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April 21, 2006

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Anthropology

Glazed America: IUPUI Anthropologist Examines Doughnut as Symbol of Consumer Culture

July 21, 2008 — Few things say as much about our culture as the food we eat. A new book, Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut by Paul R. Mullins, Ph.D., an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis anthropologist, explores the development of America's consumer culture through our relationship with the doughnut, beloved by many, a symbol of temptation and unhealthiness to others. Full Story

Reburial of Native American Remains Earns Professor International Award

July 16, 2008 — An Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) professor's early career decision to rebury Native American human remains - an act then considered academic suicide - recently earned the professor international recognition for significant contributions to world archaeology. Full Story

Hamilton County’s Boxley Cabin is Site for IUPUI Archaeological Dig

April 24, 2008 — The grounds of the recently restored home of Hamilton County, Adams Township's first white settler - a 19th century Virginia abolitionist with a $1,000 bounty on his head - will be the site of this summer's IUPUI archeological dig. Full Story

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