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Anthropology Labs Building

Human Biology and Health Lab

Posted by Jennifer on February 14, 2020

Human Biology and Health (HBH) Laboratory

Director: Dr. Melissa Liebert

Location: Rooms 102 and 104

Dr. Liebert specializes in biocultural anthropology and human evolutionary biology. For over a decade, she has worked with the Shuar Health and Life History Project (SHLHP) to understand how culture change impacts health outcomes among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. Through this work, Dr. Liebert collects and analyzes various ethnographic, lifestyle, and biological measurements and serves as the primary database manager for the SHLHP. She… Read more

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Paleodiet Laboratory

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Paleodiet Laboratory

Director: Dr. Corina Kellner

Location: Rooms 108 and 109

Research in this wet laboratory focuses on ancient diet, migration, and stress in human and animal populations and how access to resources was partitioned in prehistory. Dr. Kellner’s bioarchaeological work in the Andes concentrates on how ancient states affected local societies, especially the Nasca and the Wari in southern Peru during the first millennium CE. Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen left inside organic tissues by the food and water consumed tells us… Read more

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Department of Anthropology
Location
Room 228 Building 065
SBS - Raul H. Castro
5 E. McConnell Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200
Mailing Address
PO Box: 15200
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200
Email
anthropology@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-3180
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