Anthropology - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/anthropology/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:12:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Anthropology - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/anthropology/ 32 32 103504436 An Osage History in Killers of the Flower Moon https://houstonnewmedia.org/an-osage-history-in-killers-of-the-flower-moon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-osage-history-in-killers-of-the-flower-moon Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:12:06 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33018 Editor’s Note: HMNS Collections Technician of Anthropology Anna Dean details the victimization of the Osage people depicted in the film adaptation of the bestselling novel Killers of the Flower Moon. Killers of the Flower Moon directed by Martin ...

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]]> 678371 It takes a(n Embera) village https://houstonnewmedia.org/it-takes-an-embera-village/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-takes-an-embera-village Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:37:55 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32776 Editor’s Note: Dr. Dan Brooks, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology recounts recent adventures off the shores of Panama with local fishermen of the Embera people. In my last blog, I discussed a recent trip to a remote, pristine part of Panama, just north of t...

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]]> 636752 Indigenous Cowboys: The Living History of Native Americans in Rodeo https://houstonnewmedia.org/indigenous-cowboys-the-living-history-of-native-americans-in-rodeo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indigenous-cowboys-the-living-history-of-native-americans-in-rodeo Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:57:30 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32689 Editor’s Note: Anna Dean, Collections Technician, highlights the Indigenous influences found in a cultural phenomenon known as the rodeo. It’s Rodeo season in Houston, which means that dozens of athletes from across the United States and Canada w...

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]]> 567623 HMNS Curates Your Holiday Visit https://houstonnewmedia.org/hmns-curates-your-holiday-visit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hmns-curates-your-holiday-visit Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:06:02 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31901 We understand. By now you probably have a good amount of cabin fever still burning from the inside out after being cooped up all of 2020 and you’re itching to get back into the exhibit halls. Yet with announcement after announcement of this renovation ...

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]]> 221212 Remembering the Past: 13 August 1521 https://houstonnewmedia.org/remembering-the-past-13-august-1521/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-the-past-13-august-1521 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:12:06 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31769 Every year, from September 15 through October 15, people celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. Let us remember that this year, 2021, marks the 500th anniversary of the Fall of Tenochtitlan, the Mexica capital. A modern inscription mar...

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]]> 168642 From Our Collections: Lucy is in the Building https://houstonnewmedia.org/from-our-collections-lucy-is-in-the-building/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-our-collections-lucy-is-in-the-building Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:10:34 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31013 Those who are frequent visitors to the Morian Hall of Paleontology might have noticed that a familiar face has reappeared. The very last section of the exhibit hall now shows a life-sized version of a female Australopithecus afarensis. Not just any afa...

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]]> 71008 Happy Egyptian New Year https://houstonnewmedia.org/happy-egyptian-new-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-egyptian-new-year Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:07:33 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=30991 The stale sticky days of high summer are upon Houston – and also Egypt (although the Egyptian summer has stayed mild so far). What time of year could feel less fresh? For the Egyptians, however, now was the start of the year, a time of new beginnings. ...

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