology within the framework of evolution and with an emphasis on the interaction between biology and culture. This type of research is essential, for example, to determine stature and growth patterns in archaeological populations.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 5, 2025

From the resulting pool, a shortlist of candidates will be contacted and asked to submit a vision statement and responses to several standard questions, contact information for two scholars who can provide letters of reference, and a letter outlining institutional support by August 22, 2025.

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JULY 16, 2024

A recent groundbreaking study 1 provides new insights into the ancient cultures of Canada's Arctic, focusing on the Paleo-Inuit and Thule-Inuit peoples who inhabited the region over thousands of years. Despite the scarcity of historical evidence, this recent study sheds valuable light on their presence and activities in the region.

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Society for Classical Studies

AUGUST 9, 2024

In what artistic, historical, archaeological, spatial, or cultural contexts do we see the deployment of narratives of violence, and what functions do such deployments serve? What modes—from humor to tragedy, from public to private—inform the aesthetics of gender-based violence?

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 7, 2025

We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, and workshops/roundtables on any aspect of the Greco-Roman world, including but not limited to poetry (from epic, lyric, and pastoral to elegy, satire, and the epigram), drama, history, philosophy, archaeology, religion, and social life (from family and gender roles to slavery and prostitution).

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We seek to uncover the myriad ways in which treasures, both tangible and intangible, are perceived, created, sought after, and understood across different cultures and throughout time. Digital treasures: the preservation and significance of digital data as cultural artifacts or questions around privacy and personal information.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Whether you’re discussing little white lies, deploying half-truths, uses of subtly or subversion, withholding information, sleight of hand maneuvers, hacking the system, overblown descriptions, or anything in between or beyond, we invite you to consider the ways in which deception and our definitions of it shape human life.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The citizen action groups highlighted different issues, from conserving endangered species to preserving cultural landscapes. Hypocritically and cunningly, the primary justification for their aspiration was the urgent need to alleviate the housing shortage for low- and middle-income households.

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Sapiens

APRIL 23, 2025

Traveling Treasures is a new project led by a team of anthropologists that puts Liberians directly in touch with their dispersed cultural heritage through immersive technologies designed to bridge continents and histories. WHEN STUDENTS DONNED virtual reality headsets for the first time last year at William V.S.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A recent study led by Leonie Hoff from the University of Oxford, published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology 1 , analyzed fingerprint impressions left on these figurines, revealing surprising insights about the age, gender, and cultural makeup of the craftsmen and craftswomen who worked on them.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. Eventually, these designs were manipulated to convey more precise genealogical information."

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Archaeological findings 2 have confirmed that axe-like tools date back over 44,000 years, making the kodj one of the most ancient weapons still known today. Australian Archaeology , 82 (1), 2–11. The weapon itself is a blend of a cutting and bludgeoning instrument, with a blade that can be pivoted to strike in any direction 3.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Slocum reflects on her experiences conducting ethnographic research as part of a collaborative, community-centered archaeological project in Tahcabo, Yucatán, Mexico, from a decolonial feminist standpoint. Most of the pieces we published came from cultural anthropologists, which was also the case for our predecessor Contributing Editors.

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

ENTERING THE FRAY I agreed to discuss archaeology with pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on the mega-popular but controversial podcast the Joe Rogan Experience. But reaching those outside my echo chamber demands more than my archaeological expertise. I’m distinguishing archaeology from mythology. Many people buy it.

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Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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MARCH 19, 2024

To uncover this past, a team launched the country’s first archaeological research. The Praia Melão engenho and estate is the first archaeological site identified in São Tomé. Other objects, including fragments of African ceramics and a cowrie shell, show the perseverance of cultural traditions among the enslaved workers.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 24, 2024

The burials are part of ongoing excavations at 1 the archaeological site of Queneto, located in northern Peru. The latest discoveries at Queneto provide crucial data for archaeologists seeking to understand the early cultural and technological developments of pre-Incan societies.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

From the audience, as an anthropologist-in-training afraid her fieldwork would amount to nothing, I was thrilled to hear a cultural-historical reference on the nose enough for me to easily interpret (ventriloquize?). This statement might seem at first glance to be in line with an account that considers history and cultural conditions.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

The findings, published in Nature Communications 1 , reveal a wealth of information about the boy's ancestry, physical traits, health, and the environment in which he lived, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of prehistoric humans. The infant's skeleton was excavated in 1998 in a cave in Puglia.

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Strange Maps

JUNE 26, 2023

The Secret History , the only native and near-contemporary source of information on the 13th-century Mongols, is as reticent about the Khan’s death as it is detailed about his life. Perhaps this is because illness and death were great taboos in Mongol culture. As such, we are left mainly with legends and speculation.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 13, 2025

Don Edward Waliceks poems in this collection are also in the docupoetry genre, informed by his visits to the U.S. This collection transports readers to varied localities, enclaves, cultures, cities, and battlefields where injustice and oppression are common enemiesand words the firepower. imperialism.

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Sapiens

MARCH 4, 2025

Through this work, drawing on knowledge from human skeletal biology, anatomy, and archaeology, we often confront the immense social and racial inequalities that can play a role in the circumstances of ones death. ADVOCATING FOR THE DEADAND THE LIVING Advocacy and activism are nothing new to anthropology.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Collaborative Research The groundbreaking study was led by IPHES-CERCA in collaboration with the University Rovira i Virgili, the Catalan Cultural Heritage Research Institute, the University of Girona Institute of History Research, the University of Bordeaux, and Catalonia’s International University.

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