RU Anthropological Sciences

The archaeology lab is hopping!

700,000 year old Hobbits is a great news as we prep to start a new academic year of Anthropology!

‘Hobbit’ bone from tiny species of ancient humans found on Indonesian island Arm bone suggests Homo floresiensis was forced to undergo dramatic reduction in body size after being marooned on Flores

Congratulations to our graduates Angelina Walters and Monica Jennings!!!

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Student researcher relies on well-rounded approach Success at Radford University requires a healthy balance, and Angelina Walters finds harmony in a steady blend of academics and personal care.

The Winesett Awards for Library Research are officially open 🥳! Research assignments that you completed as part of a RadfordU course between Spring 2023 and works-in-progress this semester are eligible. SIX $800 awards, two in each category: lower-undergraduates, upper-undergraduates, and graduate students, as well as $100 finalist awards. https://www.radford.edu/content/library/research/winesett-awards.html

Radford Anthropological Sciences Alumnus Josh Barber in the news!

Earlier this week, archaeologist Josh finally removed this stunning Delft drug jar from the East Churchyard test unit! A large piece of lead sprue came out with it. Delft drug jars are very common finds at Jamestown, since they were used to hold all types of liquids, including medicines. Lead sprue are a by-product of making lead shot. The shot would've been broken off of the tips of the nubs along the base.

Read more about drug jars at Jamestown at historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/drug-jars

📸 Hannah Barch

Calling all college students and archaeology enthusiasts! Applications for this summer's Jamestown Rediscovery | UVA field school are now available! Join us for six weeks this summer to learn methods and theories of American historical archaeology through hands-on fieldwork at the site of the first successful English colony.

Find application materials and more information at https://historicjamestowne.org/archaeology/archaeological-field-school-2024/

📸 2023 Field school student Eleanor holds a lithic excavated from units in the Confederate moat

Our first Anthro Talk! of the semester will be on Wednesday in Center for the Sciences 054 at noon. The talk will be by Dr. Anna Goldfield and her talk it titled, "Anthropology is for everyone: translating science for the public”. Dr. Goldfield writes about Anthropology for a number of outlets, including the online anthropology magazine Sapiens. She is able to take complicated topics and make them engaging for a public audience. I hope you can join us on Wednesday at noon for a really interesting talk!

Anthro Talks start tomorrow! Hope to see you in CS 054 for a talk by Dr. Anna Goldfield, "Anthropology is for Everyone!"

Congrats to photographer Suliman Alatiqi and this gorgeous Crab Eating Macaque!

Winners of the 2023 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest Some of the top images from the 14 categories of underwater photography in this year’s competition

Hello music lovers- Our current season of Music Mondays starts next week! Come join us at noon in the McConnell Library Bird Room to hear some bluegrass-ish music from (Some of) Johnny Cake & the Lunch Truck with special guests Bob Stepno and Tim Thornton!

One week from today!!! Join us on Wednesday, January 24th at 4pm in the Bonnie Auditorium for a university-wide presentation that is sure to spark your curiosity about who you are (and who you can become!). Free and open to the entire community.

So… how’s your “spring” semester going so far?

RU Alumni Josh Barber!

Time for game night! Archaeologist Josh found this lead die in one of the postholes in the 1608 burial ground site. The people who lived at Jamestown enjoyed their game nights, despite laws against gambling. We've excavated 80 dice over the last 29 years of digging. Most of the dice are made from bone, a few are made from other materials like ivory, jet, or lead.

This die might be lucky - it's the 7th lead die in our collection and is also a type 7 die, our first of that type.

Learn more about our dice collection and see more pictures of the unique dice we've uncovered at historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/dice

Late Nights @ McConnell, starting Sunday, 11/26!

In observance of Native American Heritage Month, we want to explore the Native Americans that lived where Radford is today

Did you know Bisset Park was once home to a Native American village?

In 1974 and 1975, during the creation of the Park, a Native American village was excavated on the bank of the New River. The Trigg Site, named after the local family who owned the property, revealed that Native Americans occupied the village from the Archaic period (8000 BC-1800 BC) until the Historic period (1550 AD-1780 AD). Due to the location of the village, erosion had destroyed a portion of it, but the majority of site was still intact.

To learn more about this village, visit our exhibit about the Trigg Site. We are open 10-4 Wednesday to Saturday and 1-4 Sunday.