A Road Map to Deep Time

We are now dealing with deep time. A perusal of the 2012 International Stratigraphic Chart posted by the International Commission on Stratigraphy or the 2012 Geologic Time Scale posted by the Geological Society of America may be in order.

Anthropology Colloquium Series

Dr. Maria Nieves Zedeño from the University of Arizona will give talks on Friday, February 1 at 4:00PM (Hale Science Bldg. Room 230) and Saturday, February 2 at 7:00PM (Hale Science Bldg. Room 270). The Friday talk (Relational Archaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, and the Challenges of Application) will be geared towards a professional audience. Saturday’s talk (Bison Hunting as a Social Institution: A Bird’s Eye View) is designed for a general audience. All are welcome to attend either talk.

ANTH 4110 Book

This is just a reminder that the book for ANTH 4110/5110 is Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis (3rd edition) by Glen Conroy and Herman Pontzer (below). Richard Klein's The Human Career is also excellent but is better suited for graduate level courses. It is a great resource for those who plan on pursuing a graduate degree in biological anthropology or archaeology.
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Lemons to Lemonade

Dynamic Ecology has a great story on the melange of hard work, persistence, desperation and luck (good or otherwise) that is graduate school. The regularity with which I hear such accounts is remarkable. Graduate students and those considering graduate school should read it.

Stuff I'm Reading

Students in my upper division classes might find some of the things I'm reading of interest. Therefore, I'm going to post a list of things that I'm perusing at http://msponheimer.wordpress.com/. Bear in mind that my posting a link to a paper is not tantamount to my endorsing it. Doing so only signals that the paper is of relevance to my research or that of my students.

Hope the semester has started well.

Taken during fieldwork in the Cradle Nature Reserve, South Africa (January 2013).

ANTH 4120 Reading Material

Everyone in ANTH 4120 should have received an email with a link to class reading material today. If you did not receive it but should have, please let me know immediately.

ANTH 2010 Extra Credit Opportunity

The Anthropology Proseminar Annual Meeting will take place on Saturday December 8th at 9:00 am (until approx noon) in Hale 270. In it, our new crop of graduate students will give presentations on biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology. If you attend and hand in your notes as you leave, I will be happy to give you extra credit. All in all, it will be a great way to learn more about anthropology while getting a bit of a boost to your grade. The program can be found here.

Study Guide and Sessions

The study guide for the third exam has been posted in the pdf folder. There may be changes in the coming days, but this is a good start. There will be a study session on Thursday at 4 pm in the Hale seminar room on the 4th floor, and I will lead a Thursday study session at the Louisville Starbucks at 7:30 pm.

ANTH 2010 Study Sessions

The TAs will be holding a study session this Friday at 2 pm in the Reading Room (4th floor) in Hale. I will also make myself available at the Starbucks in Louisville (McCaslin Blvd) at 7 pm on Sunday. Good luck!

ANTH 2010 Study Guide 2

The new study guide can be found in the readings folder.