Monthly Archives: October 2012

Minimum size for a four-field Anthropology Department?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

We are in the midst of considering a curricular re-shaping of our department, and I was hoping to solicit some thoughts on the minimum size necessary to produce a four-field, undergraduate Anthropology department. Wellesley College is obviously a small, liberal … Continue reading →

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Fear of genomics

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

NPR (at least my local NPR affiliates) has been running a series on low-cost genomic sequencing and its potentials–good and bad–for several days now. The series has focused on a variety of issues, but has regularly come back to the … Continue reading →

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The contemporary landscape of prehistoric research

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Following up on my post about the Dmanisi fossil materials from yesterday, I should point out that yesterday was a significant political day for the country of Georgia. Mikheil Sakashvili, the Georgian president since a largely non-violent political protest in … Continue reading →

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The Dmanisi mandibles

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

My latest paper examining metric variation in the Lower Paleolithic Dmanisi mandibular sample, co-authored with David Lordkipanidze, is available today via Paleoanthropology’s website (open access). Synopsis: The Dmanisi mandibular sample is a well-preserved, age-stratified set of remains, that poses interesting … Continue reading →

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