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UNM Anthropology is a highly regarded program at both graduate and undergraduate levels of study. Located in the American Southwest, the school is well placed to take advantage of the region’s cultural diversity, deep historic roots, and remarkable archaeology. The Department’s faculty work here, throughout the Americas and in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Students have an opportunity to

participate in a variety of field training and laboratory programs, develop their professional skills, and contribute to Anthropology’s distinctive perspective.

Event reminder: TODAY @ 2pm in Hibben 105, join Dr. Webb Keane in person as he participates in our 2022 Spring Anthro Co...
04/15/2022

Event reminder: TODAY @ 2pm in Hibben 105, join Dr. Webb Keane in person as he participates in our 2022 Spring Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series! For more details, see flyer below.

We hope to see you all there!

Dr. Siobhan Mattison recently published Context Specificity of “Market Integration” among the Matrilineal Mosuo of South...
04/13/2022

Dr. Siobhan Mattison recently published Context Specificity of “Market Integration” among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China in Anthropological Currents, along with former UNM Post Doctoral Fellows Dr. Darragh Hare and Dr. Chun-Yi Sum and current UNM graduate student Ruizhe Liu among the co-authors.

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Dr. Siobhan Mattison recently published Context Specificity of “Market Integration” among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China in Anthropological Currents, along with former UNM Post Doctoral Fellows Dr. Darragh Hare and Dr. Chun-Yi Sum and current UNM graduate student Ruizhe Liu among th...

Event update!This was originally announced as a virtual talk, but it will be in person in Hibben 105.Dr. Webb Keane, Geo...
04/13/2022

Event update!
This was originally announced as a virtual talk, but it will be in person in Hibben 105.

Dr. Webb Keane, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, will present his talk When Speech Isn't Free virtually on Friday, April 15 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.

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Dr. Webb Keane, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, will present his talk When Speech Isn't Free in person on Friday, April 15 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  The talk will be held in Hibben 105. Proof of vaccinatio...

04/11/2022

Three University of New Mexico archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology made significant contributions to a recent special issue of The

Beau Murphy, UNM graduate student in the Archaeology subfield, has been awarded a Latin American & Iberian Institute () ...
04/06/2022

Beau Murphy, UNM graduate student in the Archaeology subfield, has been awarded a Latin American & Iberian Institute () PhD Fellowship to support his dissertation research using GIS analyses and architectural chronology to investigate the Inka Empire's strategic use of settlement layout and political architecture at their provincial outpost of Turi in northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
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Congratulations, Beau!! 🎉

Event reminder! TODAY @ 2pm, join Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter as they take part in our Anthro Colloquia Speaker Seri...
04/01/2022

Event reminder! TODAY @ 2pm, join Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter as they take part in our Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series. See post below for more event details!

We hope to see you all there. 👍

Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter will present their talk  A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites virtually on Friday, April 1 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  You can access the talk ...

Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter will present their talk  A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Buildi...
03/30/2022

Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter will present their talk A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites virtually on Friday, April 1 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.

Visit our website for more event details:

Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter will present their talk  A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites virtually on Friday, April 1 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  You can access the talk ...

Join Kristina Lyons TODAY @ 2pm as she participates in our Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series! For more event details, visi...
03/25/2022

Join Kristina Lyons TODAY @ 2pm as she participates in our Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series! For more event details, visit our website! https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/events/event/nature-and-territories-as-victims-in-colombias-transitional-justice-process.html

We hope to see you all there!

Kristina Lyons will present her talk Nature’ and Territories as Victims in Colombia’s Transitional Justice Process virtually on Friday, March 25  at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  You can access the talk here.  You can obtain the passcode by emailing ...

On Monday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Anthropology Lecture Hall 163, Christina Warinner of Harvard University and the Max Pl...
03/24/2022

On Monday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Anthropology Lecture Hall 163, Christina Warinner of Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute will present the 52nd JAR Distinguished Lecture: The Evolution and Changing Ecology of the Human Microbiome. The following day at noon in Anthropology 178, she will conduct a specialized seminar entitled Archaeology of the Invisible. Both events are open to the public.
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Both events are free; wheelchair-accessible. If you do not have a UNM permit, please park in a metered space along Redondo Rd. or Las Lomas to avoid a fine. Visit our website for more details:

On Monday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Anthropology Lecture Hall 163, Christina Warinner of Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute will present the 52nd JAR Distinguished Lecture: The Evolution and Changing Ecology of the Human Microbiome.  The following day at noon in Anthropology 178, she wil...

The Department of History presents a Women's History Month Lecture: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Prosecutions in Bos...
03/23/2022

The Department of History presents a Women's History Month Lecture: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Prosecutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina presented by Dr Ajla Škrbić, Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Law, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.
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Please click this URL to join unm.zoom.us/s/91013176717
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UNM Co-sponsors: Department of Anthropology () International Studies, Latin American and Iberian Institute, () School of Law, Women Studies Program

Join us this afternoon at 2:30 for a discussion with Angelyn Bass from  entitled "Fragments Reassembled: Conservation of...
03/23/2022

Join us this afternoon at 2:30 for a discussion with Angelyn Bass from entitled "Fragments Reassembled: Conservation of the Maya Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala." Bass will discuss the materials and methods used to conserve the in situ wall paintings, as well as the mural fragments now in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City. More information and Zoom link here: https://bit.ly/3uqdFV8
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Don’t miss the Anthropology Job Fair today!:Come by the UNM Sub Ballrooms B and C from 11-2pm! We hope to see you all th...
02/22/2022

Don’t miss the Anthropology Job Fair today!
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Come by the UNM Sub Ballrooms B and C from 11-2pm! We hope to see you all there! 😊👍🏽

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