Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Interests: the evolution of early agricultural and early complex societies in the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia) from the Neolithic to the Iron Age
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Interests: the evolution of early agricultural and early complex societies in the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia) from the Neolithic to the Iron Age
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Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Interests: biological anthropology; medical anthropology; total worker health; environmental health; occupational health; population health; mixed methods
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Interests: biological anthropology; medical anthropology; total worker health; environmental health; occupational health; population health; mixed methods
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Department of Anthropology, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: community archaeology; Indigenous archaeology; landscape archaeology; culture con contact; agricultural systems; Southeast Asia; Philippines
Interests: community archaeology; Indigenous archaeology; landscape archaeology; culture con contact; agricultural systems; Southeast Asia; Philippines
Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Interests: anthropology of South American Indians; anthropology of material culture; the arts of ritual museum anthropology
Interests: anthropology of South American Indians; anthropology of material culture; the arts of ritual museum anthropology
Department of Anthropology, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: evolutionary psychology; biological anthropology; cognitive development; hunter-gatherer ecology; South America; child development; morality; indigenous knowledge
Interests: evolutionary psychology; biological anthropology; cognitive development; hunter-gatherer ecology; South America; child development; morality; indigenous knowledge
Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Interests: origin of modern behaviour; the archaeology of fire; ancient pyrotechnologies; use of space; site formation processes; geoarchaeology; soil micromorphology; indigenous archaeology
Interests: origin of modern behaviour; the archaeology of fire; ancient pyrotechnologies; use of space; site formation processes; geoarchaeology; soil micromorphology; indigenous archaeology
Department of Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
Interests: maternal and child health; gender equity in economic development; culturally competent humanitarian response; Southeast Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa
Interests: maternal and child health; gender equity in economic development; culturally competent humanitarian response; Southeast Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa
Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
Interests: archaeology; shell; sociology of archaeology; gender; Archaic US; symbolism; caves; ritual; landscape; central Mexico
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Interests: archaeology; shell; sociology of archaeology; gender; Archaic US; symbolism; caves; ritual; landscape; central Mexico
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Anthropology and Forensic Science, Department of Archaeology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB, UK
Interests: human origins and evolution; social and cultural evolution; cultural ecology; material culture; cognitive evolution; Palaeolithic archaeology; Epipalaeolithic archaeology; hunter-gatherer archaeology; social archaeology; early village society
Interests: human origins and evolution; social and cultural evolution; cultural ecology; material culture; cognitive evolution; Palaeolithic archaeology; Epipalaeolithic archaeology; hunter-gatherer archaeology; social archaeology; early village society
Research Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-370 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: biological anthropology; forensic anthropology; bioarcheology; sex estimation; age at death estimation; biological profile; paleopathology; paleodemography; human osteology
Interests: biological anthropology; forensic anthropology; bioarcheology; sex estimation; age at death estimation; biological profile; paleopathology; paleodemography; human osteology
Department of Anthropology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3, Canada
Interests: comparative social systems; theories of culture; contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers; societies of Southeast Asia; Orang Asli; gender and age-structures; social learning; equality, and inequ
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Interests: comparative social systems; theories of culture; contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers; societies of Southeast Asia; Orang Asli; gender and age-structures; social learning; equality, and inequ
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Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
Interests: egyptology; middle and neo-egyptian languages; ancient Egyptian law and legal linguistic registers; cognitive linguistics and categorization of ancient Egyptian scripts; iconography and semiotics; nonverbal communication in art; royal ideology and visual strategies during Akhenaten's reign; Egyptian(izing) material culture in the Southern Levant; cultural transmission in the second millennium BCE
Interests: egyptology; middle and neo-egyptian languages; ancient Egyptian law and legal linguistic registers; cognitive linguistics and categorization of ancient Egyptian scripts; iconography and semiotics; nonverbal communication in art; royal ideology and visual strategies during Akhenaten's reign; Egyptian(izing) material culture in the Southern Levant; cultural transmission in the second millennium BCE
Department of Communication Sciences, Humanitarian and International Studies, University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy
Interests: abolition; slavery; Western Indian Ocean; gender; Mozambique; oral history; Somalia; dance and memory; research film; healing processes; complementary medicine; refugees; translocality; forced migrati
Interests: abolition; slavery; Western Indian Ocean; gender; Mozambique; oral history; Somalia; dance and memory; research film; healing processes; complementary medicine; refugees; translocality; forced migrati
Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, USA
Interests: Eastern Europe; Hungary; US (southwest); consumer culture; material culture; Anthro of the Body; built environment (architecture)
Interests: Eastern Europe; Hungary; US (southwest); consumer culture; material culture; Anthro of the Body; built environment (architecture)
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Interests: Basque language and culture; ethno- and archaeo-astronomy; ethnomathematics; cultural linguistics; European folklore, folktales & performance art; orality; relational ontology; new animism; bear ceremonialism
Interests: Basque language and culture; ethno- and archaeo-astronomy; ethnomathematics; cultural linguistics; European folklore, folktales & performance art; orality; relational ontology; new animism; bear ceremonialism
Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5 DK-1353 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: environmental anthropology; natural resource management; AIDS; ethnicity; autochthony and indigeneity; kinship; religion; West-Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso); Southern Africa (South-Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia); East-Africa (Tanzania, Uganda); Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand); Denmark
