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Event reminder: TODAY @ 2pm in Hibben 105, join Dr. Webb Keane in person as he participates in our 2022 Spring Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series! For more details, see flyer below.

We hope to see you all there!

Dr. Siobhan Mattison recently published Context Specificity of “Market Integration” among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China in Anthropological Currents, along with former UNM Post Doctoral Fellows Dr. Darragh Hare and Dr. Chun-Yi Sum and current UNM graduate student Ruizhe Liu among the co-authors.

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Context Specificity of “Market Integration” among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico Dr. Siobhan Mattison recently published Context Specificity of “Market Integration” among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China in Anthropological Currents, along with former UNM Post Doctoral Fellows Dr. Darragh Hare and Dr. Chun-Yi Sum and current UNM graduate student Ruizhe Liu among th...

Event update!
This was originally announced as a virtual talk, but it will be in person in Hibben 105.

Dr. Webb Keane, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, will present his talk When Speech Isn't Free virtually on Friday, April 15 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.

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When Speech Isn't Free :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico Dr. Webb Keane, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, will present his talk When Speech Isn't Free in person on Friday, April 15 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  The talk will be held in Hibben 105. Proof of vaccinatio...

UNM Archaeologists’ work highlighted in research journal Three University of New Mexico archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology made significant contributions to a recent special issue of The

Beau Murphy, UNM graduate student in the Archaeology subfield, has been awarded a Latin American & Iberian Institute () PhD Fellowship to support his dissertation research using GIS analyses and architectural chronology to investigate the Inka Empire's strategic use of settlement layout and political architecture at their provincial outpost of Turi in northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
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Congratulations, Beau!! 🎉

Event reminder! TODAY @ 2pm, join Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter as they take part in our Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series. See post below for more event details!

We hope to see you all there. 👍

A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter will present their talk  A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites virtually on Friday, April 1 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  You can access the talk ...

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Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter will present their talk A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites virtually on Friday, April 1 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.

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A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico Angelyn Bass and Douglas Porter will present their talk  A Legacy in Earth: Characterizing and Conserving Earthen Building Materials in Archaeological and Historic Sites virtually on Friday, April 1 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  You can access the talk ...

Check out Kristina Lyons full presentation on our YouTube channel!
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https://youtu.be/h9q0W875XUA

Join Kristina Lyons TODAY @ 2pm as she participates in our Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series! For more event details, visit our website! https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/events/event/nature-and-territories-as-victims-in-colombias-transitional-justice-process.html

We hope to see you all there!

Nature’ and Territories as Victims in Colombia’s Transitional Justice Process :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico Kristina Lyons will present her talk Nature’ and Territories as Victims in Colombia’s Transitional Justice Process virtually on Friday, March 25  at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.  You can access the talk here.  You can obtain the passcode by emailing ...

On Monday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Anthropology Lecture Hall 163, Christina Warinner of Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute will present the 52nd JAR Distinguished Lecture: The Evolution and Changing Ecology of the Human Microbiome. The following day at noon in Anthropology 178, she will conduct a specialized seminar entitled Archaeology of the Invisible. Both events are open to the public.
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Both events are free; wheelchair-accessible. If you do not have a UNM permit, please park in a metered space along Redondo Rd. or Las Lomas to avoid a fine. Visit our website for more details:

52nd JAR Distinguished Lecture: The Evolution and Changing Ecology of the Human Microbiome :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico On Monday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Anthropology Lecture Hall 163, Christina Warinner of Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute will present the 52nd JAR Distinguished Lecture: The Evolution and Changing Ecology of the Human Microbiome.  The following day at noon in Anthropology 178, she wil...

The Department of History presents a Women's History Month Lecture: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Prosecutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina presented by Dr Ajla Škrbić, Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Law, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.
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Please click this URL to join unm.zoom.us/s/91013176717
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UNM Co-sponsors: Department of Anthropology () International Studies, Latin American and Iberian Institute, () School of Law, Women Studies Program

Join us this afternoon at 2:30 for a discussion with Angelyn Bass from entitled "Fragments Reassembled: Conservation of the Maya Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala." Bass will discuss the materials and methods used to conserve the in situ wall paintings, as well as the mural fragments now in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City. More information and Zoom link here: https://bit.ly/3uqdFV8
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Kristina Lyons will present her talk Nature’ and Territories as Victims in Colombia’s Transitional Justice Process virtually on Friday, March 25 @ 2pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthro Colloquia Speaker Series.
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For more event details, visit our website: https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/events/event/nature-and-territories-as-victims-in-colombias-transitional-justice-process.html

