Anthropology

Augustín Fuentes, professor and chairman of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame will present his lecture “How Humans & Apes are Different and Why it Matters” at The University of New Mexico on Thursday, Feb. 23—as the featured speaker of the...

The University of New Mexico Maxwell Museum of Anthropology hosts a lecture titled “A Minority Report: Daughter Preference, Matriliny, and Ethnicity in Southwest China” presented by Siobhán M. Mattison. The Ancestors Lecture explores current research on...

The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology is offering an exclusive opportunity to students from around the world. Through a partnership with Chaco Canyon National Historic park, students can get hands-on experience excavating, researching...

The University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department at The University of New Mexico annually compiles a list of its top-10 research news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of UNM's top-10 research news stories for 2016. The...

The holiday spirit is dancing through Albuquerque and The University of New Mexico. From the tumbleweed snowman on I-40 to the collectible holiday ornaments in the UNM Bookstore, signs of the season are popping up all around. UNM’s 2016 ornament is the...

New research suggests the Northeastern coast of the United States could be struck by more frequent and more powerful hurricanes in the future due to shifting weather patterns caused by manmade industrial emissions. A new collaborative study, led by...

The 8th annual Navajo Rug Auction is set for Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Prairie Star Restaurant in Bernalillo. More than 200 traditional and contemporary handmade rugs by weavers of New Mexico and Arizona will be on display and available for purchase. The...

the UNM College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) hosted its inaugural “Data-to-Knowledge” Symposium at the UNM Sevilleta Field Station, bringing together research-active faculty from across various disciplines in the college to discuss their work and...

Join UNM’s chapter of Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium as they present ‘What Happened to the Mammoths? Exploring the Cause of North America’s Most Recent Mass Extinction.’

Harvard Professor Gary Urton is presenting the XLII Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture, “Writing the History of an ancient civilization without writing,” on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNM Anthropology Lecture...