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Anthropology

  • Christina Gish Hill
    Exploring conversations between the National Park Service and Native people

    Christina Gish Hill, associate professor of anthropology and American Indian studies, contributed to a new book that highlights collaborations between the National Park Service and Native tribes. Read More

    March 25, 2024

  • Dave Easterla, Northwest Missouri State, and Matthew Hill, Iowa State, sit with a fossilized complete skull from a sabertooth cat.
    ‘Exquisite’ sabertooth skull offers clues about Ice Age predator

    The recent discovery of a complete sabertooth cat skull from southwest Iowa provides the first evidence of this animal in the state. Read More

    March 30, 2023

  • Two graduate students sift through dirt to recover artifacts in Mexico
    Search for clues may explain the collapse of ancient city in Mexico

    Andrew Somerville, assistant professor of anthropology in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, leads the international research team. Read More

    September 21, 2022

  • Grant Arndt publishes research in Current Anthropology

    Grant Arndt, associate professor of anthropology, recently published a research article “The Indian’s White Man: Indigenous Knowledge, Mutual Understanding, and the Politics of Indigenous… Read More

    April 14, 2022

  • Madisyn Rostro cleans a glass museum object
    A passion for the past and a path to a dream career

    Madisyn Rostro ('22 history, anthropology) is pursuing her goal of becoming a museum professional, thanks to a collection of inspiring internships and encouraging faculty. Read More

    July 16, 2021

  • Andrew Somerville stands in his research lab
    New evidence may change timeline for when people first arrived in North America

    Assistant Professor Andrew Somerville discovers that the first humans may have arrived in North America more than 30,000 years ago, nearly 20,000 years earlier than originally thought. Read More

    June 1, 2021

  • Lab samples
    Improving lives through health

    Courtney Schill ('21 anthropology, biology) found inspiration for her future public health career in an unlikely place - an ancient Mexican burial site. Read More

    March 29, 2021

  • Nell Gabiam headshot
    Nell Gabiam honored with LAS Dean’s Emerging Faculty Leaders Award

    Gabiam's research focuses on the politics of humanitarian and development aid in Palestinian refugee camps. Read More

    September 9, 2020

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