Bear Bones Old Leupp Team receives award!
Congratulations to Nevada, Zara, and Maddie on the Kirp Prize!!
https://issi.berkeley.edu/research-programs/issi-prizes/kirp-prize/honorees-kirp
New Article in Journal of Social Archaeology
“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.
Our latest publication in PLOS One
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.
Bear Bones Lab Team Receives Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service
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.
Promoting Tribal Sovereignty - in the news
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...