Category: Department Updates
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Oezle co-authors article on early transatlantic movement of horses and donkeys at Jamestown
Associate Professor Vicky Oelze co-authored “Early transatlantic movement of horses and donkeys at Jamestown” in Science Advances, which highlights how Equids were central to the colonization of the Americas. The settlement of the English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, was among the first to bring horses to the eastern seaboard. An analysis of domestic equid remains…
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Ph.D. candidate Rikki Brown featured in Anthropology News for creative reflection on ethnographic methodologies
Utilizing multi-media sources including audio, photography (by Rowan Twine), and linguistics, Brown discusses how ethnographic practices intersect with sounds and noises, shaping engagements in the field.
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Distinguished Professor Gifford-Gonzalez contributes to five chapters to book on Central Coast Indigenous archaeology
Distinguished Professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez co-authored four chapters in The Study of Indigenous Landscape and Seascape Stewardship on the Central California Coast: The Findings of a Collaborative Eco-Archaeological Investigation, edited by Kent G. Lightfoot, Michael A. Grone, and Gabriel M. Sánchez. This summarizes nearly 20 years’ collaborative investigations into Native land management in pre-colonial times. Chapters…