In the News: Shannon A. Novak
Novak and Warner-Smith Paper Selected for Funding by SAR
An NSF research team seminar proposal, "Excavating Bodies in the Archives: Generating New Methods and Collaborations," co-authored by Professor Shannon Novak and Alanna Warner-Smith '22 Ph.D. (Anth) has been selected for funding by the School of Advanced Research.
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Three members of Maxwell School faculty earn promotion
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Slow Archaeology
Theoretical Archaeology Group, an annual conference, held its event at Syracuse University, drawing double the expected attendance and an array of artists who responded to the conference's call for artwork. The theme of this year's TAG was "Slow Archaeology," which highlights the importance of long-term commitments to projects, relationships with descendants and other stakeholders, and collaboration.
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Anthropology student’s senior thesis featured in Daily Orange
Stories from the Grave
Bioarchaeologist Shannon Novak is marrying physical and social science to capture the life stories of New York City church congregants who died well more than a century ago.
Mysteries of the Deep
Shannon Novak has made an accomplished career of reconstructing long-ago lives from scant (yet rich) remains.
An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek Camp
House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre