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Laid To Rest- Part 4 of the Series on the

By October 2003, the remains that were sent to Howard University, were ready to make their final journey.Read More

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How a Boy, His Horse and a Swamp Basically Screwed

This is brilliant, as I too, was traumatized by this shared 80s movie experience *pours one out for Artax*Read More

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Part 3: The Resurrection Man!

So far, I have been focused on the slave situation in NYC as it pertained to the African burial grounds in lower Manhattan. But let’s travel down south to discuss a really interesting connected Read More

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Early NYC and The Robbers of the Grave (Archaeology of

Note: As you read, learn and engage with this series of articles, there are some other themes that I encourage you to think about, and try to make connections to as you follow: The culture Read More

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New York's Slave Past: The History and Archaeology of the

“New York City, 1741. A growing population of slaves and indentured white laborers had city authorities on edge. When a series of fires broke out in March and April, suspicion fell on a conspiracy of these Read More

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Fish Sex and the Book that Explains Everything

I thought this was a great summary of thought on the Bill Nye vs Ken Ham debate. I’m one of the people that thinks that perhaps the debate should not have happened, but I Read More

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Ante, peri, post- what?! Vocab for Your Case File Netflix

When I was helping out at the Smithsonian, folks LOVED the pathology section of the public forensic lab! Who doesn’t?! I, too, have sat around with the fam, watching NCIS, CSI, Bones, etc., and Read More

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"How can you believe in God if you believe in

If you follow me on my Facebook page, you would have seen that this week that I declared this week, “Ask An Anthropologist” week. I thought it would give us a chance to get Read More

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anthropologists on writing: introductory holiday reads

I’m at the point in my academic career where good writing informed by better research is critical to my survival. This often leads me to seek out articles and books on (sound the trumpets!) Read More

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New Year Thoughts To Begin Again…

This is my first post of the New Year, 2014! Clearly, I haven’t been working on this blog as much as I would have liked to. It doesn’t mean that I haven’t been Read More

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Mummies and Virility in the Afterlife

The Presence of Genitalia on Ancient Egyptian Mummies In the summer of 2011, I was hired at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute for a traveling exhibit called “Mummies of the World”. The traveling exhibition contained some of Read More

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"OMG, Cartman, They Killed A Whale!

Understanding Traditional Whale Hunting in the Faroe Islands (and why PETA can’t just come through petitions blazing) It is amazing what you begin to see once someone makes you aware of its existence. Read More

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Why 'The Rockstar Anthropologist' (2012)

“I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes. Well, anthropology is all around me, and so the feeling grows…” This compendium of anthropological brilliance was given life from a comment Read More