Native Americans living in coastal Northern California during the Mission era were presumed to experience high rates of disease and stress. Not until now, however, did scientists have hard evidence of their health issues, according to new research conducted in cooperation with Native descendants.

At the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in New Orleans last month, a team of UC Davis first-year graduate students won first place at the 19th Annual Ethics Bowl, a competition in which teams from different universities face off as they debate ethical dilemmas in the field.

When did archery arise in the Americas? And what were the effects of this technology on society? These questions have long been debated among anthropologists and archaeologists. But a recent study published in Quaternary International and led by an anthropologist from the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis is shining light on this mystery.