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Updated October 2008

Anthropology Department

Anthropology at UAlbany

Welcome to the University at Albany Anthropology Department. Anthropology is the study of humanness. The Department at UAlbany is a four-field department--that is, we pursue this study of humanness through teaching and research in the subdisciplines of archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Anthropology majors receive a solid foundation in all four.

UAlbany offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in anthropology. Students may earn Bachelor of Arts degrees in Anthropology and Linguistics, as well Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in each of the subfields. Additionally, the department jointly offers a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology in conjunction with the UAlbany Biological Sciences Department.

Department of Anthropology
Arts & Sciences Building, Room 237
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
Phone: (518) 442-4700; Fax: (518) 442-5710
Office hours: 8:30am - 5pm M-F

Please send questions or comments to: anthro@albany.edu

Current events & department news

Dr. Rafferty's field school on video. Learn about the Pethick Site and archaeology at UAlbany

Winter 2009 Field School Opportunity in Costa Rica

Dr. Sean Rafferty, Dr. Stuart Swiny and Dr. Igor Lednev awarded an NSF grant of $122,000 for residue analysis of alkaloids in Eastern North America and Bronze Age Mediterranean

Fall 2008:
Sept. 26 Bambi Schieffelin, New York University.

Oct 17 John Watanabe Dartmouth College

Nov. 7 Alain Breton, University of Paris X. Fieldwork in Chiapas,
Mexico. (NutMeg)

Nov. 14 Kevin Fisher, Cornell University. Architecture and Society
in Late Bronze Age Cyprus. (Anthropology and the Institute of Cypriot Studies).

Spring 2009:
Daniel Goldstein, (Feb. 27)
Noel Cameron (TBA)

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