BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Global and Community Leadership (GCL) Honors Program will present a lecture by UAB anthropologist Sharyn Jones, Ph.D., "Ethnoarchaeology as a Research Methodology for Understanding Communities and Their Culture," from 11 to11:50 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Heritage Hall, Room 106, 1401 University Blvd. The event is free and open to the public. Call Kristin Boggs at 934-8683 for details.

Jones studies marine resource exploitation and ethnoarchaeology. She has conducted research in Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Japan and the Caribbean. Her new book, Food and Gender in Fiji: Ethnoarchaeological Explorations, was published in August. She is an assistant professor in the UAB Department of History and Anthropology.

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The UAB Department of Anthropology offers bachelor's and master's degree programs that prepare students for careers in law, public service, historical research, international affairs, journalism, business and anthropology.