Anthropology

New research suggests the Northeastern coast of the United States could be struck by more frequent and more powerful hurricanes in the future due to shifting weather patterns caused by manmade industrial emissions. A new collaborative study, led by...

The 8th annual Navajo Rug Auction is set for Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Prairie Star Restaurant in Bernalillo. More than 200 traditional and contemporary handmade rugs by weavers of New Mexico and Arizona will be on display and available for purchase. The...

the UNM College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) hosted its inaugural “Data-to-Knowledge” Symposium at the UNM Sevilleta Field Station, bringing together research-active faculty from across various disciplines in the college to discuss their work and...

Join UNM’s chapter of Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium as they present ‘What Happened to the Mammoths? Exploring the Cause of North America’s Most Recent Mass Extinction.’

Harvard Professor Gary Urton is presenting the XLII Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture, “Writing the History of an ancient civilization without writing,” on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNM Anthropology Lecture...

It was meant to be a simple project. When UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Emily Jones began working with graduate student Cyler Conrad they wanted to set up a trial project with a simple yes or no outcome. Conrad needed to learn how to work with...

In a new study published this week in the journal “Nature,” UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Melissa Emery Thompson is one of a group of researchers analyzing the way humans store fat and expend the energy from food.  

A new article in the journal “Nature” this week paints the outlines of a group of people who began to populate the land we know as modern day Europe starting 45,000 years ago. The article pieces together the work of researchers from dozens on...

Samantha Ascoli, a student at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the SAA Cheryl L. Wase Memorial Scholarship for the Study of Archaeology.  

Victoria Bowler and Milena Carvalho both arrived last fall at The University of New Mexico excited to begin graduate work in the Department of Anthropology. Bowler had been a U.S. Park Service ranger at sites throughout the southwest and was ready to do...