TROY professor, students make discoveries at Italian excavation sites

A partnership with the University of Pisa in Italy allows TROY students to participate in archaeological digs.

A partnership with the University of Pisa in Italy allows TROY students to participate in archaeological digs.

After partnering with Italy’s University of Pisa to participate in archaeological digs, TROY anthropology/archaeology professor Dr. Stephen Carmody and his students have helped make several key discoveries in Italian history.

The partnership came about in 2019 after TROY First Lady Janice Hawkins visited Pietrasanta, a town on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy where…

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TROY professor helps uncover earliest use of tobacco in U.S.

Dr. Stephen Carmody's discovery sheds new light on our understanding of Native American history and culture.

Dr. Stephen Carmody's discovery sheds new light on our understanding of Native American history and culture.

A Troy University professor has uncovered evidence of the earliest use of tobacco in North America north of Mexico, a discovery that may change our understanding of the early life and culture of Native Americans.

Dr. Stephen Carmody, an assistant professor of anthropology, along with Dr. Jon Russ of Rhodes College and Dr. Jera Davis…

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