The Paleo Diet Uncovered

As appearing in Men’s Health | September 12, 2012 Should You Go Paleo? by Lou Schuler The skull of Bison antiquus in Mark Mullins’s living room looks like something Conan the Barbarian might wear to make a fashion statement. To picture this extinct animal, imagine an American bison—2,000 pounds of pissed-off, top-heavy bovine capable of […]

Gregory, with Purple Crayon in Hand: Graduated Latitudes Across Twenty Years of Northerly Spaces

Gregory Pierce, who graduated with a MA from the Department of Anthropology in 2012, has been awarded one of two available PhD positions in the Division of Human Ecology at Lund University in Sweden. The top ranked candidate from an international pool of 58 applicants, Gregory will be funded by the Lund University Centre of […]

Anthropology Degrees in Writing and In Action

2010 Alumna, Maureen McNamara, was recently published in the Society for Applied Anthropology News. During her time in the Department of Anthropology, McNamara’s research was focused on the economic viability of food movement in local Colorado communities. In her article on page 43, Applying Anthropology to the Working World: Good News for the MA in Anthropology, McNamara […]

Emeritus professor, Dr. Elizabeth Morris, receives tribute

The annual meeting of the Colorado Council for Professional Archaeologists was held in Durango recently and included a symposium session in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Morris who taught in the department from 1970-1988. This conference happened to coincide with Morris’s 80th birthday and in celebration, Dr. Jason LaBelle and friend of the department, Kelly Pool […]

Anthropology department receives $1 million gift for Mountain Archaeology Fund

As appearing on SOURCE | April 11, 2011 Note to Reporters: CSU archaeology Professor Jason LaBelle will talk about the history of the earliest settlers to North America from 7:30-9 p.m. May 3 at the city of Fort Collins Community Room, 215 N. Mason St. The presentation is free and sponsored by the city of […]

Colorado State University Study Examines Potential Positive Effects of Video Games

As appearing in CSU News | April 04, 2011 Note to Reporters: Photos of Jeff Snodgrass and his virtual research team are available with the news release at www.news.colostate.edu. Snodgrass will talk about this research along with providing a live demonstration of World of Warcraft at 6 p.m. April 8 at Primrose Studio in Reservoir […]