This page features an ongoing series of articles in the general press published elsewhere that we have selected.  These articles are anthropological in nature and deal with issues that should interest the general public.

Plain as Dirt: History Without Gimmickry
An Excavated Passage Leads Visitors Deep Into the Story of Washington and His Slaves By Philip Kennicott

The Bonobo Page (Prof. W.H. Calvin)

The following links deal with the issues of anthropology in the military

Small Wars Journal: Joint Force Quarterly
“The military utility of understanding adversary culture”

The Center for Public Integrity
The War Card—“False Pretenses”

Marcus B. Griffin—blog

Inside Higher Education
“Secrecy and Anthropology”

The New York Times
“Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones"

Reuters
“The Latest Tactic in Iraq: Anthropology”

History News Network
“What historians can learn from anthropology”