Interests: environmental anthropology; natural resource management; AIDS; ethnicity; autochthony and indigeneity; kinship; religion; West-Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso); Southern Africa (South-Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia); East-Africa (Tanzania, Uganda); Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand); Denmark
Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Interests: biological anthropology; human evolution; the Paleolithic of Central Asia; neandertal paleobiology; biogeography and GIS; dental anthropology
Interests: biological anthropology; human evolution; the Paleolithic of Central Asia; neandertal paleobiology; biogeography and GIS; dental anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Av. Cataluña, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain
Interests: ethnography; anthropology of food; medical anthropology; gender and body; globalization and social change; social inequality and food insecurity; Spain and Mexico
Interests: ethnography; anthropology of food; medical anthropology; gender and body; globalization and social change; social inequality and food insecurity; Spain and Mexico
Department of Anthropology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9, Canada
Interests: zooarchaeology; ancient Near East; complex societies; political economy; Mesopotamia; Bronze and Iron Ages; ancient food provisioning; anthropology; archaeology
Interests: zooarchaeology; ancient Near East; complex societies; political economy; Mesopotamia; Bronze and Iron Ages; ancient food provisioning; anthropology; archaeology
School of Integrative and Cultural Studies, College of Professional and Continuing Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Interests: archaeoastronomy; ethnoastronomy; historical astronomy; cultural astronomy; skyscape archaeology; astroanthropology; astroarchaeology; cultural cosmology
Interests: archaeoastronomy; ethnoastronomy; historical astronomy; cultural astronomy; skyscape archaeology; astroanthropology; astroarchaeology; cultural cosmology
Department of Anthropology & Coordinator of Global Health, Miami University, 120 Upham Hall Oxford, OH 45056, USA
Interests: biocultural approaches to illness; cultural dimensions of health and global health; health literacy and knowledge distribution in health care; healer-patient communication; autoimmune and chronic diseases; illness experience and patient behavior including adherence; women’s and children's health
Interests: biocultural approaches to illness; cultural dimensions of health and global health; health literacy and knowledge distribution in health care; healer-patient communication; autoimmune and chronic diseases; illness experience and patient behavior including adherence; women’s and children's health
Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
Interests: cultural anthropology; urban anthropology; psychological anthropology; human sexuality; romantic love; family systems; human universals; Mormon fundamentalist polygamy (China, Inner Mongolia)
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Interests: cultural anthropology; urban anthropology; psychological anthropology; human sexuality; romantic love; family systems; human universals; Mormon fundamentalist polygamy (China, Inner Mongolia)
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Department of Anthropology, The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: language Ideological assemblages; language contact; lingual life histories; linguistic racism; language revitalization and reclamation; language and identity; verbal art and performance; indigenous language ideologies; multilingualisms; grammaticalization; etho-lexicography; Pueblo Southwest (US); Indigenous California; critical linguistic anthropology
Interests: language Ideological assemblages; language contact; lingual life histories; linguistic racism; language revitalization and reclamation; language and identity; verbal art and performance; indigenous language ideologies; multilingualisms; grammaticalization; etho-lexicography; Pueblo Southwest (US); Indigenous California; critical linguistic anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
Interests: the imaginary; urban studies; popular culture (suburban, design, branding, irony, recycling); Rome; Italy; the classic world (Mesopotamia, The Mediterranean); northwest Aboriginal peoples; west coast Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples of the Plateau; Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
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Interests: the imaginary; urban studies; popular culture (suburban, design, branding, irony, recycling); Rome; Italy; the classic world (Mesopotamia, The Mediterranean); northwest Aboriginal peoples; west coast Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples of the Plateau; Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Interests: northern Indigenous peoples; lands and resource management; linguistic anthropology; oral history; life history; ethnographic theory and method; hunting
Interests: northern Indigenous peoples; lands and resource management; linguistic anthropology; oral history; life history; ethnographic theory and method; hunting
Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Interests: cultural anthropology; Social inequality especially class, gender, and race; social change, programs, and policy; food, health, heritage; Washington DC to West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, the Potomac River; India/South Asia
Interests: cultural anthropology; Social inequality especially class, gender, and race; social change, programs, and policy; food, health, heritage; Washington DC to West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, the Potomac River; India/South Asia
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University Private University, Quellenstraße 51 | A-1100 Wien, Austria
Interests: sociology and social anthropology
Interests: sociology and social anthropology
Department of Anthropology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3, Canada
Interests: human ecology; historical ecology; native resource management; savanna and tropical forest adaptive systems; South American early hunter/gatherers; Agrarian societies past and present; complex societies; Latin American archaeology and ethnography
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Interests: human ecology; historical ecology; native resource management; savanna and tropical forest adaptive systems; South American early hunter/gatherers; Agrarian societies past and present; complex societies; Latin American archaeology and ethnography
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Department of Anthropology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Interests: anthropological genetics and epigenetics: nutrition; the role of diet and epigenetics in adaptation, migration, disease, and evolution; adipokines, energy homeostasis, and obesity; variation in nutritional phenotypes; microbiome; sustainability of a healthy food chain. Indigenous populations of Siberia and other Circumpolar groups
Interests: anthropological genetics and epigenetics: nutrition; the role of diet and epigenetics in adaptation, migration, disease, and evolution; adipokines, energy homeostasis, and obesity; variation in nutritional phenotypes; microbiome; sustainability of a healthy food chain. Indigenous populations of Siberia and other Circumpolar groups
Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Problemveien 7, 0315 Oslo, Norway
Interests: history and anthropology; maritime anthropology; anthropology of religion; anthropology of humanitarianism
Interests: history and anthropology; maritime anthropology; anthropology of religion; anthropology of humanitarianism