The UNM Department of Anthropology celebrates Women's History Month, March 2022. Visit our website to read about Women's History Month, events, scholars, research, news and organizations.
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https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/news/item/womens-history-month,-march-2022.html

Stephanie Fox's full presentation, The Subtle Social Lives of Female Chimpanzees is up on our YouTube channel! Follow the link to view: https://www.youtube.com/embed/m9GRdmMznF4

To view all scholarships and awards, visit our website: https://anthropology.unm.edu/undergraduate/Funding%20Opportunities/index.html

Don’t miss the Anthropology Job Fair today!
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Come by the UNM Sub Ballrooms B and C from 11-2pm! We hope to see you all there! 😊👍🏽

On Thursday, February 24 at 7:30pm Dr. Bruce Mannheim, professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, will present the 51st JAR Distinguished Lecture in Anthropology 163. His talk Mother Tongue, Father Tongue, Place Tongue: 21st Century Language Transmission and Language Survival in the Andes and Amazonia will be followed by a specialized seminar in Hibben 105 at noon the following day, entitled Anthropology as a Consilient Science: Quechua and Ancestral Inka Cases. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair-accessible. Unless you have a UNM permit, park in a metered space to avoid a fine. This event is co-sponsored by .

The UNM Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce the return of our Annual Student Opportunities and Jobs Fair on Tuesday, February 22 from 11 to 2 pm in UNM SUB Ballrooms B&C.
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Visit our website for more event details: https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/events/event/unm-anthropology-annual-student-job-fair.html

Lindsay Montgomery will present her talk An Indigenous History of Resiliency and Revitalization at Picuris Pueblo virtually on Friday, February 18 at 2 pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.
Visit our website for more details: https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/events/event/an-indigenous-history-of-resiliency-and-revitalization-at-picuris-pueblo.html

Dr. Suzanne Oakdale has released her new book, Amazonian Cosmopolitans: Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Identities, and Other Modern Projects published by University of Nebraska Press.
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Visit our website for more details: https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/news/item/amazonian-cosmopolitans-navigating-a-shamanic-cosmos,-shifting-indigenous-identities,-and-other-modern-projects.html

Attention Anthro Undergrads!!
UNM Hibben Undergraduate Fellowship Field Training Program: KOHALA, HAWAI’I ISLAND, SUMMER, 2022.
For more information, visit the research project webpage: https://anthropology.unm.edu/research/field-projects/project/hawaii-historical-and-archaeological-research-project-h2arp.html
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Dr. Frances Hayashida and co-editors Dr. Andrés Troncoso (Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chile) and Dr. Diego Salazar (Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chile) have a new edited publication Rethinking the Inka: Community, Landscape, and Empire in the Southern Andes published by the University of Texas Press.
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Rethinking the Inka: Community, Landscape, and Empire in the Southern Andes :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico

Black History Month, February 2022 :: Anthropology | The University of New Mexico The UNM Department of Anthropology celebrates Black History Month (also known as African American History Month), February 2022. Click on the red links below for more information. Scroll down to read about Black History Month, Black scholars, events, research, news and organizations.

Check out Thomas Kraft’s full presentation on our YouTube channel!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FawotdIRFoc

Jana Valesca Meyer recently published her article Resource Distribution and Health at Tijeras Pueblo (LA 581) that investigates the mortuary remains and their health in the premier Southwest journal Kiva.

Visit our website to read more: https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/news/item/resource-distribution-and-health-at-tijeras-pueblo-la-581.html

Dr. Meng Zhang (UNM 2019) has published his book Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Microblade-Based Industries in Northeastern Asia: A Macroecological Approach to Foraging Societies.
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Visit our website to read more about his new book: https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/news/item/late-pleistocene-and-early-holocene-microblade-based-industries-in-northeastern-asia-a-macroecological-approach-to-foraging-societies.html

Thomas Kraft will present his talk, "The Energetics of Uniquely Human Subsistence Strategies" virtually on Friday, February 4 @ 2pm as part of the 2022 Spring Anthropology Colloquia Speaker Series.
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Visit our website for more event details: https://anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/events/event/the-energetics-of-uniquely-human-subsistence-strategies.html

Congratulations to Beau Murphy, who has just received an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award! Beau's research examines the Inka appropriation and reorganization of the site of Turi in the high-altitude Atacama Desert in Chile.
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