Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May with a website page full of resources about history, racism, culture, and many other topics. Asian...

As far back as 45,000 years ago, groups of hunter-gatherers lived in what is now called El Mirón Cave near the northern coast of Spain. First discovered for science in 1903 by local archaeologists and surveyed by University of New Mexico Professor of...

In 1527, a Moroccan man by the name of Mustafa Azemmouri landed in the US as a slave, possibly becoming the first Arab individual to move to the US. Then in 1854, Antonio Bishallany immigrated from Lebanon to the United States and became the first...

My Linh Lucero, a second-year student at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. The fundamental objective of MMUF is to address the problem of underrepresentation in the academy at the level of college...

The Journal of Anthropological Research hosts its 54th Distinguished Lecture with American linguist and psychologist John A. Lucy from the University of Chicago, who will address The Influence of Language Structure and Function on Thought: A Comparison...

Naomi Sunderland, senior lecturer of the First Peoples and Social Justice team at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, is coming to The University of New Mexico as an Australian Fulbright scholar spring of 2024. She will teach in the music...

Reduced predictability of seasonal rainfall might have played a significant role in the disintegration of Classic Maya societies about 1,100 years ago. 'Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies' is a new study...

Horses first emerged on the continent of North America. Millions of years of evolutionary changes transformed the horse before it became the natural companion of many Indigenous peoples and the flagship symbol of the southwest. An international team...

A new book edited by Heather Edgar, professor of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, and Cathy Willermet, professor of Anthropology at Central Michigan University, explores how Mexican populations have been shaped both culturally and...

It’s an extraordinary way to heal, that’s been mentioned in history books and headlines for generations. Now, after 500 years, the teaching of curanderismo is continuing to expand across the Southwest and at The University of New Mexico.  “You know, we...