Anthropology
Maya used aquatic plants in sustainable water purification system, study suggests
New research has revealed the clean-water secret of Classic Maya reservoirs
Book explores how museums can deal with colonial acquisitions and other problematic issues
A level-headed survey of the rise and fall of anthropological and ethnographic collections and what their futures may hold
Anthropologist opposed to Indigenous repatriation sues university for alleged threats to her free speech
Professor Elizabeth Weiss has filed a lawsuit against San José State University claiming she was disciplined for expressing her view that repatriation favours religion over science
National Museum of Scotland urged to return First Nations totem pole stolen by Canadian anthropologist
The pole was stolen in 1929 and, if returned, would be only the second totem pole to be repatriated to a First Nation by a European institution
Artefacts long held by the Smithsonian will go on view at new Mi’ kmaw cultural centre in Nova Scotia
The $50m centre is scheduled to open in 2025 and showcase works on long-term loan from the National Museum of the American Indian
Former Metropolitan Museum curator leads reimagining of Penn State’s anthropology museum
A $100m campus expansion will give the informally-established anthropology museum a greater presence
Minneapolis art museum criticised for keeping ancient Indigenous objects
University of Minnesota graduate students have joined Native nations in a long repatriation fight for Mimbres funerary objects controversially held by the Weisman Art Museum
In pictures: around the world in five objects at London's Horniman Museum
New World Gallery of anthropology lives up to founder’s aim to “bring the world to Forest Hill”