Professor Jiajing Wang examines what prompted ancient humans to transition from hunting and gathering to farming. Utilizing new technology...
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December 10, 2025
In a recent interview with Michigan Public Radio, Professor Madeleine McLeester discusses a Dartmouth-lead study of an unexpectedly vast...
November 11, 2025
"Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable secret hidden in Michigan’s rugged Upper Peninsula. Ancient fields, untouched for nearly a...
September 26, 2025
Jesse Casana, W.J. Bryant 1925 Professor of Archaeology, is quoted in Nautilus about using artificial intelligence with remote imaging to identify archaeological sites.
June 11, 2025
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jiajing Wang is quoted in a recent article in Popular Science.
June 07, 2025
An article in The New York Times describes research by a team of Dartmouth anthropologists that reveals the most complete ancient agricultural location in the eastern United States.
June 06, 2025
In an NPR segment, Dartmouth anthropologists Madeleine McLeester and Jesse Casana discuss their research in Michigan that uncovered what is likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the United States.
August 08, 2022
Deborah (Deb) L. Nichols, William J. Bryant 1925 Professor of Anthropology, passed away on Wednesday, July 27. She was 70 years old.
September 16, 2021
In a story debating the oldest archeaological site, anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva argues for Kenya's Lomekwe 3 where stone artifacts were...
April 06, 2021
Dartmouth archaeologists have been awarded a Neukom Institute CompX grant to support remote sensing of ancient settlements in the Upper Connecticut River Valley.