Facilities The Anthropology Department is located in South Stadium Hall in Neyland Stadium. All faculty and departmental administrative offices, 3 small (20-40 student capacity) classrooms, as well as physical anthropology, archaeology and zooarchaeology laboratories, are located on the first and second floor of South Stadium Hall. The Anthropology Annex is the only building from the [...]
The Archaeological Research Laboratory (ARL), a unit of the Department of Anthropology, is a consulting, cultural resource assessment, and research unit dedicated to conducting high-quality and timely research for government agencies and private entities, while providing hands-on learning experiences and opportunities for students, educators, and the interested public. Staffing / Collaborators Consultants and collaborators include [...]
The newly established Center for Quaternary Paleoclimate Research (CQPR) at the University of Tennessee is a strategic investment to increase external funding by building a community of scholars pursuing research focused on the climates and environments of the Quaternary period. The Quaternary began ca. 2.5 million years ago and includes the “Ice Ages” of the [...]
Cherokee Archaeology and Ethnohistory (CAE) considers archaeological materials and historical records pertaining to Cherokee origins, antiquity, and patterns of culture change from the 16th through 20th centuries. The core and affiliated faculty include researchers in the Department of Anthropology and the Frank H. McClung Museum. Core Faculty Gerald F. Schroedl, Ph.D., professor of anthropology Michael [...]
The Classics Department offers students studies not only Greek and Latin, but also the ancient Mediterranean world in all its aspects. In space, this means the Mediterranean basin and areas contiguous to it; in range of time, this means from the middle of the second millennium BCE to the middle of the first millennium CE. [...]
Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights (DDHR) is a research and training focus spearheaded by the cultural anthropology faculty and graduate students at UT. We also cultivate important links across the different sub-disciplines of anthropology and with faculty and students in other departments and colleges. Core Faculty Dr. Gregory V. Button Dr. Marisa O. Ensor Dr. [...]
The program began with the arrival of William M. Bass in 1971 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He oversaw the development of the discipline, which culminated with the creation of the Forensic Anthropology Center (FAC) in the Department of Anthropology, which provides resources for students, researchers, and law enforcement agencies. Collaborators Oak Ridge National [...]
The Frank H. McClung Museum is a general museum with collections in anthropology, archeology, decorative arts, local history, and natural history. The exhibits document ways of life, cultural trends, and technologies from prehistoric times to the present day, and showcase much of Tennessee’s past – its geology, history, art, and culture. As a part of [...]
