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New Director at UMMAA After a long search, the Museum welcomes its new director, Michael L. Galaty.

200 Objects in 200 Days In honor of the University of Michigan’s 2017 bicentennial, the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology is posting one entry each day for 200 days. The entries highlight objects from the collections, museum personalities, and UMMAA expeditions. On Day 158, the featured artifact was this Katsina from Arizona. See today's object in our Recent News, below. Or click the link above to read the posts in our 200 Objects for 200 Days archive.

The Move: Month 14 Ceramics and textiles leave Kipke and books leave Ruthven, all bound for RMC

Museum Publications Since 1932, the Museum has published groundbreaking archaeological and ethnographic research. Our books cover excavations and expeditions from Oaxaca to Madagascar and from Lake Huron to the Himalayas.

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Recent News

Day 175: 200 Objects in 200 Days

“Rain god” figurine, late 20th–early 21st century, New Mexico

Book signing

Today! Sinopoli and Barndt sign copies of their new book on U-M's museums

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The Museum of Anthropological Archaeology is an international leader in research and student training. Our research collections—which include materials from many parts of the New and Old Worlds—support undergraduate and graduate education, and a portion is displayed in the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. This website contains information about faculty research, the Museum's organization, and selected images from field work and collections.

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Events

Sep

Deliberately Rotted Meat and Fish in the Eurasian Middle and Upper Paleolithic: Are We Missing a Key Part of Neanderthal and Modern Human Diet?

Dr. John D. Speth, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan

12:00 PM
Room 2009 Ruthven Museums Building

Sep

Book Signing: Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge

Authors and UM professors Kerstin Barndt and Carla Sinopoli will be at the Kelsey Museum signing copies of their new book

5:30 PM
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Sep

LACS Lecture. Record Keeping Without Writing: Khipu Accounting in the Inka Empire

Gary Urton, Harvard University

4:00 PM
Kuenzel Room Michigan Union

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