The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society and Arizona Archaeological Council sponsor the annual Julian D. Hayden Paper Competition, named in honor of long-time southwestern scholar Julian Dodge Hayden. Bear Bones graduate student Melanie Cootsona's winning entry will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and publication of the paper in Kiva, The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History.
We challenge the use of simple functions in archaeological GIS and suggest that actualistic studies still have a place in better understanding human-animal interactions and biomechanical constraints.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00231940.2026.2646017#d1e136
Congratulations to Nevada, Zara, and Maddie on the Kirp Prize!!
https://issi.berkeley.edu/research-programs/issi-prizes/kirp-prize/honorees-kirp
“Utilizing the Gift” explores the potential of oral histories and Indigenous self-narratives to create different histories in archaeological narratives. Using zooarchaeology, oral history interviews, and archival ethnographic texts, Bear Bones Lab colleague Melanie Cootsona and her co-author describe a gifting model of human-animal relationships, as demonstrated by turkeys at the New Mexican Pueblo of Picuris. See it in the Journal of Social Archaeology.
A new study of North American Clovis points dating to at least 13,000 years ago finds that this well-known Native American tradition was a remarkable innovation in longstanding hunting strategies. Findings based on museum collections from archaeological sites offer insight into the ways people adapted to landscapes dominated by Ice Age megafauna, including mammoths, giant bison and extinct horses, during the Paleolithic.
Each year, the Chancellor recognizes students, staff, faculty, and community partnerships that embody UC Berkeley’s proud tradition of public service and commitment to improving our local and global community.
Committed to Community-Accountable Research, Bear Bones Lab supports Indigenous archaeology, check out this article featuring our Bear Bones Lab alumnus, Morino Baca:
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/indigenous-archaeology-plows-forwar...