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Mark Williams discussing returned artifacts in Hickory, N.C.

Faculty member Mark Williams transitions to emeritus status

Faculty member Mark Williams now holds emeritus status within the department.

Laurie Reitsema (right) and a student do computer research.

Reitsema shares cemetery research findings and asks for community input regarding future work.

Bioarchaeologist Laurie Reitsema (right) recently shared with Athens community participants the research findings made following the discovery of a local cemetery where slaves had been interred.

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Food For Thought: Reconstructing the Diet of Napoleon's Grand Army

University of Georgia Anthropology graduate student, Sammantha Holder, sheds new light on the surprisingly complex dietary—and social—diversity among Napoleon’s armed forces.

members of the UGA archaeology department and the lab director of the Nels Nelson North American Archaeology Laboratory at the American Museum of Natural History examine artifacts from the collection

Department receives archaeological collection from American Museum of Natural History

From the UGA communications team: writer, Elizabeth Elmore; photographer, Dorothy Koslowski

Janae Lundsford, Assistant Professor Laurie Reitsema, and graduate student Samm Holder

Fourteen students present research at CURO symposium

Fourteen students, mentored by anthropology faculty members, presented their original research at the 2017 CURO symposium held at the Classic Center April 3 and 4. The Honors program helms the Creating Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) program each year.