Archaeology Day to be held Oct. 31 at Troy University

Activities include, flint knapping, atlatl spear throwing, rock art and more.

Activities include, flint knapping, atlatl spear throwing, rock art and more.

The Troy Anthropology Club is hosting Public Archaeology Day on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Troy University Arboretum to give the community insight into what it’s like to be an archaeologist.

The event activities include, flint knapping, atlatl spear throwing, rock art, seed sorting, lithics, stratigraphy, soil typologies, building an archaeology tool kit and a…

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Gilman Scholarship, Chancellor’s Award aids TROY student studying abroad in South Korea

Dakota Tomes is now one of 10 TROY students to receive the Gilman Scholarship.

Dakota Tomes is now one of 10 TROY students to receive the Gilman Scholarship.

Troy University sophomore Dakota Tomes is preparing to spend his spring semester studying abroad at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, thanks to TROY’s Chancellor’s Award for Global Competitiveness (CAGC) and the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. 

Tomes, an anthropology major from Scottsburg, Indiana, will take flight at the end of February to…

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Troy University Alumni Association charters Anthropology Alumni Chapter

From left are: Development's Josh Marvin, Vice President Robby Elmore, President Dr. Stephen Carmody and Alumni Affairs Director Faith Byrd.

From left are: Development's Josh Marvin, Vice President Robby Elmore, President Dr. Stephen Carmody and Alumni Affairs Director Faith Byrd.

The newest Troy University alumni chapter has a clear-cut mission in mind – networking.

The Anthropology Alumni Chapter recently became the Troy University Alumni Association’s 67th chartered chapter during the Alumni Leadership Conference held on the Troy Campus.

The chapter’s President Dr. Stephen Carmody, who is Chair of TROY’s Department of Anthropology, hopes the new…

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Junior Archaeology Day teaches kids how to be an archaeologist

Students from across the Wiregrass learned about archaeology with hands-on activities.

Students from across the Wiregrass learned about archaeology with hands-on activities.

Around 50 budding young archaeologists excavated plant and pottery materials, learned how to read dirt and how those who came before us hunted during the recent Junior Archaeology Day event hosted by the Troy University Anthropology Club and the Alabama Archaeological Society at the TROY arboretum.

The event was designed to give children in kindergarten…

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