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Dr. Seth Grooms, assistant professor in the Appalachian State Department of Anthropology

Dr. Seth Grooms publishes article in prestigious archaeology journal
Feb 9, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Seth Grooms, assistant professor in the Appalachian State Department of Anthropology, is the lead author of a new study ...

App State archaeology project partners with Junaluska to document Black history in Boone

App State archaeology project partners with Junaluska to document Black history in Boone
Dec 15, 2022

App State archaeology project partners with Junaluska to document Black history in Boone...

Appalachian State's Archaeological research team ventures into Linville Gorge Wilderness
Mar 25, 2022

Dr. Alice Wright and Dr. Cameron Gokee lead an Archaeological research team into Linville Gorge Wilderness to discover archaeological sites. ...

Inscribing the Criminial Skin

Talk: Inscribing the Criminal Skin: Underworld Aesthetics and the Flesh of Post-Liberal Futures in Honduras
Mar 25, 2022

Dr. Jon Carter to give guest lecture at Princeton University:  Jon Carter | Inscribing the Criminal Skin: Underworld Aesthetics and the Flesh of ...

Conference Talk: Ethnographic Evidence in the Americas
Mar 25, 2022

Dr. Jon Carter and Dr. Christina Sornito are presenting in the Annual Conference at the University of Florida, Center for Latin American Studies. ...

Talk: It climbs up inside of you, from the soles of the feet
Mar 2, 2022

Dr. Jon Carter to give guest lecture at University of Tennesee, Chattanooga and by zoom (registration link below)IT CLIMBS UP INSIDE OF YOU, FROM THE ...

Dr. Susan Keefe receives award from North Carolina Genealogical Society for Excellence

Dr. Susan Keefe receives award from North Carolina Genealogical Society for Excellence
Jan 28, 2022

Dr. Susan Keefe has received an award from the North Carolina Genealogical Society for Excellence for her book Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Bla...

Anthropology faculty bring Hostile Terrain 94 Exhibit to Appalachian State University
Aug 23, 2021

August – September 2021Sponsored by the Dean’s Office of the College of Arts and Sciences Organized by the Department of AnthropologySpecial thank...

Anthropology major, Edgar Villeda, awarded Rachel Carson Council Fellowship
Aug 4, 2021

Edgar Villeda, a senior majoring in Anthropology (BS) - biological anthropology from Selma, has been awarded a fellowship with the Rach...

The Department welcomes Dr. Krista A. Lewis
Jul 5, 2021

The Department welcomes Dr. Krista A. Lewis, who joins the faculty on July 1, 2021. Dr. Lewis is coming to Appalachian State from the University of Ar...