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Associate Professor Stacey Camp co-authors new Introducing Archaeology textbook
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Stacey L. Camp is second author on the recently published textbook Introducing Archaeology (3rd edition, University of Toronto Press, 2020) with co-author Bob Muckle of Capilano University. Dr. Camp’s contributions to the book address contemporary issues in archaeology, such as archaeologists’ involvement in the Dakota Access Pipeline, the archaeology of space junk, the archaeology of climate change, and attempts at making the discipline more accessible to people of all walks of life.
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Dr. Najib Hourani elected to the Editorial Board of the Middle East Research and Information Project
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Najib Hourani has been elected to the Editorial Board of the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP). The MERIP was established in 1971 to educate and inform the public about contemporary Middle East affairs. This organization publishes the Middle East Report, a widely read scholarly publication that provides analyses of current events and issues, as well as frequent articles, updates, and educational primers on its website. The MERIP “provides critical, alternative reporting and analysis, focusing on state power, political economy and social hierarchies as well as popular struggles and the role of U.S. policy…
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Undergraduate Reid Ellefson-Frank featured as Diversity Torch by College of Social Science on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Department of Anthropology undergraduate student Reid Ellefson-Frank was featured as the Diversity Torch in this month’s College of Social Science Diversity Matters recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27. International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the millions of Holocaust victims and enjoins individuals to promote programs to prevent further genocides. The College of Social Science Diversity Torches celebrate students who uphold a diversity value or ideal. As “Diversity Torches,” they provide light, guidance, and awareness to their fellow students and all who see them. Mr. Ellefson-Frank is a third-year College of Social Science undergraduate majoring in Anthropology, whose recent work on…
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Professor Emeritus William Lovis publishes NPS report on archaeological sites at Sleeping Bear Dunes
Department of Anthropology Professor Emeritus William Lovis recently published National Park Service, Midwest Archaeological Center, Technical Report 145 titled Site 20LU115, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: Synthesis of Archeological and Environmental Data Recovery. National Park Service (NPS) Technical Report 145, funded by the Cooperative Environmental Studies Unit of the NPS, compiles and synthesizes all of the known archaeological and related environmental information for archaeological sites at Sleeping Bear Point in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This multidisciplinary research is coauthored with dune geomorphologist Dr. Alan Arbogast of the MSU Department of Geography, and the late Dr. G. William Monaghan, a…
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New article in The Conversation by Associate Professors Gabriel Wrobel and Stacey Camp on how archaeologists know where to dig
Department of Anthropology Associate Professors Gabriel Wrobel and Stacey Camp recently published a new article in The Conversation titled “How do archaeologists know where to dig?”. In the article, Drs. Wrobel and Camp discuss the evidence and methods used to find archaeological sites. Read the full article at https://theconversation.com/how-do-archaeologists-know-where-to-dig-147176
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PhD candidate Kelly Kamnikar and Dr. Joseph Hefner Co-PIs on AAFS HHRC grant to analyze skeletal remains from the Soviet-Era Terror in Georgia
Dr. Meri Gonashvili of the Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia, was awarded $20,000 by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center (HHRC) to support the project Anthropological Analysis of Victims of the Soviet-Era Terror in Georgia. Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs) on the project include Michigan State University Department of Anthropology doctoral candidate, Kelly Kamnikar, Assistant Professor, Dr. Joseph Hefner, and Texas State University Professor, Dr. Nicholas Herrmann. The Co-PIs will travel to Tbilisi, Georgia to work under the direction of Dr. Gonashvili to excavate and analyze skeletal remains from the Soviet-Era Terror (1937–1938). The project has four…
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Dr. Kurt Rademaker co-authors article on precise manual activities in an Early Holocene individual of the Peruvian Andes
Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Kurt Rademaker recently co-authored an article in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology with members of his research team, including first author Dr. Fotios Alexandros Karakostis and Dr. Katerina Harvati of the University of Tübingen. The article is titled “Biocultural evidence of precise manual activities in an Early Holocene individual of the high-altitude Peruvian Andes.” The article discusses evidence of habitual precision grasping tasks in an early high-altitude Andean individual excavated from the Cuncaicha rockshelter, which is one of the highest-altitude Pleistocene archaeological sites worldwide. Read the full article at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24160 Abstract “Objectives: Cuncaicha, a…
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Dr. Stacey Camp publishes in International Journal of Historical Archaeology on the future of Japanese diaspora archaeology
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Stacey Camp recently published an article in the International Journal of Historical Archaeology titled, “The Future of Japanese Diaspora Archaeology in the United States.” In the article, Dr. Camp discusses the need for collaborative work and a shared research agenda within the archaeological community studying the Japanese diaspora. Read the full article at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-020-00564-6 Abstract: “The emergence of the archaeology of the Japanese diaspora in the United States as a discrete area of investigation over the past 15 years presents a timely intervention into how xenophobia has contoured the lives of migrants. It is not…
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Special Interest Group co-chaired by Dr. Deon Claiborne receives AAA Presidents’ Award
The Society for Medical Anthropological’s Responses to Health Emergencies Special Interest Group was one of this year’s recipients of the American Anthropological Association Presidents’ Award for the group’s extraordinary service. Dr. Deon Claiborne, Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the Department of Anthropology, is the co-chair of this group with Dr. Kristin Hedges of Grand Valley State University. The Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies Special Interest Group was “recognized for rapidly mobilizing a wide range of valuable information resources in response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, including a series of highly informative webinars, online background information resources, and an expanded roster of…
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Associate Professor Heather Howard publishes in American Anthropologist on history, truth, and reconciliation in settler health care
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Heather Howard recently published an article in American Anthropologist Vital Topics Forum titled “History, Truth, and Reconciliation in Settler Health Care.” The article critiques approaches used within biomedicine to Indigenous people’s health and advocates Indigenous-led health-care initiatives. Read the full article at: https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13447