Category: News
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New Undergraduate Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies Certificate Offers Education through Curation
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Read More: New Undergraduate Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies Certificate Offers Education through CurationNew Undergraduate Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies Certificate Offers Education through Curation Joshua Zaffos As populations self-isolate and cities, states, and nations have mandated stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of the novel Coronavirus, one group of professionals is investigating what artifacts and images will best capture this moment in…
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Bonanza! CSU anthropologist wins NEH support for Bolivian mining research
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Read More: Bonanza! CSU anthropologist wins NEH support for Bolivian mining researchBonanza! CSU anthropologist wins NEH support for Bolivian mining research Joshua Zaffos [Editorial note, Fall 2024: Read about Van Buren’s 2024 book, Silver “Thieves,” Tin Barons, and Conquistadors (University of Arizona Press), based on her research in Bolivia.] In the southern highlands of Bolivia, the city of Potosí once earned…
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There’s no place like home – for early humans
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Read More: There’s no place like home – for early humansThere’s no place like home – for early humans Joshua Zaffos A person exploring the Serengeti in Tanzania can be forgiven for feeling as if they have traveled four million years back in time. Grasslands and umbrella thorn acacia trees stretch to the horizons across a natural area larger than…
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Cannibalism, ritual, or both: The Neandertal debate continues at Krapina Cave
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Read More: Cannibalism, ritual, or both: The Neandertal debate continues at Krapina CaveAs seen in the College of Liberal Arts Magazine | Winter 2019/ Spring 2020 Cannibalism, ritual, or both: The Neandertal debate continues at Krapina Cave Tony Phifer and Joshua Zaffos A cave site in hilly, northern Croatia may offer clues about the rituals and sacred spaces of the Neandertals, an…
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Why the Earth Must Be Mapped
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Read More: Why the Earth Must Be MappedAs appearing in SAPIENS | 12.11.19 Why the Earth Must Be Mapped There is an urgent need to digitally capture the planet’s surface, providing a record for future ecologists, archaeologists, and historians. The Earth Archive project plans to do just that. VIEWPOINT Chris Fisher Professor, Department of Anthropology and Geography,…
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Students from Colorado State University help with Harvey recovery in Rockport
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Read More: Students from Colorado State University help with Harvey recovery in RockportAs appearing on KIIITV | 06.04.19 Students from Colorado State University help with Harvey recovery in Rockport The students will be in Rockport until July and plan to interview residents who were directly affected by the hurricane. ROCKPORT, Texas Help continues to pour into the Coastal Bend even 22 months…
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Disasters hit the most vulnerable hardest
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Read More: Disasters hit the most vulnerable hardestCSU undergraduate student Alexiss Thomas’ op-ed piece for Professor Browne’s Public Anthropology course was published in The Greeley Tribune. As appearing in The Tribune | March 12, 2018 by Alexiss Thomas Experiencing a disaster could negatively impact anyone; however, some populations are more at risk for these negative outcomes because of their history…
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‘In nature, nothing exists alone’
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Read More: ‘In nature, nothing exists alone’Anthropology major Lauren Burr’s op-ed piece for Professor Browne’s Public Anthropology course was published in Santa Fee New Mexican. As appearing in Santa Fe New Mexican | February 24, 2018 by Lauren Burr In three decades, we have projections of a global population increase by about one-third, but a less than…
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Roux and Resilience: Eleven Years After Hurricane Katrina
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Read More: Roux and Resilience: Eleven Years After Hurricane KatrinaAs appearing on SAPIENS | August 31, 2016 by Katherine E. Browne Big bayou families knew cooking and sharing food could help them cope after disaster struck, but the recovery machine got in the way, creating a second, less visible crisis. When the front door of Connie and Terry Tipado’s…