Dr. Adrienne Lo and Dr. Rachel ten Bruggencate congratulated our newest alumni in the SLC at yesterday's Convocation. These are some of the photos that were taken.
Here are some wonderful pictures of the Anthropology table at this years March Break Open House!
For more information on ANTH 372, contact Dr. Chris Watts.
On Thursday, October 9, 2014, Dr. Robert Park delivered an exciting public lecture in the ML Theatre of the Arts entitled, "Finding Franklin's Ships and other remnants of the 1845 Northwest Passage Expedition."
This lecture was video recorded and can now be seen on YouTube below.
Four graduate students and five undergraduate students, along with Prof. Liston, attended the Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association (BARFAA) meetings in Michigan, October 17-18.
The Department of Anthropology's very own Dr. Robert Park and Dr. Douglas Stenton played a pivotal role in the recent historical discovery of the HMS Erebus.
See today's Waterloo Record for more on Dr. Park's role in the discovery: http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4912625--nice-find-by-university-of-waterloo-archeologist-s-team-preceded-erebus-discovery/
Dr. Robert Park and Dr. Douglas Stenton played a key role in the discovery of one of Sir John Franklin's ships on September 7th, 2014. Visit the following links for news reports on this historic discovery:
The Anthropology department is pleased to announce the addition of three new faculty members. Seçil Daǧtaș, an expert in the anthropology of religion and the anthropology of gender and feminism, and Christopher Watts, an expert in the archaeology of monumentality, landscape practices, materiality and relational ontologies, particularly here in the lower Great Lakes region, will be joining the department as Assistant Professors.
Sannirut, a tiny peninsula, located on Bylot Island, Nunavut, is home to some of the best-preserved prehistoric artifacts in Canada’s Far North, but the treasure trove of archeological gems are being threatened by global climate change.
Jill Johnson completed her MA thesis in Public Issues Anthropology in 2009, but the topic of her research is as relevant as ever: people and their pets.