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The University

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (UAF), is the flagship campus in the U of A System. It was the first university in the state (founded in 1871) and is the largest (about 17,000 students). It is the state's primary graduate and research institution. Old Main, with its two high towers, is the symbol of higher education in Arkansas and the Department of Anthropology is located here.

The Department

Anthropology has been taught at UAF since 1925. The Archeological Field School began in 1949, and a few courses were taught as a part of Zoology from 1925-1949 by S. C. Dellinger who was Curator of the University Museum and chair of the Zoology Department. Fred Voget joined the University in 1947, and Charles R. McGimsey III came in 1957. For a few years there was a combined Department of Sociology and Anthropology. In 1969 the Department became independent with McGimsey as chair. Anthropology is a department in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

The Department of Anthropology offers many approaches to the various subfields and topics within anthropology. Our program draws upon the strengths of 17 department-based faculty members as well as 15 Ph.D.-holding archeologists within the Arkansas Archeological Survey who have graduate faculty status with the U of A. As well as offering BA, MA and PhD degrees, the Department cooperates in an interdisciplinary PhD program in Environmental Dynamics.

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Archeology
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology