Women’s History Month – A tribute to Mary Brodrick

By Ann Eberwein Mary Brodrick (1858 – 1933) was an archaeologist and Egyptologist of great distinction and was one of the first women to excavate in Egypt. She began her academic career at age thirty after a trip to Egypt …

Women’s History Month – A tribute to Harriet M. Smith

By Ann Eberwein Born is 1911, Harriet M. Smith was the first female archaeologist in Illinois and led early excavations at Cahokia including the salvage excavation of Murdock Mound (Mound 55). Smith received her Doctorate in Anthropology from the University …

UWM Anthropology Colloquium Series: Dr. Paula Skye Tallman

Water insecurity, human health, and well-being in Indonesia and Peru  Dr. Paula Skye Tallman Assistant Professor, Dept of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago  Friday, March 3, 2023 @ 3:30 pm  Sabin Hall G28 (3413 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee)  Abstract: Globally, scientists …

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.