USF Anthropology

A shirt button, a plaque saying “at rest” and a stone marble found in what’s believed to have been the coffin of a 6-year-old boy are just some of the…

The U.S. is home to ubiquitous ads touting Miller Lite and Budweiser, not to mention a burgeoning microbrew industry. However, beer, in developing regions…

Poverty, economic inequality and the education disparity that affects children in poor neighborhoods—they’re three hugely complex and important issues,…

University of South Florida researchers unearthed the remains of two children buried at a former Panhandle reform school that had a history of extreme…

Researchers have begun exhuming remains from unmarked graves at a now-closed Florida reform school. Former residents of the school say brutal beatings…

USF anthropology assistant professor Erin Kimmerle talked to reporters as exhumations began at the Boot Hill cemetery at the Dozier School for Boys in…

On the second day of an excavation project, University of South Florida researchers worked Sunday on two graves at a former reform school in the Florida…

University of South Florida researchers began work to exhume dozens of graves Saturday at a former Panhandle reform school in hopes of identifying the…

University of South Florida researchers are expected to start digging for human remains buried on the grounds of the Dozier School for Boys at the end of…

Several more men are telling stories of abuse they say they suffered at the infamous state-run Dozier Reform School in the Panhandle town of Marianna. A…

A forensic anthropologist and her team want permission to exhume dozens of bodies they found in unmarked graves, but are meeting resistance from state officials.

The University of South Florida has sent a five-page, strongly-worded letter to Secretary of State Ken Detzner, asking him to reconsider his decision not…