The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gary Urton Awarded Honorary Professorship
	Professor Gary Urton has been awarded an appointment as Honorary Professor of the Humanities, at La Católica. ...more
Essays in Honor of Ofer Bar-Yosef
	Transitions in Prehistory: Essays in Honor of Ofer Bar-Yosef Edited by John J Shea and Daniel E Lieberman (Oxbow Books for the American School of Prehistoric Research 2009) This collection of papers celebrates the career of Ofer Bar-Yosef and his contribution to the study of prehistory. As professor at the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University (1970-1988) and as MacCurdy Professor at Harvard University (1989-present), Ofer has had a huge impact on prehistoric archaeology, fostering multi-national research projects worldwide. With such wide-ranging research interests spanning his career, the editors of this book needed to find a theme which could somehow reflect the entirety of his career so far. ...more
Harvard Summer School Courses in Anthropology
	Investigate Archaeology and Social Anthropology during Summer 2009: Language and Culture; the Archaeology of Harvard Yard; Introduction to Social Anthropology; Introduction to Archaeology; Museum Anthropology; the Language and Culture of Middle Earth; and much more (including summer field schools around the world)
Harvard Yard Excavation
Peabody Museum Director William Fash sifts through soil in Harvard Yard in 2007. Staff photo Jon Chase/Harvard News Office	Archaeology of Harvard Yard (Anthro S-1130) Excavation Opening Ceremony Thursday, June 25, 2009, 10:30 a.m. Harvard Yard, near Matthews Hall (possible site of the Harvard Indian College) This summer and fall, Harvard Yard will be dotted with holes and strung with orange snow fencing. Student archaeologists from Archaeology of Harvard Yard, a Harvard University course, will be excavating the Yard, searching for 17th-century structures and artifacts. The excavation, part of the Harvard Yard Archaeology Project, is directed by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in collaboration with the Harvard University Native American Program, and the Harvard University’s Department of Anthropology. Speakers include: Jim Peters, Executive Director, Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Bettina Washington, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) William L. Fash, William and Muriel Seabury Howells Director of the Peabody Museum Sponsored by: The Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, The Harvard University Native American Program, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Harvard Yard Excavation Results Day
Artifacts recovered from a 2005 dig.	See what the summer excavation in Harvard yard found. Staff and students will be available to answer questions. Harvard Yard Archaeological Dig Summer Results Day August 4, 2009 8:30-11:30 a.m. Harvard Yard Rain date: August 6th
Commencement 2009
	The 358th Commencement of Harvard University Biological Anthropology Ph.D. recipients are: Coren Apicella Susanne Cote Amanda Lobell Social Anthropology Ph.D. recipients are: Sharon Abramowitz Omar Al-Dewachi Adia Benton Zongze Hu Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin Laurie McIntosh Andrew Preston Medical Anthropology A.M. recipient: Gavin Myers
New Faculty Publication
	"Shorelines: Space and Rights in South India" by Ajantha Subramanian Stanford University Press. 2009. "After a clerical sanction prohibited them from fishing for a week, a group of Catholic fishers from a village on India's southwestern coast took their church to court. They called on the state to recognize them as custodians of the local sea, protect their right to regulate trawling, and reject the church's intermediary role."

Anthropology brings a global comparative and very broad perspective to the study of human beings, exploring an enormous range of similarities and differences in time and space. The field is linked through its subdisciplines (i.e. Archaeology, Social Anthropology, Linguistic, Medical, Sensory Ethnography and Applied Anthropology) to many other fields in the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences.

At Harvard, the Anthropology Department is divided into two programs, each concerned with one of the main branches of Anthropology: Archaeology and Social Anthropology.

LINKS
• Harvard World Wide
• Archaeology Research Google Map
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• Anthropology Resources for Faculty and Staff
• Archaeology Program Lecture Series
• East Asian Archeaeology Seminar Series
• African and African American Studies
• The Asia Center
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• College Fellows Program
• David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
• Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS)
• The Film Study Center
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)
• The Humanities Center
• Life Sciences
• Peabody Museum
• Tozzer Library
• The Weatherhead Center

Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Peabody Museum
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Cambridge, MA 02138
USA

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