UGA Geology Colloquium - Dr. Katherine Woo "To Shell with It: the Zooarchaeological Analysis of a Submerged Ertebølle Midden" Special Information: Contact Dr. Ervan Garrison for additional details. https://geology.uga.edu/events/content/2019/shell-it-zooarchaeological-analysis-submerged-ertebolle-midden Read more about UGA Geology Colloquium - Dr. Katherine Woo
Scientists get $1.6M to study disease transmission Vector-borne diseases—those transmitted by biting insects like mosquitoes and ticks—pose a significant health threat to more than half of the world’s population. Finding ways to control these diseases—many of which are zoonotic, meaning they can spread among wildlife, domestic animals and humans—requires understanding both the social and ecological contexts in which they occur. Read more about Scientists get $1.6M to study disease transmission
Global Issues, Local Choices: How The Palm Oil Project is encouraging discussions on sustainability The Palm Oil Project, or POP@UGA, is a student-run organization that was established in Fall 2019. The goals of the organization are to raise student awareness of the negative environmental and social impacts of the global palm oil industry and to encourage students to make more sustainable choices when shopping for food and household products. Read more about Global Issues, Local Choices: How The Palm Oil Project is encouraging discussions on sustainability
Re-examining Property through Women’s Claims to Gardens in Northern Sierra Leone Read more about Re-examining Property through Women’s Claims to Gardens in Northern Sierra Leone
Jennifer Birch and Megan Conger coauthor paper Title: Dating Iroquoia in American Antiquity Read more about Jennifer Birch and Megan Conger coauthor paper
Suzanne Pilaar Birch had a paper published Title: Spread of domestic animals across Neolithic western Anatolia: New stable isotope evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, the island of Gökçeada, Turkey This paper focuses on the combination of bone collagen and tooth enamel stable isotope data with existing archaeological data to develop a fine-resolution picture of the spread of the Neolithic, particularly the importation and management of domestic fauna on Gökçeada, with broader relevance for understanding Aegean-Anatolian interactions. Read more about Suzanne Pilaar Birch had a paper published
Title: "Creating new connections between archaeology, paleoecology, and fire science to evaluate long-term human impacts on fire regimes" Georgia Initiative for Climate & Society Fall 2019 Seminar Series Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Archaeological Sciences Read more about Title: "Creating new connections between archaeology, paleoecology, and fire science to evaluate long-term human impacts on fire regimes"
Title: "The arguments are sound, but does science really have a chance to save the Amazon?" Upcoming guest lecture of the Neotropical Montology Collaboratory on "The arguments are sound, but does science really have a chance to save the Amazon?" Read more about Title: "The arguments are sound, but does science really have a chance to save the Amazon?"
