Congratulations to Megan Anne Conger, who has just been awarded the Fred Plog Memorial Fellowship from the Society for American Archaeology for her work investigating the nature and tempo of culture change of Indigenous and European worlds in Southern Ontario, Canada (ca. AD 1550-1650).

She is only the second student working outside the Southwest to receive the award since it was established!

Anthropology Day is always held on the third Thursday in February. It is a day for anthropologists to celebrate their discipline while sharing it with the world. The Department of Anthropology at UGA has organized activities and displays to showcase how this field helps in understanding humanity's past, present and future.

Please join us this Friday, January 11 at 3:30pm in Baldwin Hall Room 264 for visiting speaker, Dr. Karyn Olsen! 

Dr. Olsen will be speaking about her research in exploring the relationship between diet, disease, and early forms of social care in a medieval poorhouse in Regensburg, Germany.

We hope to see you there!

Jennifer Birch, Megan Conger, and Carla Hadden have authored new research that disrupts the understanding of the historical Iroquoian timeline.



Read about it here!

Researchers and faculty in the Multiscalar Archaeologies (MAIES) lab are united by a common desire to understand how the lived experiences of individuals and communities articulate with broad-scale trends in human history. Accomplishing this aim requires the adoption of an explicitly multi-scalar approach to archaeological research. We employ a range of archaeological methodologies, including Bayesian chronological modelling of radiocarbon dates, elemental characterization, social network analysis, and settlement pattern studies.

Congratulations to  Dr. Laurie Reitsema's Spring 2018 Bioarchaeology class on having their essays published in The Classic Journal Issue 3.1: Bioarchaeology Special Issue!

The Classic Journal is a cross-disciplinary publication, fostering a community of diverse writers throughout the arts, humanities, and sciences. This journal aims to provide undergraduates with the chance to experience the publishing process.

What do Napoleon’s soldiers, corn, fish conservation, foraging strategies, and human diseases have in common? Visit the ICON and Anthropology’s Human-Nature Booth at the STEM-zone event on game day (Nov. 10) to find out!

Listening to the Dead: Biocultural anthropology, violence studies, and the political lives of dead bodies.