Anthropology

In response to the current unprecedented public health situation, curator of exhibits Devorah Romanek at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of NewMexico is creating a new and rapidly evolving virtual exhibition COVID-19: Concepts of...

A researcher from the University of New Mexico is part of a collaborative that is studying one of the most important socio-environmental changes in human history: the dispersal of the domestic horse into the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries....

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has announced that, with news of the continuing concern of COVID-19, the museum will remain closed to the public until further notice to limit the spread of the virus in the community. C hanges affecting visitation...

Jonathan Dombrosky, a Ph.D candidate and Associate Professor Emily Lena Jones, both from the Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, recently received a National Science Foundation grant for $30,298 to research the impact of a...

Dead men tell no tales, the saying goes. But a new database at UNM will allow researchers and others to gather a wealth of information from deceased men, women, and children. Construction of the New Mexico Decedent Image Database  is complete and the...

The Anthropology Graduate Student Union hosts its second annual alumni talk featuring alumna Stacie Hecht on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. in Hibben 105. The lecture, I told you I’d get a job with my anthropology degree, Dad! Navigating the challenges of a...

The UNM Department of Anthropology will hold its second annual Job Fair on Monday, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom B.  Students with a major or minor in Anthropology or a related field can meet recruiters, learn...

In 2018, the National Museum of Brazil was ravaged by a fire that destroyed a huge collection of irreplaceable historical artifacts. In a New York Times article, Dalton de Souza Amorim, a professor of biology at the University of São Paulo, was quoted as...

From cave to castle, the house has been a fundamental part of life for humans throughout the ages. UNM professor and anthropologist James L. Boone will discuss A Natural History of Houses Thursday, Jan. 30, as part of the Ancestors Lectures hosted by the...

Celebrate our evolutionary past! Children will be able to travel 4 million years back in time this weekend and discover our ancient human ancestors at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on the UNM campus. The popular radio program The Children’s Hour,...