Today the President will be giving the opening and closing remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference. The conference will include leaders from 564 federally recognized tribes and various Cabinet secretaries. According to the New York Times, the participants will discuss a wide range of topics from treaty obligations and tribal sovereignty, to issues of economic development, [...]
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Many anthropologists will be excited to hear that NOVA’s three-part special, Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors, will premiere tonight at 8pm ET/PT on your local PBS station (please check your local listings). The special explores the significance of many recent archaeological discoveries and what the most current scientific research reveals about earliest ancestors.
According to the [...]
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The deadline for the 2009 AAA Annual Meeting registration has been extended!! The previous deadline of Thursday, October 15th has been pushed back to Monday October 19th.
Register NOW!
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At 4.4 million years old, Ardipithecus ramidus, uncovered in 1992, is nearly 1.2 million years older than the famous Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis). This finding, among many others, will finally be published in full in today’s edition of Science magazine. The materials will be available for FREE to everyone (non-subscribers must register).
Both ‘Ardi’ and ‘Lucy’ are [...]
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A new school year has begun–and that means new students, new professors, new classes–and a new AAA Guide! The 2009-2010 AAA Guide is available now and provides detailed information on:
Over 10,000 anthropologists
Almost 500 academic programs
A listing of PhD dissertations in anthropology
Over 70 Museums, Government Agencies and Research Firms
Statistical data
The AAA Guide is also available online to [...]
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The Discovery, Times Square Exposition is currently featuring the archaeological exhibit “Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia”. One of the latest breakthrough archaeological discoveries, Ida (Plate B), has recently joined Lucy at the Times Square Exposition in New York. The exhibit will remain on display until October 25, 2009.
Lucy was discovered by Donald Johanson [...]
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The Archaeological Legacy Institute, a non-profit based in Oregon, is sponsoring a four day film festival entitled The Archaelolgy Channel. The event will take place May 18-22, 2010, in the Soreng Theater of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon. The deadline for entries is October 15, 2009!
The TAC Festival was first held [...]
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NPR’s On Point, with guest host Jacki Lyden, interviews the anthropologist and archaeologist Tim Pauketat from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Pauketat discusses his new book, Cahokia, about his studies and discovories at the site of the large ancient city on the banks of the mighty Mississippi. The dig, just outside of St.Louis was home to [...]
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For any departments having a career fair or a student recruitment campaign this year, please keep in mind that AAA offers FREE professionally designed 11×17 posters, 8.5×11 newsletters (not Anthropology News) and a limited number of membership brochures.
Also, if you are aware of student groups or other anthropology organizations that might be sponsoring an event, feel [...]
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AAA member Dr. Mark Turin recently gave a brief interview to the Telegraph about the aspirations and goals of The World Oral Literature Project, which he heads. The project is a global initiative to archive and make available oral literatures in danger of disappearing.
Turin says:
When a language becomes endangered so too does a cultural world view. We want to [...]
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