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Posted Wed, 03/01/2023 - 3:09pm

Looking Beyond the Temples at the People of Angkor – with Alison Carter, PhD

Angkor is an archaeologist’s dream, and a few of them are looking beyond the temples that draw 2.5 million tourists a year to better understand the people who lived and worked there. One of these archaeologists is Alison Carter, PhD.

Tags: lecture series, Alison Carter, anthropology, archaeology, celebrating women in science

Posted Mon, 12/19/2022 - 6:03pm

Remembering a Revolutionary Artist

Many are grieving the passing of Mary Holiday Black, a basket weaver of the Navajo Nation. Mary learned to weave ceremonial Navajo baskets at an early age and went on to revolutionize the art form with her work.

Tags: ethnography, anthropology, Navajo Basket Explorer, weaving, Navajo Baskets

Posted Wed, 10/19/2022 - 2:27pm

Angkor: A Living Window into the Past

Angkor is a vast complex of temples and other archaeological structures rising out of the jungle in northern Cambodia. It covers an astonishing 400 square kilometers, or 154 square miles. To put this in perspective, this is an area equivalent to the entire eastern half of Salt Lake City from 600 North to I-215 in the south. This massive site was the home to arguably Southeast Asia’s greatest civilization, the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th centuries.

Tags: ethnography, anthropology, angkor, angkor wat

Posted Wed, 10/05/2022 - 1:37pm

New Native Voices Enrich the Collections

From the first plans of our museum’s space, especially the Native Voices exhibit on the top floor, we have worked to include more than just objects from Native cultures in our region. Their perspectives, history, and actual voices are an important way to more fully present their culture to the wide museum audience.

Tags: ethnography, anthropology, celebrating women in science

Posted Tue, 02/01/2022 - 12:45pm

Why Representation Matters in Science

The start of Black History Month is a good time to remember the power of representation

Tags: anthropology, celebrating women in science

Posted Tue, 11/16/2021 - 1:13am

Peeking Behind the Masks We Make

Masks are transformative parts of human culture that take many forms of expression.

Tags: anthropology, celebrating women in science

Posted Mon, 10/04/2021 - 5:17am

What Would an Ancient Egyptian Date Night Look Like?

Even though traditions might be different, shared feelings connect romance through time. We've captured this in our new "Date Night in a Box," with an Egyptian theme, available at the NHMU Store.

Tags: anthropology, egypt