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Seungyeon Hong examines a wood sample through a high-powered microscope in a laboratory setting. The microscope is connected to a computer displaying a magnified cross-section of the sample, showing pink-stained cellular structures. The lab bench is equipped with a keyboard, mouse, and other tools, and shelves and lab equipment are visible in the background

Centuries Reconsidered: New Dates, New Stories

Featured in Science News, recent advances in radiocarbon dating are reshaping our understanding of Indigenous history in eastern North America.

Artistic illustration of the landscape around the Early Bronze IV village at Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj, Jordan. View facing south depicts fields and pastures along the Jordan Rift, which is bounded by the Transjordanian Plateau to the east and the Southern Levantine Central Hills to the west. In the foreground, village houses, sherd-paved streets, a broad room temple, and lamb burials in the temple forecourt are depicted on the basis of remains excavated from Phase 6 (modeled ∼ 2483–2452 cal BCE). Artwork by Gary J

Dr. Suzie Pilaar Birch unveils two new studies on Bronze Age herding and agropastoral practices

Dr. Suzie Pilaar Birch, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Georgia, recently published two open-access research articles exploring ancient agropastoral practices in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Still photo from drone video by Jonny Miller of Durban South Africa, via The Guardian.

Professor Jen Birch featured author in PNAS special edition on economic inequality

UGA Anthropology professor Jennifer Birch is a featured author in a special feature in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Economic Inequality Over the Very Long Term, which brings together a large team of inte

Sabikun Naher

PhD student awarded AIBS Bangladeshi Graduate Student Fellowship

PhD student Sabikun Naher has been awarded the AIBS Bangladeshi Graduate Student Fellowship for 2025. Selected Bangladeshi scholars will work with U.S.

Amit Kaushik

PhD student publishes in Conservation Biology

Amit Kaushik, a PhD candidate in ICON and Anthropology, recently co-authored two papers published in Conservation Biology as part of the Special Issue: Trends and Futu

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