Archaeology

The Department Of Anthropology Is Pleased to Announce our 2019 Field Schools:

Range Creek Archaeological Field School

This eight-week field course is designed to teach basic archaeological field methods. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of experimental projects using traditional methods to farm small plots and/or collect wild resources. No previous experience is necessary.

Culture, Ecology, & Sustainability Field School

Students will perform ethnographic, ecological, and historical research focused on culture change and ecosystem dynamics in the Cape region of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Students will collect and synthesize primary data, as well as write-up research findings in an academic format.

Eagle Lake Zooarchaeology Field School

This novel, hands-on, laboratory- and field-based course is designed not only to train students in the identification and analysis of fragmentary vertebrate remains but to provide them with a rich background in the natural history of vertebrate animals that is essential to conducting zooarchaeological research.

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What is Anthropology?

Anthropology is the comparative, evolutionary and historical study of humankind. Our department takes a theoretically driven, empirically-informed approach to this study, and has special expertise in archaeology, genetics, behavioral ecology, demography, hunter-gatherers, and evolutionary approaches to human and nonhuman primate behavior. Our regional expertise is strongest in Africa, Australia, New Guinea, Latin America and western North America. We have a small but influential faculty, three of whom (Hawkes, O'Connell, Wiessner) are members of the National Academy of Sciences. Many faculty members do research that crosses disciplinary and sub-disciplinary lines, and we encourage students to do the same.

Anthropology News

Scientists at NHMU complete harvest of Solanum jamesii (Four Corners Potato)

Four Corners Potato

Researchers Bruce Pavlic and Lisbeth Louderback shared their modern harvest of an ancient food source utilized by ancient Utah populations as far back as 11,000 years ago. See the full news story here.

Anthropology Faculty Dr. Tyler Faith Was Recently Published in Science
Anthropology Faculty Member Dr. Tyler Faith Published new findings in Science. These findings potentially exonerate early humans as the driving force behind the mass extinction of ancient African megafauna.
Anthropology Collections
Exciting news from the Natural History Museum: thanks to the very hard work of our Collections & Research staff, our Anthropology collections are now searchable through their website!
DiPaolo Receives Bar Award
Congratulations to Marianna DiPaolo, Associate Professor of Anthropology who will be receiving a Utah Bar Association Award on November 10th for her work on the Committee on Model Jury Instructions-Civil. She has been an active member of the Committee since it began 14 years ago.

Job Opportunities

Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Anthropology,
University of Utah

This NSF-funded postdoctoral position focuses on fertility and economic decision-making and is part of the Risk-Sensitive Decision Making among Maya Farmers: Subsistence Diversification in Response to Novel Environments project. This project builds on longitudinal life history research in a small-scale society.

This job posting can be found Here

Anthropology Events

CSBS Events

Alumni, Emeriti and Friends

Congratulations Jim O'Connell, receiver the the Great Basin Anthropological Association's Lifetime Achievement Award!

Spotlight: David Steele

After earning his PhD, Dave completed a two year NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in behavioral medicine and health psychology at UW Madison and then embarked on a 33 year career in medical education and medical school administration.
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