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Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology offers B.A. degrees in Anthropology and Maritime Studies, M.A. degrees in Anthropology and Historical Archaeology and five different minors. Students are involved in hands-on research across the disciplines of cultural anthropology, biological anthropology and archaeology.


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The UWF Department of Anthropology offers B.A. degrees in Anthropology and Maritime Studies, M.A. degrees in Anthropology and Historical Archaeology and five different minors. Students are involved in hands on research across the disciplines of cultural anthropology, biological anthropology and archaeology. 

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Biocultural Anthropology Faculty Receive Grant Funding for Socially Engaged Anthropology Research

In 2022, Drs. Meredith Marten (left), Allysha Winburn (center), and Katie Miller Wolf (right) were awarded a Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grant to support their ongoing research, "Visualizing Structural Vulnerability: Skeletal and Dental Evidence of Embodied Social Marginalization from Anonymized CT Imagery." This project is also supported by an Atlas Research Grant from the Society of Forensic Anthropologists. Follow this and other faculty research here.


 


Faculty and students of the 2021 UWF Forensic Anthropology Field School share their experiences and insights of the five-week program. 

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Marine Services Center

The University of West Florida's Marine Services Center (MSC) provides diving platforms, research vessels and support staff for university sponsored projects involved in underwater research in and around the Florida Gulf Coast.

Marine Services Center

Archaeology Institute

The Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida is an educational, research and service facility concerned with the prehistoric and historic archaeological resources of the northwest Florida region.

Archaeology Institute

Florida Public Archaeology Network

The Florida Public Archaeology Network's mission is to promote and facilitate the conservation, study and public understanding of Florida's archaeological heritage through regional centers.

FPAN
Nicolas Laracuente

Nicolas Laracuente - MA in Anthropology

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Nicolas' Full Impact Story