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The School of Anthropology
1009 East South Campus Drive
P.O.Box 210030
Tucson, AZ 85721-0030
Tel: 520.621.2585
Fax: 520.621.2088
Anthro@Arizona.edu

School Director

Dr. Barbara Mills
Haury Anthropology Building,
Room 210
Tel: 520.621.6298
Fax: 520.621.2088
bmills@arizona.edu

<em>Ashaninka Woman</em><br />An Ashaninka woman in a village that will be flooded by a major hydroelectric project in the Peruvian Amazon. (Pamaquiari, Peru)<br />-Jonathan McLeod
Ashaninka Woman
An Ashaninka woman in a village that will be flooded by a major hydroelectric project in the Peruvian Amazon. (Pamaquiari, Peru)
-Jonathan McLeod
Aerial view of excavated pit houses on an early agricultural site in the Tucson Basin<br />(Photo courtesy of: Adriel Heisey)
Aerial view of excavated pit houses on an early agricultural site in the Tucson Basin
(Photo courtesy of: Adriel Heisey)
Current research on Eulemur rubriventer (red-bellied lemur) includes investigating the environmental pressures and hormonal mechanisms promoting infant care by fathers and siblings.<br />(Photo courtesy of: Brandon Wheeler)
Current research on Eulemur rubriventer (red-bellied lemur) includes investigating the environmental pressures and hormonal mechanisms promoting infant care by fathers and siblings.
(Photo courtesy of: Brandon Wheeler)
The Pelkor Chode Monastery in Gyantse, Tibet with the Kumbum temple in the background.<br /><em>July 2010,</em> <br />Photo courtesy of: John Olsen
The Pelkor Chode Monastery in Gyantse, Tibet with the Kumbum temple in the background.
July 2010,
Photo courtesy of: John Olsen
<em>Ashaninka Woman</em><br />An Ashaninka woman in a village that will be flooded by a major hydroelectric project in the Peruvian Amazon. (Pamaquiari, Peru)<br />-Jonathan McLeod
Aerial view of excavated pit houses on an early agricultural site in the Tucson Basin<br />(Photo courtesy of: Adriel Heisey)
Current research on Eulemur rubriventer (red-bellied lemur) includes investigating the environmental pressures and hormonal mechanisms promoting infant care by fathers and siblings.<br />(Photo courtesy of: Brandon Wheeler)
The Pelkor Chode Monastery in Gyantse, Tibet with the Kumbum temple in the background.<br /><em>July 2010,</em> <br />Photo courtesy of: John Olsen

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The School of Anthropology is one of the highest ranking schools in the country for the pursuit of Anthropological Studies

Well respected by researchers throughout the world, it is home to a diverse community of anthropologists who study all aspects of human life, from our hominid origins millions of years ago to the vast diversity of populations living in the world today.

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School News

  • Promotion of Carlos del Cairo Silva
    Carlos del Cairo Silva, who successfully defended his dissertation under the direction of Dr. Tom Sheridan (Research Anthropologist and Professor of Anthropology, The Southwest Center and SoA) in December 2011, has just been promoted to associate professor of anthropology at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. Carlos, who will receive his PhD from the University of...
  • Master’s Research Published in Plains Anthropologist
    The most recent issue of Plains Anthropologist includes an article based upon Wendi Field Murray's SoA Master’s research on the cultural significance of eagles and eagle trapping sites along the Missouri River to the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people (see title and abstract below). Title: Feathers, Fasting, and the Eagle Complex: A Contemporary Analysis of the Eagle as a Cultural Resource...
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