Category Archives: Anthropology

1. Thesis Defense for Joseph Purcell, MA in Anthropology

   Joseph Purcell will present his thesis “Investigation of Histomorphometric Values in an East Arctic Foraging Group, the Sadlermiut” on Tuesday, March 13, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in B312.  

   March 8, 2012Anthropology, Events, Student NewsComments Off
2. Christopher Hill Presents Paper in Norway

   Christopher Hill, Associate Professor and Director of the BSU Environmental Studies Program, presented a paper entitled “Environmental Change in the Rocky Mountains of North America: Landscape Evolution and Historical Ecology” on September 21st at Trondheim, Norway. The paper was part of the “People and nature in mountains: Changing land use and landscape dynamics” conference, organized [...]

   December 7, 2011Anthropology, Faculty, SSPA News & EventsComments Off
3. Brown Bag Series – Dr. Mark Plew, Anthropology Chair

   Optimal Foraging Approaches to Prehistoric Salmon Fishing on the Snake River Plain:  The Ecological Dynamics of Trade-Offs and Strategic Responses View the Flyer. Anthropologists and historians have long presumed that indigenous peoples of the Snake River Plain procured large quantities of salmon for winter storage and that the abundance of these anadromous fish populations were [...]

   November 4, 2011Anthropology, Brown Bag Series, EventsComments Off
4. “Friends of Anthropology” Lecture

   Dr. Samuel Matson will discuss the stable carbon isotopic record of Late Miocene paleosols from the Baccinello Basin, Tuscany, in order to explore environmental change as a contributing factor in the extinction of Oreopithecus. Friends of Anthropology – Samuel Matson Thursday, November 10 @ 3:00 p.m. in the SUB Lookout Room

   November 4, 2011Anthropology, EventsComments Off
5. Brown Bag Series: Exploring Public Participation Through Games, Surveys, & Focus Groups

   View the Flyer Four SSPA faculty recently used a unique way to understand how, when, where, and why public officials and citizens collaborate with each other. Research participants were paid for their participation and teased with the promise of additional monies based on their decisions during the session. John Ziker (Anthropology), Brian Wampler (Political Science), [...]

   October 12, 2011Anthropology, Brown Bag Series, Collaboration, Communication, Events, Political Science, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off
6. Anthropology Lecture Series – 11/5/10

   Topic: “Losing Ground: Understanding Environmental Relocations and Climate Change Response in Alaska and throughout the World” Speaker: Elizabeth Marino, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Date & Time: Friday, November 5 at 2:00 PM Location: Jordan B Ballroom, Student Union Building Sponsored by: Department of Anthropology One of the most significant outcomes of climate change will likely [...]

   October 29, 2010Anthropology, SSPA News & EventsComments Off