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Cultural Heritage Traditions: Ms. Jennifaye Singleton

Welcome to our new series, Cultural Heritage Traditions! This series will highlight shared cultural traditions through the people who practice and share them. We begin with a three-part feature on basketmaking.  Meet Ms. Jennifaye Singleton, a Gullah Geechee basketmaker who has been creating sweetgrass baskets for 36years! Having learned the art from her aunt, she carries forward a tradition passed down through generations. Using materials…


Anthropology Students Recipients of 2026 Joshua Laerm Academic Support Award

We'd like to congratulate the Anthropology students who received the 2026 Joshua Laerm Academic Support Awards! These awards, for both undergraduate and graduate students, are competitive awards designed to assist students in their studies and research. Students proposals could be for supplies, equipment, publishing, travel or other costs associated with field or collection-oriented research and disseminating the results of said research. …


UGA’s Laboratory of Archaeology and the Naval Air Station of Pensacola work together to preserve and protect cultural heritage

Volunteers from NAS Pensacola and the Archaeology Lab loading the artifact boxes. Earlier this semester, representatives from the University of Georgia worked with Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola to transfer over 1000 boxes of archaeological collections to be curated at the Laboratory of Archaeology. This partnership and transfer of these archaeological collections will help preserve and protect the cultural heritage and history of NAS…


UGA’s Laboratory of Archaeology stewards two petroglyph boulders

Decades ago, two petroglyph boulders were donated to the University of Georgia. Adorned with spiral designs, and other motifs, these boulders are a testament to Georgia's Native American heritage. The smaller petroglyph boulder, also known as “Squirrel Rock”, was originally found in White County on the slopes of Squirrel Mountain. Squirrel Rock was donated to the University of Georgia sometime between 1930 and 1950. It was originally placed in…


Fall 2026 Student Photo Contest Winners Announced

Congratulations to all who participated! Enjoy the media gallery at the bottom to see all submissions for 2026 photo contest. 1st place undergraduate Emma Dumont Gaggle of Geese 2nd place undergraduate Jude Schiffer  “Either it is the grave-mark of someone who died long ago, or was set as a racing goal by men who lived before our time.” Iliad 23.331-332  The Temple of Hephaistos at Athens, Greece. The ancient architecture is…

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UGA-Led Project Receives $743,658 NEH Grant to Preserve and Share Georgia’s Colonial History

A National Endowment for the Humanities grant-funded project at the University of Georgia will bring new educational opportunities for Georgians to learn about the state’s colonial history, while preserving important historical documents and archaeological collections for future generations. The $743,658 grant funds a three-year project entitled Many Eyes on the Road to Revolution in Colonial Georgia, which focuses on the state’s early history…

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In Memoriam: Dr. J. Peter Brosius

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Dr. James Peter Brosius.  James Peter “Pete” Brosius, age 72, died peacefully on July 29, 2026, in Athens, Georgia. Pete was a colorful man - a man of boundless energy and insatiable curiosity with an unwavering dedication to truth, no matter how messy and uncomfortable. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Lynne Hitchner; his son, Radford Emerson Brosius; and his daughter, Naia Bulan…

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Dr. Gyucha Receives Honorary Citizenship Award from the City of Vésztő, Hungary

Dr. Attila Gyucha, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, and his long-time collaborator, Dr. William Parkinson at the Field Museum/University of Illinois at Chicago, have been awarded the Honorary Citizenship of the City of Vésztő in southeastern Hungary, the municipality's highest civic distinction, in recognition of more than 25 years of archaeological research, heritage preservation, and community engagement. In the official…


UGA Students Participate in Excavation of a 7,000-Year-Old Neolithic Settlement in Hungary

A one-month archaeological field season recently concluded at the Neolithic site of Szeghalom–Kovácshalom in southeastern Hungary. The excavations were directed by Dr. Attila Gyucha, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Georgia. The research is part of an NSF-funded project, for which another department member, Assistant Professor Dr. Danielle Riebe serves as field director. The project investigates the…

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PhD Candidate, Aoife Kate Pitts, Receives Richard Evans Schultes Research Award

The Society for Ethnobotany  announced in June that Kate Pitts has received the Richard Evans Schultes Research Award to support the second half of her fieldwork in Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia. Her project titled "Livelihoods, Knowledge, and Chagras: Ethnobotanical Change in the Colombian Amazon".  This annual award is given to student members of the SEB and is intended to help defray the costs of fieldwork for projects that…
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