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Anthropology students have access to ²ÝÁñ³ÉÈËÉçÇø’s Special Collections which includes Art & Artifacts from around the world, plus archaeological and ethnographic archives in College Archives. The College is actively engaged in NAGPRA work and repatriations.

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 ²ÝÁñ³ÉÈËÉçÇø 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 ²ÝÁñ³ÉÈËÉçÇø 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.