Anthropology

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...

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico has announced the passing of beloved colleague Marta Weigle on Thursday, June 14.  Weigle was an extraordinary writer, cultural historian and critical analyst of what she famously called...

The University of New Mexico’s mascot, the Mexican Gray Wolf (or, Lobo) is fighting for its place in the world, while battling the threat of extinction. On March 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., the film “The Right to Be Wild,” featuring the Lobo’s journey...

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...

The Maxwell celebrates two exhibitions in the Current Issues in Anthropology series with an exhibition celebration of Last Supper by C. Maxx Stevens and Ecologies of Resistance by DesertArt LAB on Friday, March 2 from 6–7:30 p.m. The evening begins with...

The University of New Mexico anthropology professor, Frances Hayashida, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to support teaching and research in Chile this Fall. She will take part in an ongoing research collaboration on prehispanic water...

National debates about historic, sometimes controversial, art on college campuses are opening conversations at The University of New Mexico. The focal point? ‘The Three People’s Murals’ in the historic west wing of Zimmerman Library on UNM’s Main...

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. “Their...