Robert Dello-Russo, director of the UNM Office of Contract Archeology has received the Individual Achievement Award from the State of New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, Department of Cultural Affairs. Dello-Russo was recognized for his...
It was the 1850s and people were hungry. They were moving by the thousands to northern California to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, but their appetite wasn’t just for precious metal, it was for basic food—there wasn’t enough of it to satiate...
In what is a very special time for The University of New Mexico Anthropology Department—its 90th anniversary of the department, 80th for serial anthropological publications by UNM and nearly the 75th of the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology/Journal of...
Men, women and their families arrived in large numbers to northern California with the dream of striking it rich during the mid-19th century. What most people don’t know about the California Gold Rush is that exotic animals became as much a part of the...
The University of New Mexico’s research at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon was recently honored with a Field Discovery Award at the Shanghai Archaeological Forum. The project is one of 10 chosen from more than 100 projects around the world.
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The 9th annual Navajo Rug Auction, benefitting Navajo weavers and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, will take place Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Prairie Star Restaurant in Bernalillo. More than 200 traditional and contemporary handmade rugs by weavers of...
Elizabeth Ferry presents the XLII Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture, “Glitter, Grit and Graphics: How do the gold and gold market look from the perspective of a historic Mexican mining city,” on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m....
In the courtyard of UNM’s Maxwell Museum, a totem pole stood for many decades, weathered by seasons and avian inhabitants. Its beauty and physical condition faded by age, was one concern for university anthropologists—the other, was trying to understand...
Time, Newsweek, Health Magazine—and many other international media outlets from the United Kingdom to Australia—are all talking about the recent findings by a group of doctors and Anthropologists who have found why a South American population has the...
Nearly two decades ago, researchers at The University of New Mexico took interest in a project that took them to the lush jungles of southwestern Uganda. Not far from the borders of the Congo, these desert-dwelling Anthropologists established...