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The Journal of Anthropological Research hosts its 54th Distinguished Lecture with American linguist and psychologist John A. Lucy from the University of Chicago, who will address The Influence of Language Structure and Function on Thought: A Comparison...

Reduced predictability of seasonal rainfall might have played a significant role in the disintegration of Classic Maya societies about 1,100 years ago. 'Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies' is a new study...

New research published this week by University of New Mexico archaeologist Keith Prufer shows that a site in Belize was critical for the studying the origins of the ancient Maya people and the spread of maize as a staple food. According to the...

Almost any grocery store is filled with products made from corn, also known as maize, in every aisle: fresh corn, canned corn, corn cereal, taco shells, tortilla chips, popcorn, corn sweeteners in hundreds of products, corn fillers in pet food, in soaps...

The UNM College of Education Department of Special Education is hosting the annual Dr. Jane Blumenfeld Lecture with special guest Maya Kalyanpur. “It’s Just Easier to Not Make a Big Deal about It: Including cultural difference in inclusive special...

Athena and Maya Combs-Hurtado have a lot in common. They have the same friends, are interested in the same activities, and often travel together. The twins, born in Venezuela but raised in Albuquerque, now have one more thing they share: they are both...

The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) selected a book published by the University of New Mexico Press for the 2015 AAUP Book, Jacket & Journal Design Show. The AAUP announced the winners of the prestigious annual design competition this...

University of California Riverside Professor of Anthropology Wendy Ashmore will speak on “What were Maya landscapes really like?” on Thursday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Anthropology Lecture Hall (Room 163.)

The cover story in the journal "Science" this week features long-term research by an international group of anthropologists and earth and climate scientists, including researchers from the University of New Mexico, who took a careful look at the impact ...

Each summer University of New Mexico Associate Professor of Anthropology Keith Prufer and his students travel to the ancient Mayan city of Uxbenká, located in southern Belize where they labor to understand what happened to the Mayas who lived there when ...