ANTH 3050 Ethnographic Research Methods Image or Flier: Credit Hours: 3 Provides the basic foundations for conducting ethnographic fieldwork. Students will explore the unique strengths and utility of an ethnographic approach; learn how to conduct ethnographic techniques through hands-on, experiential learning activities; and apply these skills to a research project of their choice. These projects will be closely mentored by the faculty member. Semester Offered: Spring Level: Undergraduate Read more about ANTH 3050
Guest Speaker, Dr. Bondarenko Dmitri M. Bondarenko, Ph.D., Dr. Habil is a Professor in Ethnology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Professor in Global Problems and International Relations, Vice-Director for Research Institute for African Studies and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,Director of the International Center of Anthropology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, and Full Professor in Ethnology, Russian State University for the Humanities. Dr. Read more about Guest Speaker, Dr. Bondarenko
New Research on Ancient Greek Forces from Dr. Laurie Reitsema published in PNAS Dr. Laurie Reitsema and colleagues recently published their article The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek Army in the PNAS. Read more about New Research on Ancient Greek Forces from Dr. Laurie Reitsema published in PNAS
Ancient Greek Research From Dr. Laurie Reitsema, Katherine Reinberger, and Adam Kazmi Featured in New York Times Article Dr. Read more about Ancient Greek Research From Dr. Laurie Reitsema, Katherine Reinberger, and Adam Kazmi Featured in New York Times Article
Anthropology Guest Speaker Hsain Ilahiane is Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University. He is author of Ethnicities, Community Making, and Agrarian Change: The Political Ecology of a Moroccan Oasis (2004); Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen) (2017); and of The Mobile Phone Revolution in Morocco: Cultural and Economic Transformations (2022). Abstract: Read more about Anthropology Guest Speaker
Anthropology Fall 2022 Photo Contest This Fall, the Department of Anthropology hosted a Photo Contest for Anthropology Undergraduate Students and Graduate Students. Participants submitted their photos at the beginning of this semester, and their entries were displayed in a Gallery Show Event at the Anthropology Main Office in the first week of September. Students and Faculty spent the following week viewing the galleries and voting for their favorite photos. Read more about Anthropology Fall 2022 Photo Contest
ANTH 4265/6265 Bioarchaeology Image or Flier: Credit Hours: 3 Bioarchaeology is the study of human remains in archaeological contexts. The skeleton is a dynamic structure that responds to stressors in the natural and built environments, offering insights on health, human-environment interactions, and social processes in the past. This course covers basics in bioarchaeology and paleopathology from a biocultural perspective. When this course is taught as a split level, additional requirements for graduate students: Graduate students will explore bioarchaeological topics and methods in greater depth through writing. Students taking the course for graduate study will have a choice of the following, depending on their interests and progress in the graduate program: 1) complete a comprehensive literature review on a method (or suite of methods) and/or bioarchaeological research and biocultural context of human health and diversity in a region, 2) conduct novel research pertinent to their thesis research and produce a publishable-quality paper, or 3) prepare a grant proposal for bioarchaeological research in the format of a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant proposal. Semester Offered: Spring Level: Graduate Undergraduate Read more about ANTH 4265/6265
ANTH 4100/6100 Evolution and Human Behavior Image or Flier: Credit Hours: 3 Exploration of different theoretical approaches to the evolutionary study of human behavior, from Darwin through the development of ethology, sociobiology, human behavioral ecology, dual inheritance theory, and behavioral economics. Examination of topics such as influence of genes versus culture on behavior, cooperation, subsistence decisions, mate choice, reproductive and parenting choices. When this course is taught as a split level, additional requirements for graduate students: This course will build graduate students' skills for crafting publishable written argument, and increase their knowledge of published arguments within the evolutionary anthropology literature. Commensurate with these goals, each graduate student will be assigned a major theme from the course around which to (a) gather supplemental published research, including theoretical contributions and case studies, (b) summarize this research in an annotated bibliography, (c) present a brief oral summary of this literature to the class on the day the theme is addressed, thus providing the undergraduates with a better sense of the breadth of the topic, and (d) write a term paper exploring the topic or some aspect of it in greater depth. Finally, graduate students will take different exams, commensurate with their greater knowledge and ability to express complex ideas in writing. Semester Offered: Spring Level: Graduate Undergraduate Read more about ANTH 4100/6100
"Radiocarbon Dating Early Trade and World System Expansion in Iroquoian Southern Ontario, Canada, AD 1550-1650" -- Dissertation Defense by Megan Conger Please join the Department of Anthropology in congratulating Megan Anne Conger on her upcoming Dissertation Defense on November 7th at 11:00am. Megan will be defending her Dissertation entitled: "Radiocarbon Dating Early Trade and World System Expansion in Iroquoian Southern Ontario, Canada, AD 1550-1650". Way to go Megan ! Read more about "Radiocarbon Dating Early Trade and World System Expansion in Iroquoian Southern Ontario, Canada, AD 1550-1650" -- Dissertation Defense by Megan Conger
Indigenous American Research from Dr. Victor Thompson, Dr. Jennifer Birch, Alumni, and Emeritus Faculty featured in ScienceNews The article from ScienceNews discusses the Indigenous history behind Georgia’s Lake Oconee, and their “rule by the people long before the U.S Constitution was written.” Indigenous American research from members of UGA’s Department of Anthropolog Read more about Indigenous American Research from Dr. Victor Thompson, Dr. Jennifer Birch, Alumni, and Emeritus Faculty featured in ScienceNews