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July 21, 2021Postdoctoral Research Associate Position Available
The Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M University is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate to manage the Bioarchaeology and Genomics (BiG) Laboratory. The appointment will be for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year. This is a full-time, 12 month, non-tenure-accruing position. Review of applicants will begin August 3, 2021, and the position will remain open until filled. The anticipated start date is September 1, 2021.
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June 4, 2021Professor Alston Thoms, June 18, 1948 — June 4, 2021
It is with the greatest of sadness that we share the news of the untimely passing of our dear friend and colleague, Alston Thoms, who passed peacefully on the 3rd of June. Alston had been with our department for more than 30 years, and was at the core of our CRM program for many years. His outreach efforts with the Indigenous Peoples of Texas helped to transform archaeology in the state, as did his research into the evolution of plant-food cooking technology. Alston was a kind and caring friend and mentor, and we will miss him deeply.
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March 3, 2021Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Bass, December 9, 1932 – March 2, 2021
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Bass, Founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Father of Underwater Archaeology. He influenced generations of Nautical Archaeologists, pioneering the science of archaeological excavation under water. If you are among the thousands of friends, colleagues, students, and enthusiasts who were influenced by the life and legacy of George Bass, please share your photos by sending them to remembergeorge@nauticalarch.org. We will post them online just as soon as we can.
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February 3, 2021Regents Professor Vaughn Bryant, October 5, 1940 — January 30, 2021
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share this sad news. Our friend, our mentor, our dearest colleague, Dr. Vaughn Bryant, passed away peacefully on the morning of January 30, 2021 after battling one of the most aggressive forms of cancer for the past several years. He will be remembered with the greatest fondness for his kindness of spirit and his generosity of heart. He created our department, made so many careers and futures here possible, and touched the lives of every person he came in contact with during his 50 years in the Department of Anthropology. We will miss him dearly. A memorial scholarship will soon be established in his name. Because of the pandemic, a service has not yet been planned, but we will share more details as soon as we can. Gifts in memory of Dr. Vaughn M. Bryant should be sent to Texas A&M Foundation, 401 George Bush Drive, College Station, Texas 77840. For online gifts please copy and paste the following link: https://www.txamfoundation.com/How-to-Give/Honorary-And-Memorial.aspx Please add Vaughn M. Bryant to the note area. Please visit his memorial page here: https://drbryantmemorial.github.io/
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June 5, 2020An Open Letter to Our Community in Response to Police Brutality Against African-Americans and a Call to Antiracist Action
An Open Letter to Our Community in Response to Police Brutality Against African-Americans and a Call to Antiracist Action – from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
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May 13, 2019
Anthropology PhD Students Find Evidence of Early Human Eating an Entire Rattlesnake
Two former students, Crystal Dozier and Elanor Sonderman, and one current student, Morgan Smith, analyzed a coprolite as part of a final project. This coprolite turned out to reveal more than expected. The team found the snakes bones, scales, and fang in the coprolite. Further analysis revealed the fang may have belonged to a […]
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February 15, 2019Department of Anthropology Symposium
Pop-Culture Racism? Race, Identity, and the Dangers of Genetic Ancestry Testing Friday, March 1st 9:30 am – 5 pm Texas A&M University Hotel and Conference Center The Ross Room Abstract for the Symposium Popular conceptions of race are deeply embedded in everyday life. For decades, anthropologists have argued that biological variations among different […]
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December 31, 2018What’s Love Got To Do With It?
One of Jeff Winking’s recent publications uses a study of marriage among an indigenous group in Nicaragua to question assumptions about relationship quality in existing scholarship on marriage. His research will give light to cross-cultural differences in the nature of marriage. Research on marriage and relationships are often conducted on larger, Western-influenced populations. Dr. […]