Resources and Collections
In the course of study, anthropology majors have the opportunity to do field work in a variety of settings. For example, students have recently worked with departmental faculty on archaeological excavations in Alaska, and they have undertaken ethnographic study in Kenya among street children and in Indonesia on medical anthropology. Closer to home, especially during their senior year, students have worked among ɫɫÑо¿Ëù and nearby Philadelphia populations studying such topics as ethnic identity, ritual, gender roles, health practices, religion, law, aging, and the life cycle. Physical anthropological projects have included direct work with skeletal remains at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Additional course offerings in anthropology are available to ɫɫÑо¿Ëù students at Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania. The department regularly has a small number of research associates in residence who on occasion lecture or teach classes and who provide opportunities to the department for students to work with them on their research projects.
Physical and Digital Archives
Special Collections
Anthropology students have access to ɫɫÑо¿Ëù’s Special Collections which includes Art & Artifacts from around the world.
College Archives
The College Archives holds more than 3 million items that document administrative decisions and campus life, from 1885 to today.
TriArte is the online home for art and artifacts from ɫɫÑо¿Ëù, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College.
The TriCollege Libraries Archives & Mansucripts is a database of archival and manuscript collections physically available at ɫɫÑо¿Ëù, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College.
NAGPRA Work and Repatriations
ɫɫÑо¿Ëù is located within Lenapehoking, the traditional, ancestral land of the Lenape people, who have been caretakers of this area since time immemorial. ɫɫÑо¿Ëù is committed to fulfilling its obligations under The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
Contact Us
Department of Anthropology
Dalton Hall
ɫɫÑо¿Ëù
101 N. Merion Avenue
ɫɫÑо¿Ëù, PA 19010
Phone: 610-526-5030
Fax: 610-526-5655