University of California, Berkeley - Anthropology

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The Department of Anthropology at Berkeley is among the foremost departments in the United States, a position it has held for decades. Berkeley's department is distinctive for the breadth and depth of its interests—from prehistoric cave art to biotechnology.

The social cultural anthropologists are concerned with a broad range of research on the contemporary world. Faculty are engaged in ongoing research in India, Russia, France, China, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Iceland, South Africa, Canada, Spain, and the United States.

The archaeologists do research on the earliest origins of human culture, the social and cultural development of humans in Europe, Africa, Oceania, Mesoamerica, and North America, and the archaeology of historic cultures in North America and elsewhere. Their topical interests include technology, change, prehistoric art, agriculture, and ecology. Geographical strengths of the department include Europe, East Asia, India, Southeast Asia