Much more than silk was traded along the Silk Roads. All kinds of luxuries and staple goods passed along the shifting network of roads, ocean routes and desert caravans that linked Asia, Africa, and Europe during the medieval period. Pottery, sometimes a luxury, sometimes a […]
The Museum of Anthropology is honored to be the repository for the collection of Dr. Stanley P. Bohrer, professor emeritus of radiology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr. Bohrer has donated 265 artifacts to the MOA over the past 32 years. At […]
Several semesters of work culminated in August with the opening of Faith: Five World Religions. This exhibition, which had long been contemplated by the MOA staff, came to fruition as the result of collaborative work with Dr. Leann Pace and her classes in the WFU […]
Just prior to Wake Forest University commencement, the Museum opened a new exhibit, West Mexican Shaft Tomb Ceramics, featuring honors thesis research completed by senior Anthropology major Lindsay Gilliland. The exhibit will remain on display through August 31, 2018. Lindsay’s research focused on artifacts left behind […]
The Museum of Anthropology staff is excited to have new information about one of its artifacts thanks to the hard work of a Wake Forest student. This spring, senior Anthropology major Shannon O’Hanlon completed her honors thesis researching one of three Alaskan Yup’ik caribou teeth […]