Anthropology

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is seeking docents. The volunteer positions are ideal for students but anyone over the age of 18 can apply. No experience is necessary. "The Maxwell's Docent Program is a unique...

As an undergraduate student at The University of New Mexico, Alex Harris was part of a team of researchers and is co-author of a paper that was recently highlighted in a scientific journal. For her contribution to the research, she scanned hundreds of...

There is a common misconception that Ancestral Pueblo people rarely ate fish. Research from Jonathan Dombrosky, adjunct assistant professor at The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology, shows that not only did fish become a more common part...

After 27 years of distinguished and energetic stewardship of the Journal of Anthropological Research, Lawrence Guy Straus, the Emeritus Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor at The University of New Mexico, is stepping down as...

The world’s population is aging rapidly, presenting an urgency to address the health problems of the aged. Critical insights on these problems can be gained by examining how the aging process has been shaped over evolutionary time, and how it is...

To commemorate Pride Month and express support for the LGBTQ+ community, throughout June the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is posting blog posts written by scholars and curators that tell stories embedded in the museum...

June is LGBTQI+ Pride Month and to highlight the celebration, UNM Anthropology department administrator Jennifer George has compiled a website page full of events, research, news, organizations, and other resources and information. According to the...

University of New Mexico alumna Amy Thompson has been awarded the UNM Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Award for her dissertation Comparative Processes of Sociopolitical Development in the Foothills of the Southern Maya Mountains.  Thompson, who received a Ph.D. in...

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May with a website page full of resources about history, racism, culture, and many other...

Cynthia Chavez Lamar, University of New Mexico alumna and director of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), will be the guest speaker at the inaugural Alfonso Ortiz Lecture on Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29. An enrolled member of...