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Updates from the HEVA Lab — fieldwork, publications, awards, and community outreach.
2025
Benítez presents at the 2025 AABA Annual Meeting (Baltimore)
March, 2025Daniel Benítez presented research on nonmetric dental traits, sex mobility, and social networks in the pre-Hispanic Northern Andes at the 2025 AABA Annual Meeting in Baltimore.
Keppeler presents “Classrooms to Caves” at the 2025 UNITE Research Showcase
February, 2025James Keppeler and Dr. Hugo Reyes-Centeno presented “Classrooms to Caves,” on community-collaborative archaeology in the southern Philippines, at UK’s 2025 UNITE Research Showcase.
2024
Benítez presents Muisca dental anthropology research at UK Anthropology Brown Bag
November, 2024HEVA member Daniel Benítez presented “Investigating Post-Marital Residence Patterns of the Muisca: A Dental Anthropological Approach” at the University of Kentucky Department of Anthropology Brown Bag series on November 8, 2024.
HEVA presents Butts Hill survey at the 2024 ESAF Annual Meeting (Newport)
November, 2024James Keppeler and Marcus Rodriguez presented the Butts Hill Fort archaeological survey at the 2024 Eastern States Archeological Federation meeting in Newport, Rhode Island.
Keppeler conducts Wenner-Gren-funded excavations at Kandingan Cave, Mindanao
October, 2024From October 2024 to January 2025, James Keppeler led Wenner-Gren–funded excavations at Kandingan Cave in Mindanao, Philippines, for the “Unearthing Mindanao” project.
HEVA joins 2024 archaeological field school at Butts Hill Fort
July, 2024HEVA contributed a graduate team and equipment to the 2024 archaeological field school at Butts Hill Fort, Rhode Island, led by Dr. Alexandra Uhl.
Helms Deep Cave trackway research presented at the 2024 NSS Convention
July, 2024Dr. George Crothers presented “3-Dimensional Scanning of Human Trackways in Helms Deep Cave” (Crothers, Keppeler, Benítez, Reyes-Centeno) at the 2024 National Speleological Society (NSS) Convention in Sewanee, Tennessee (July 1–5, 2024).
Price presents Denisovan dentition research at UK’s 2024 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars
April, 2024HEVA member Sophia Price presented “Dental morphological affinities of Denisovans, Neanderthals, and modern humans” (with H. Reyes-Centeno) at the University of Kentucky Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars on April 24, 2024.
Castro presents at UK’s 2024 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars
April, 2024HEVA member Jaycee Castro presented “A biocultural exploration of diet-driven mandibular variation over time” (with H. Reyes-Centeno) at the University of Kentucky Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars on April 24, 2024.
Dr. Reyes-Centeno nominated for UK’s 2024 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
April, 2024HEVA director Dr. Hugo Reyes-Centeno was named a 2024 nominee for UK’s Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
