Dept. of Anthropology Blog
Dept. of Anthropology Blog
Sep 12, 2012
Into the Bush - The misadventures of a geographer
A baboon chased Assistant Professor of Geography Joel Hartter into the Indian Ocean in South Africa. In Uganda, hippos chewed grass underneath his tent—while he was in it. He has stumbled upon armed poachers, outrun an elephant, and almost died from African Spotted Fever in the worst case doctors had ever seen. Apparently, it's all in a day's work for Hartter, who has conducted research in Africa... Read more
May 01, 2012
RESEARCH PROFILE: For Meghan Howey, the Past is Powerful
For Meghan Howey, UNH Assistant Professor of Anthropology/Archaeology, the distant past can yield clues to solving the environmental problems of the present. Read more
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Oct 03, 2012
UNH Researchers to Use Satellite Imagery in Study of Michigan Archaeological Sites
Researchers from UNH have received a grant from NASA’s Space Archaeology program to investigate the transition of indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures to agricultural-based communities in the U.S. Great Lakes region prior to European contact between AD 1200-1600. The focus of the study will be to determine if “micrometeorological lake effects” around major inland lakes contributed to settlement... Read morePosted in: Humanities & the Arts, Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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