Flexibility in parenting and gendered labor practice among forager societies facilitates adaptation to diverse environments--new paper in Scientific Reports led by sheina lew-levy . doi.org/10.1038/s41598… #WayneState #AnthroInDetroit

Native American quarrying of red ocher over 12,500 years ago in Wyoming. The Powars II site, with projectile points and bone digging tools, is the earliest ocher quarry in the Americas. New study led by The Man from Laramie in PNAS. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

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FCL y miembros de la comunidad Mulla Fasiri tuvieron el honor de recibir a la Embajada EEUU Perú en una visita a los sitios de Wilamaya Patjxa y Soro Mik'aya Patjxa, Puno, Perú. Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Wayne State Anthropology Department @CARIPeruOrg

Check out our new Graduate Certificate in Museum Practice. Its coursework provides students with critical knowledge in museum operations and the professional experience needed to work in variety of museum settings. Learn more about our new program at go.wayne.edu/museum-practice

Please join us Friday for our speaker Dr. Robin Nelson. Registration is required to join zoom link. tinyurl.com/mr2rkhyd (Registration Link)

Greatly enjoyed collaborating with Dr. Krysta Ryzewski and students to provide mapping support on a successful excavation in Hamtramck. And thanks for teaching Hank to excavate!

We have SO many cool Saloon-related artifacts to show off this Saturday & more surprises too! Come on down to the Hamtramck Historical Museum for Wayne State Archaeology Day between 12 & 2! Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Interesting that the FBI recently seized the Z library book repository. There was a time when you could access any article or book you wanted for free from a physical library. Now, in a digital world, its difficult without paying exorbitant costs. There has to be a better way.

Latest issue of Wayne State magazine features a nice story about the economic opportunities of insect foods and cultural biases that stand in the way. Research by Julie Lesnik, comments from Megan McCullen. lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m… Wayne State Anthropology Department Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Early agriculturalists of US Southwest signaled status with iridescent beetle jewelry. FCL paper: doi.org/10.1017/aaq.20…

Congratulations, Dr. Ryzewski! Wayne State Anthropology Department Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor Ryzewski receives the James Deetz Book Award for Detroit Remains clas.wayne.edu/anthropology/n…

A pleasure to share with you that I awarded the @RustFamilyFoundation grant for my lab analysis of my research exploring the roots of the complexity among the last Hunter-Gathers at Titicaca Basin, Peru UC Davis UC Davis Letters and Science Forager Complexity Lab

I'm thrilled to share with you that I have been awarded the 2023 National Geographic Explorer grant to research the roots of the complexity at the Kaillachuro site, South-Central Andes National Geographic Society Forager Complexity Lab UC Davis Letters and Science

Should you get a PhD in archaeology? Mackie and Rockwell show that its important to consider program size. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Climate change intensified violence in the south-central Andean highlands 1.5--0.5 ka. A new FCL study led by Tom Snyder UC Davis Letters and Science published in Quaternary Research. doi.org/10.1017/qua.20…

Forager Complexity Lab has moved to Mastodon. Find us at archaeo.social/@ForagerLab