Anthropology Department

The Department of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary offers strong programs in undergraduate and graduate studies. Our faculty and focus reach around the world, fostering an interdisciplinary culture, with long-standing links to American Studies, History, Music, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. We offer course work in all four subfields of anthropology and in all the major geographic areas of the world.

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In the News

African Burial Ground in NYC is Now a National Monument

The memorial. Courtesy NPS.

Professor Michael Blakey’s work as lead scientist at the New York African Burial Ground led to the designation of the site as a national monument. A memorial at the site was dedicated Oct. 5.

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Digging Up the Old Garden (the Really Old Garden)

Under the supervision of Lord Botetourt, a crew of student archaeologists has spent the summers searching for evidence of formal gardens that centuries ago graced the front of the Wren Building. This summer, they found some of what they were seeking.

Digging up the past isn’t a favored pastime for most. But this summer a number of William and Mary undergraduates did just that, and they relished it.

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Perspectives

Kim Peck '08

Next Up for Kim Peck ’08: Historical Interpretation and Public Education

Like most undergraduates, Kim Peck entered William and Mary uncertain of what she would major in. That fall, though, she took Intro to Cultural Anthropology, taught by professors Richard and Sally Price, and soon enough she was an Anthropology major.

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Anthropology at the Movies: Buck Woodard Is Animateur for "The New World"

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Undergraduate Research in New Mexico

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