The School of Anthropology enjoys a long tradition of academic excellence, and today is ranked one of the top five programs in the United States.

Forensic Anthropologist for the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner. Mentor for the Forensic Anthropology Internship Program.

Linguistic anthropology is the study of language as a social and cultural practice.

Ethnography of the American Southwest and Mesoamerica; American Indian Studies; craft organization, production, and marketing; textile production, organization and analysis; museum studies.

Applied archaeology is an emerging field of study within Anthropology that creates and uses knowledge in the context of application. The M.A. in Applied Archaeology at the University of Arizona is a ...

Dr. Mamadou serves as the chair of BARA (Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology) which is responsible for many successes in research and outreach presences in sub-Saharan Africa. He is an ...

David Killick and Frances Hayashida (2022). Copper smelting and refining in the Pampa de Chaparrí, Lambayeque, Peru,ca. 1030–1180 cal AD. Journal of Archaeological ...

2015 Applying Anthropology to Develop University-Affiliated Childcare Centers. Practicing Anthropology 37(1):46-49. 2014 Textile Traditions, Gender and Social Capital in Non-State Societies: A Case ...

Vance Holliday is both an archaeologist and geologist who has spent much of his career reconstructing and interpreting the landscapes and environments in which past societies lived, and how these ...

Intersections of Health, Environment, and Human Rights; Peru (Lima, El Callao, La Oroya and the Mantaro Valley); Epistemic Politics of Toxicity; Science and Activism; (Neo)-Extractivism and Political ...

You’ve probably seen the image known as "the sleepy Mexican," a man wearing a Sombrero, sitting down with his knees in his chest, sleeping. It’s been used over the years to portray a negative ...

The University of Arizona School of Anthropology offers opportunities for concentrated graduate study in all principal sub-disciplines of anthropology: archaeology, biological, linguistic, and ...