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Rob Bozell, associate director of the Archeology Laboratory of Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., will talk about pre-European Native Americans of Eastern Nebraska at the monthly Friends of Wilderness Park meeting Sunday.
WASHINGTON — Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, "On the Movement of Animals," modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move.
Associated Press - November 5, 2009 4:14 AM ET ATLANTA (AP) - An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up more artifacts that he believes pinpoint part of the trail of...
Ah, Sunday in the park, sitting on the ground and poking around in the dirt with your bare hands.
Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100.
Dawn Monahan said she was intimidated by the new GroupX system because the class she wanted to take was labeled as advanced. But the anthropology senior spoke with the instructor and found both comfort and a challenge with the new system. “I like it...
Trujillo, Peru - Life will punish those who react too late is a quote by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could easily apply to archaeologists in Peru. Grave robbers, or Huaqueros as they are known here, often plunder ancient tombs before archa...
Japanese manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu has brought his popular character Professor Munakata to London's British Museum, featuring some of the collection's most famous treasures in his drawings.
18th century-style coffeehouse opening at Colonial Williamsburg
Don't expect soy lattes or Internet access for your laptop, but your next visit to Colonial Williamsburg could include a stop in a coffeehouse.
In 1974, when I was a graduate student in anthropology at Columbia University, I wanted to organize a discussion of universals. At the time, I was working for Margaret Mead as one of her assistants.
He was known as the father of modern anthropology because of his then-revolutionary conclusion that so-called primitive societies did not differ greatly intellectually from modern ones. Claude Levi-Strauss, the French philosopher widely considered the father of modern anthropology because of his then-revolutionary conclusion that so-called primitive societies did not differ greatly ...
Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology, has died.
The presentations take place Nov. 18 and Nov. 19.
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk turns anthropologist of experience in his new work, “The Museum of Innocence.” He does this by encapsulating the world's beauty, childhood and happiness with a master writer's control of an obsessive personality.
French Intellectual was 100; Called Father of Modern Anthropology; Academie Francaise Plans Tribute
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