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CU ANTHROPOLOGY CU Legends University of Colorado Boulder Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Forever Anthropologists IN THIS ISSUE CU ANTHROPOLOGY Roaming Hominids CU Legends University of Colorado Boulder Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Forever Anthropologists ALUMNI NEWS New Title in Anthropology F A L L 2 0 1 1 The Nuclear Landscape Back issues of our alumni newsletters can be accessed at: Alumni Survey http://www.colorado.edu/Anthropology/news/newsletters.html Roaming Hominids Public Events Where the buffalo roam is the stuff of legends, but their range is nothing compared to that of our species. Anthropologists are still roaming and Southwestern Anthropology Lives & Legacies foraging like our ancient ancestors did, only now they forage for data and the data is full of surprises. Professors Deward Walker and Steve Lekson will give their personal perspectives on CU Legends “Ancient hominid males stayed home while females roamed…” Omer Stewart and Joe Ben Wheat, two founding Sandi Copeland, Adjunct Assistant Professor and research associate to professors of CU Anthropology, on Wednesday, Oc- th Matt Sponheimer, is lead author of a paper published last June on the tober 26 at 7:00pm on the 5 floor of Norlin Library. early wanderings of females of our early ancestors. A reception will follow. Co-sponsored by the CU "One of our goals was to try to find something out about early hominid Museum of Natural History cumuse- landscape use," said Copeland, who also is affiliated with the Max Plank [email protected] and the Department of Anthro- Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. "Here we pology. See companion story on page 3. have the first direct glimpse of the geographic movements of early hom- inids, and it appears the females preferentially moved away from their residential groups." (excerpt from CU Science Editor Jim Scott’s story at) http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/7a18b7d74c6809a6f05bc26c8251947.html The journal Nature released the story “Palaeoanthropology: In search of the australopithecines”, available online at http://www.nature.com/ nature/journal/v474/n7349/full/474043a.html. To find out more about Copeland’s research, go to: http://sites.google.com/site/sandicopeland ******* Seeing Spirits: Road Crew at Cerén Finds Way Spirituality and Visuality in Southeast Asian Media Payson Sheets and his excavation team in El Salvador didn’t know they November 11, 2011 09:30am - 04:00 pm were on a road crew till they stumbled upon a “sacbé” or “White Way”. A one-day seminar on contemporary Asian visual Sheets and grad students Chris Dixon, Zan Halmbacher, and Theresa culture, in association with the Center for Asian Heindel were proceeding with their NSF-funded dig for cultivated mani- Studies. This one-day seminar will host three inter- oc—buried centuries ago in volcanic ash—w hen they struck upon a cer- nationally renowned anthropologists of Asia on con- emonial road in the village of Cerén. It made headlines everywhere. temporary visual culture: Patricia Spyer (New York Jim Scott’s story for CU News Services was reprinted by Science Daily, University and Leiden University) , Mary Steedly among others. See story and video interview at: www.colorado.edu/ (Harvard University) , and Karen Strassler (Queens news/r/2179daa9db0d87b50586b81315ab9f3c.html. College, CUNY) Hale Science 450. For more infor- mation contact: [email protected] ***** Stressed out in the South Pacific Michaela Howells (PhD candidate) writes: American Samoa is not a SEND US YOUR NEWS tourist destination and as a result most of the palagis [white people] on [email protected] island working here are doctors, marine scientists or lawyers... It has been great getting to know my Samoan friends, but most avoid the out- Department of Anthropology doors and spend almost all of their free time in church or preparing for 233 UCB / 350 Hale Science Bldg. University of Colorado Boulder church. However we have found a middle ground at one of the karaoke Boulder, CO 80309-0233 bars on island...My research is going very well [and] ...focuses on the (303) 492-2547 impact of psychosocial stress on pregnancy outcomes... 1 With Sincerest Thanks to our Donors Jean Cooper Afton (Driftmier) Merla Rae and Robert Lee Morris George J. Teufel Nancy M. and Frank Augustine Albert J. 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Wolcott Toll, PhD Mark Wesley Hamrick Winifred Lee Mitchell, PhD Donald David Stull, PhD Susan Gail Harwood Jennifer E. Mitts Steve Swan We apologize for any inadvertent Minna W. Hewes Kathleen E. Moffitt Mary Allen Swedlund omissions. Sondra Marie Mogck Joyce Ann Takamine 2 CU Legends Omer Stewart and Joe Ben Wheat If any of you happen to be in Boulder in the next few months, you won’t want to miss the exhibit at Norlin Library. Southwestern Anthropology: Lives and Work of Omer Stewart and Joe Ben Wheat Exhibit on the east side 2nd floor landing of Norlin Library. Defending the use of peyote by the Native American Church Combating racism Excavating Paleo-Indian and Anasazi archeological sites Curating and classifying textiles of the southwest These are all a part of Southwestern Anthropology and the lives and work of two founding professors of anthropology at CU-Boulder— Posters courtesy Andrew Violet, Exhibits Coordinator & Graphic Artist, Planning and Promotions Omer Stewart: cultural anthropologist, social activist and founder of University Libraries the Department of Anthropology; and Joe Ben Wheat: archaeologist, teacher and first curator of anthropology at CU’s Museum of Natural History. See how the science of culture intersects with the science of artifacts in both men’s work and how they worked with cultural transition and exchange. ...and Gottfried Lang Friedl Lang, Professor of Anthropology at CU-Boulder from 1966 to 1986, passed on last summer. He was Director of the Program of Research on Culture Change at the Institute for Behavioral Science until 1975 and Co-Chairman of the African and Middle Eastern Studies Program. Here are some excerpts from his obituary in the Santa Fe New Mexican Gottfried (Friedl) Otto Lang died peacefully, surrounded by family, on the morning of June 9, 2011 in the home of his daughter, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Friedl, as he was affectionately known..
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