KPCC: LA Metro construction unearths mammoth fossils
IFR Board Member and La Brea Tar Pits Field School Director Emily Lindsey comments on subway construction and Mammoths in LA, a discovery right in [...]
Hearst Museum of Anthropology: Hearst Museum Announces New Institute for Field Research Student Program
The IFR is partnered with the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley to offer a four-week program that explores all aspects of museum work. Read [...]
Thinking Big: Synthetic Archaeology May Advance Our Understanding of the Past
By Dr. Ran Boytner The IFR is proud to become an institutional partner of the new Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS). The CfAS is [...]
The Future of Digital Archaeology: A New Field School Trains Students in Archaeology Database Creation
By Dr. Ran Boytner Archaeologists have been enthusiastic early adopters of digital technology. Much of the data presently collected in the field – from [...]
The NY Times: Desolation on the Border
IFR Board Member and MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant recipient Jason de Leon offers an illustrated response to an #anthropologist's urgent, vividly drawn inquiry into the [...]
Looking into the Hot n’ Sticky Past to Help Solve Our Current and Future Climate Crisis
By Dr. Emily Lindsey It's getting warmer, so we're looking backwards Global temperatures are predicted to rise by anywhere from 2 to 6 degrees [...]
The Story of Stones: How Do They Tell Our Story?
By Dr. Alec Balasescu, December 17th, 2018 “Rock and Stone: Material Culture and Cultures of Making” is a multidisciplinary field course that aims to [...]
Salvaging Cultural Heritage and the Archaeological Record in the Midst of Climate Change
Melting away the evidence One of the major themes of the Arctic Vikings Field School is to explore the long-term history of climatic change in [...]
Anthropowhat? What does “anthropocene” mean and have humans really altered the planet’s systems?
By IFR staff, January 15th, 2018 Is data on a vacation? As of late, climate change has been quite the raging topic among the [...]