Department of Anthropology

ANTH FSP in NZ — (Photo By Sienna Craig)

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The shared goal of anthropology's various subfields is to contribute to a global picture of the human experience and, accordingly, Dartmouth's Department of Anthropology offers a four-field program of study in archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.

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Lauren Halsey '26 Awarded the Jonathan B. Rintels Prize

10/21/2026

The Dean of Faculty has awarded Lauren Halsey the 2026 Rintels Prize for the Best Honors Thesis, for her thesis titled Using cognitive...
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Was Human Language Born Around the Campfire?

10/14/2026

Nathaniel Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropology, is featured for his co-authored research exploring how communal fires may...
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Provost Announces Inaugural Leadership Fellows

9/4/2026

The three fellows will focus on such key university issues as AI and international partnerships.

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Moonlight and the apotheosis of sacred baboons

Dominy, N. J., & Hobaiter, C.

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Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of Archaeological Site Damage in Syria: Revisiting a Post-War Landscape

Casana J, Clayton JA, Lamberth M, Ferwerda C.

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Moisei Krol's Return to the Jewish People via Ethnographic Research Among the Buryat

Sergei A. Kan

Flashes of Responsibility: Craft, Ethics, and Impact in Global Health Ethnography

Sienna R. Craig, et al.

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