Anthropology students at the University of Georgia recently presented their research at the annual CURO Symposium, organized by the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. Given the opportunity to communicate their own research to our broader community, students presented findings that highlighted diverse aspects of human culture and history. Bill Evans Department of Anthropology, Mentors: Dr. Attila Gyucha and Dr. Danielle Riebe Figurative and Literal Church Foundations: A Multi-Method Investigation of Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, Georgia Sophie Forbes Department of Anthropology, Mentors: Dr. Carey Garland and Dr. Victor Thompson Using Sclerochronology to Examine Indigenous and Post-Contact Harvest Patterns of the Eastern Oyster on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, U.S.A. Tillman Norsworthy Department of Anthropology, Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Birch Hurricane Sound: Collective Memory Through Pop Music in the Caribbean Alexandria Solomon Department of Anthropology, Mentor: Dr. Bram Tucker Comparative Analysis of Socioeconomic Contexts of Farming Versus Foraging In Southwestern Madagascar Max Davis Department of Geography, Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Department of Anthropology and Department of Geography Prehistoric Odysseys: Inferring Ancient Migration, Climate, and Diet Using Supervised Machine Learning Processes Savannah Chruszcz Department of History and Department of Geology, Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Department of Anthropology and Department of Geography The Evolution of the Georgia Museum of Natural History Collections in the Twentieth Century
