Yale University’s Department of Anthropology is home to over thirty faculty, affiliates from many other corners of the University, and scores of graduate students. Our research and teaching interests span the globe, many millions of years of prehistory and history, and the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Our Ph.D. graduates go on to teach in universities around the world and to pursue research in a wide variety of academic and non-academic settings. Our undergraduate major draws students with a passion for the study of humanity, both in the broadest terms and in the specific social, cultural, historical, and/or biological contexts that have shaped human pasts and presents–and that will shape humans’ collective futures.
Professor Lisa Messeri’s Book In the Land of the Unreal receives honorable mention for the Fleck Prize
The Society for the Social Studies of Science has awarded Lisa Messeri’s second book, which was published last spring, the annual Fleck Prize which recognizes outstanding books in Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Professor Richard Burger and Lucy Salazar honored by the Peruvian Government
In December 2024, Richard L. Burger and Lucy Salazar were honored by the Peruvian congress for their exceptional and dedicated contributions to Peruvian history and culture.
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Professor Lisa Messeri’s Book In the Land of the Unreal receives honorable mention for the Fleck Prize
The Society for the Social Studies of Science has awarded Lisa Messeri’s second book, which was published last spring, the annual Fleck Prize
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PhD candidate Jing Saichia Cheng publishes paper on the diversity and complexity of early kiln technology in China
Her paper assesses the chronological variation in kiln structures and capacities across different regions of Southern China
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PhD candidate Hannah Keller publishes paper investigating how site formation processes erase ochre residues
The paper used experimental archaeology to examine how burial and burning removed ochre residues from ostrich eggshell artifacts
