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Apr. 10, 2019PhD Graduate student Rogelio Arenas recently defended his dissertation as the culmination of his doctoral education experience! His dissertation project focused on the application of virtual ethnography to understand health-seeking behavior among U.S. transgender adults. Details of his project are below. Title: Virtually Healthy: Using Virtual... -
Mar. 28, 2019The Anthropology Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for a continuing non-tenure-track Faculty-in-Residence Assistant Professor of Anthropology/Archaeology beginning fall semester 2019. Applicants must have proven expertise and training in both archaeology and teaching. The ideal applicant demonstrates excellent teaching in Anthropology with strong specialties...
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Feb. 26, 2019The Department of Anthropology is now taking applications for the 2019 Field School! The 6-credit, five-week field school (June 2-July 6, 2019) will focus on several Pueblo II (A.D. 1000-1150) habitation sites associated with the Virgin Anasazi culture. Students will learn the fundaments of archaeological excavation and survey techniques, mapping, record-keeping, and material...
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Feb. 21, 2019UNLV Anthropology professors and students attended and presented at the Society of Cross-Cultural Research Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Alyssa Crittenden gave a presentation titled “Co-sleeping Practices among Hadza Hunter-Gatherers: Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding of Maternal Sleep Quality among Habitually Co-sleeping Mothers” in addition to her Presidential... -
Feb. 19, 2019Please join the UNLV Department of Anthropology in welcoming Dr. Iván Sandoval-Cervantes to the program! Dr. Sandoval-Cervantes is a cultural anthropologist interested in migration, gender, indigeneity, race, multi-species ethnography, and social movements, particularly in the geographical context of Mexico, the Mexico-U.S. borderlands, and Latin America. What got you interested in...
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Feb. 11, 2019PhD Graduate student Amber Osterholt recently defended her dissertation as the culmination of her doctoral education experience! Her dissertation project focused on using bioarchaeological evidence to investigate the abandonment of the Middle Ohio River Valley by the Fort Ancient during the 1600s. Details of her project are below. Title: The Bioarchaeology of Instability: Violence...
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Jan. 22, 2019Please join the UNLV Department of Anthropology in welcoming Dr. Alan Farahani to the program! Dr. Farahani is an anthropological archaeologist interested in human-environment “interactions” through time on a theoretical and empirical level. His specific methodological expertise is paleoethnobotany, or the analysis of archaeological plant remains with a geographic and temporal focus...
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Jan. 22, 2019Dr. Barbara Roth has a new book - New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology: Three Millennia of Human Occupation in the North American Southwest, edited by Barbara Roth, Patricia Gilman, and Roger Anyon. The volume chapters summarize and synthesize recent archaeological work that has been done in the Mimbres region of southern New Mexico since the pioneering work of the Mimbres...
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Jan. 17, 2019Please join the Department of Anthropology at the Spring Open House, Thursday, February 21, 2019 1:00-4:00 PM . Take a tour of the various research labs and learn about ongoing research being conducted by both faculty and students. The Open House is also a great way to learn about upcoming field schools and volunteer opportunities. The Anthropology labs are located on the first and...
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Mar. 15, 2018Recently, UNLV honored Dr. Deb Martin by selecting her for the 2018 UNLV Distinguished Professor Award. In light of this accomplishment, we asked her for her thoughts on her career and how she became involved with the research that would define her as a bioarchaeologist. The text is below and we congratulate her for her achievement! Deb Martin studies what she is most fearful of: Poor...
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Cristina Tica, Dr. Caryn Tegtmeyer, Dr. Katie Baustian, Dr. Tim Gocha, and Mariah MoeFeb. 26, 2018Several current and former UNLV anthropologists attended the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Seattle, WA last week. Dr. Timothy Gocha presented original research, as did current graduate student Cristina Tica with alumna Dr. Caryn Tegtmeyer. Also attending were Mariah Moe and Maryann Calleja (not pictured), as well as alumna Dr. Katie...
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Nov. 29, 2017The 2018 Archaeological Field School at the Elk Ridge Site in Mimbres, New Mexico is now accepting applications! The field school will run from May 21 - July 1, 2018 and is an amazing opportunity to gain archaeological experience in one of the major southwestern culture areas. Information is provided below and we hope you consider taking advantage of this unique opportunity! The 2018 UNLV...
