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News, events, people, fieldwork and research updates of UGA's anthropology department

The University of Georgia's Department of Anthropology pursues research and education in three fields of the discipline: archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology.

08/27/2026

We're so excited to have all our anthropology students back on campus! Tell us what you did this summer in the comments below!

07/21/2026

URGENT ACTION NEEDED

Our cultural resources are under attack! Recent executive orders have shrunk the boundaries of important national monuments by roughly 90%. This opens the land to potential oil and gas drilling, effectively destroying nearly 3 million acres containing archaeological sites. To make matters worse, the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation (ACHP) is proposing new amendments to Section 106. These changes would eliminate the involvement of tribes, archaeologists, and the public while giving agencies the power to choose their personal economic profit over greater cultural heritage. Without Section 106, we would have lost countless important sites, artifacts, buildings, and knowledge about our shared past. If these new amendments are passed, careers in archaeology, anthropology, and historic preservation are all threatened. As current students in these fields, this terrifies us.

If this concerns you, you have options:
1. Before July 24th, contact members of the ACHP (listed in the first comment) and voice your concerns!
2. Before July 29th, summit a comment (link below and in bio) to the Bureau of Land Management in support of the "No Action Alternative" which would preserve the current 10 mile buffer for another 20 years!
3. Right now, you can sign the petition to defend Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments! The links are listed below and in our bio.

PLEASE HELP US SAVE OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES AND OUR FUTURES!!!
-The Students at the Laboratory of Archaeology

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BLM Comment: https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=D949F582-402D-F111-8341-001DD804183B&_gl=1*yudyop*_ga*MTUxNzI1MTA5My4xNzg0NTcwNzA3*_ga_GQKKTMMT8V*czE3ODQ1NzA3MDYkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODQ1NzA3MzAkajM2JGwwJGgw

Sign the Petition: https://www.conservationlands.org/monuments

06/04/2026

Meet our alumni spotlight, Jacob Estes!! 🤩🤩

Jacob is a 2009 Anthropology alumnus who is now working in the private sector. He recently reflected on his undergraduate and graduate journeys at UGA.🐾

Read more on our website via the link in our bio!! 👀

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Ph.D. Student Seungyeon Hong and Dr. Jennifer Birch for their published article “Negotiating power and community in Early Baekje: Collective action and urban transformation in the Han River Basin, Korea” in the Archaeological Research in Asia journal!! 🥳⭐️

Read the article via the link in our bio!! 👀

05/22/2026

Congratulations to UGA Anthropology alumnus David Hecht for receiving the 2026 Young Alumni Award from his baccalaureate university, Luther College!! 🥳🥳

David received his PhD in Anthropology and Integrative Conservation at UGA in 2022 and currently works at UGA’s Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant! 🤩

David will also deliver Luther College’s Commencement address on Sunday, May 24th, 2026 at 9am in Carlson Stadium, Decorah, IA. ☺️

05/13/2026

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all of the graduate students in the anthropology department who graduated this Spring 2026 semester!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Congratulations to all of our Bachelor’s students awarded their degrees as well!🤩🎓

Our department is extremely proud of all the work you put in and is excited to see your next steps in life! Go Dawgs!!! ❤️🐾

05/05/2026

Congratulations to students Seungyeon Hong and Sarieh Amiribeirami for recently receiving awards at the 2026 Society for American Archaeology Conference🥳🥳🥳

Seungyeon received the 2026 SAA Student Paper Award, and Sarieh received the 2026 SAA Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship🤩🤩

Congratulations to all those who presented at the SAAs this year as well!! ☺️

04/27/2026

Please join us in congratulating our alumnus James Strawn as he joins Troy University as an Assistant Professor and Archaeology Lab Manager in the Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Criminology beginning this fall!!! 🥳🥳

A first-generation college student and veteran, James is currently a Visiting Graduate Scholar at the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology in Ann Arbor. He will be relocating to Troy, Alabama with his wife, dogs, and cats this summer!! 🤩

04/18/2026

Join us in congratulating these anthro students on receiving departmental award funding this year!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Click the link in our bio to go to our website and read more to learn about their plans!! 🤩🤩🤩

04/15/2026

Please join us on Friday, April 17th at 3:00pm in Baldwin 264 for our end-of-year awards and recognition ceremony!!! 🥳

This event is open to everyone! The ceremony will give us a chance to recognize all the hard work you put in this school year and get together to enjoy some refreshments! ☺️

Please also click the link in our bio to fill out the survey to RSVP and to let us know if any honors yourself and your anthropology community have received! The survey will close Friday, April 17th!

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