Department of Anthropology
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| 2021 Anthropology Research Conference | April 12-23, 2021 Join us for the 2021 Texas State University Anthropology Research Conference to hear students share their research. Projects include thesis and dissertation research by graduate students, independent projects undertaken by students, student-and-professor collaborations, and projects and papers that were done as part of classes. Posters and presentation introductions and abstracts are available for viewing from April 12–23 on the “Presentations” tab on the Symposium website. Please use the Comments field at the bottom of each presenter’s page to engage in discussion with the researchers. The live paper sessions will take place during two symposia on Friday afternoons from 2:00–5:00 pm on April 16th and 23rd on the “Live Sessions” tab on the Symposium website. Registration is free and easy though Symposium by ForagerOne. |
| Dr. Bousman asked to comment in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) blog "Journal Club". Britt Bousman was asked to review and comment on a new paper in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) blog "Journal Club" discussing the Middle Stone Age to Later Stone Age transition in Africa. This paper presented new information on the site of Panga ya Saidi in Kenya and was published in the Journal of Human Evolution by Ceri Shipton and his co-authors. |
| Dr. Jill Pruetz | A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity - Fire - BBC Sounds Dr. Jill Pruetz was recently interviewed by BBC radio (BBC Sounds) series for an episode on the origins of humanity's relationship with fire and, specifically, how the mastery of fire and the energy it released gave our ancestors intelligence. |
| Dr. Boyd wins National Endowment for the Humanities Grant The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Dr. Carolyn Boyd has won a National Endowment for the Humanities grant ($145,049.61) for her project, Origins and Tenacity of Myth, Ritual, and Cosmology in Archaic Period Rock Art of Southwest Texas and Northern Mexico. The grant will run from 09/01/2021 to 08/31/2024 and provide support a GRA. Project description: Scholars argue that Mesoamerican cosmological concepts originated from an Archaic core of beliefs persisting across time and cultural, linguistic, and geographical boundaries. This study will identify the date, extent, and location of the oldest documented graphic expression of these concepts. Patterns in Pecos River style (PRS) murals created by foragers 4000 years ago contain evidence of the Archaic core. Archaeological fieldwork will build an inventory of PRS core elements and identify the rules governing their production and arrangement. Ethnographic fieldwork among the Huichol in Mexico, whose belief system closely reflects ancient Mesoamerican cosmological concepts, will address the persistence of the Archaic core. PRS graphic data will be shared with the Huichol to determine whether these elements are recognizable and embedded in Huichol cosmology. This work informs studies of myth, forager social organization, art history, and the origins of Mesoamerican myth and art. |
| Ivanna Robledo | 2021 COLA Outstanding M.A. Student
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Congratulations to Ivanna Robledo (mentor Herrmann) who has been chosen as the 2021 College of Liberal Arts Outstanding M.A. Student! The award ceremony honoring Ivanna, and the rest of the outstanding COLA students, will be live streamed on April 28 at 6:00 from the LBJSC Ballroom.