Anthropology Department

SUNY Oswego anthropology professor Jordan Dalton co-led an international research team that found evidence for long-distance migration along Peru’s Pacific coast that began at least 800 years ago, centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire and much earlier than...

The campus and community are invited to learn more about the SUNY Oswego Archeological Field School’s 2026 summer dig on the grounds of the McWhorter House during a free event at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 1:30 p.m....

SUNY Oswego students had the opportunity earlier this year to perform archaeological research in Veracruz, Mexico, as part of a National Science Foundation-supported project led by anthropology faculty member Alanna Ossa to explore the development of ancient markets.

SUNY Oswego’s Native American studies program will host up-and-coming Seneca filmmaker Caleb Abrams for screenings and a Q&A from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132).

SUNY Oswego anthropology faculty member Alanna Ossa will dig into a project that probes the history of open market exchange and economic development in the Gulf Coast area of Veracruz, Mexico — while also providing student research opportunities and shedding...

In late July, SUNY Oswego’s Office of International Education and Programs hosted 18 students and teachers from the SIS International School in Gwangju, South Korea. While the experience itself was fun for participants, it also represented the return of the...

SUNY Oswego’s archaeology field school led by anthropology faculty member Dr. Alanna Ossa returned this summer as 11 students participated in this year’s dig on a local property.

Emil Sander, a sophomore anthropology major in SUNY Oswego’s Honors Program, is pursuing his passion this summer: playing baseball near his hometown for the Auburn Doubledays in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.

Nerissa Conklin, a May 2023 anthropology graduate at SUNY Oswego, created an exhibit currently on display at the Richardson-Bates House Museum about the university’s archaeological field school during summer 2022.

The community is invited to bring items to an “Antiques Roadshow” type event hosted by SUNY Oswego senior anthropology major Nerissa Conklin from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 19, at the Richardson-Bates House Museum in Oswego.

A spoken word performance featuring the poems and short stories of Indigenous/Chicana artist and 2022 SUNY Oswego graduate Chelsea Maldonado called “Redress to the Red Dresses” will raise awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW) cause. The free...

SUNY Oswego’s Sustainability Office and Auxiliary Services partnered with a Native American studies class taught by Michael Chaness in this year’s maple tapping event that will result in maple syrup for the campus and community.

An archaeology dig is different than digging for treasure, but 11 SUNY Oswego students found great value in participating in the return of the Archaeology Field School over the summer.

SUNY Oswego’s Archaeology Field School -- the Richardson-Bates House Historic Preservation Field School) -- under the direction of Oswego anthropology faculty member and archaeologist Alanna Ossa has started digging in for this class during the first two summer sessions.

A SUNY Oswego faculty member recently played a direct role in the worldwide growth of the study of cultural anthropology.

For one SUNY Oswego student, the history of the Port City allowed the opportunity to advance his career experience by searching for -- and apparently discovering -- a long-lost fort.

Dr. Lindsay Bell, a SUNY Oswego anthropology faculty member, recently obtained funding to learn in detail how the diamond trade creates transparency -- a hot topic ethically and financially in the world of diamonds and other conflict-laden gemstones.