{"exhibit":{"title":"Past People: The UNL Anthropology Department","description":"
The Anthropology department has been at the University for many years in one way\u00a0or another. The idea of Anthropology has been at the University since it was\u00a0opened by the means of Ancient History which undoubtedly had some Anthropology\u00a0in it. As the years went by the University eventually recognized Anthropology of\u00a0being its own school of thought, however this didn\u2019t mean it warranted its own\u00a0department yet. In the Buttein of 1925 - 1926 the word Anthropology first showed\u00a0up in the Political science and Sociology section of the Arts and Science\u00a0department. It continued being part of that department till the school year of\u00a01945 - 1946 where it was given its own department in the Arts and Science\u00a0College under the supervision of J.O. Hertzler a sociologist.<\/p>\n
The Anthropology Department at UNL was created in the academic year 1945 - 1946,\u00a0however this was not the first time Anthropology was at the University. The\u00a0study of Anthropology has been at the University ever since it was created. In\u00a0the first years of the University Anthropology was done under the name of\u00a0Ancient History on the Greek, Roman and the like. As the years went on the\u00a0College grew and added more departments and sub departments. In the academic\u00a0year of 1925 - 1926 Anthropology was first instated in the College of Arts and\u00a0Sciences under the department of Sociology as a sub-department. This habit of\u00a0keeping Anthropology with Sociology continued until just after the formation of\u00a0the department by having the first Chairman is a Sociologist. In 1954 a man\u00a0named John Champe assumes Chair and is the first head to be an Anthropologist.\u00a0With Champe in the Chair the department gained more and more staff and funded\u00a0more and more digs and trips like the one at Ash Hollow Cave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n