About: Dirk

As curator of anthropology, Dr. Van Tuerenhout is responsible for the museum’s artifact collection and is involved in its temporary and permanent anthropology exhibits. Dirk is an expert in human cultures; currently, he is very busy with the Lucy’s Legacy exhibition, but he also curates the Museum’s Hall of the Americas and specializes in native South American cultures like the Aztec and Maya.

Posts by Dirk:

• A Lost Persian Army Returns, 17 Nov 2009 in Anthropology
• 2012: It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine), 10 Nov 2009 in Anthropology
• A Farewell to Claude Levi-Strauss, 09 Nov 2009 in Anthropology
• Lucy, meet Ardi, 05 Oct 2009 in Lucy's Legacy
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Feather Poncho, 29 Sep 2009 in Anthropology
• Apocalypto — 150 AD, 21 Sep 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Eccentric Flint, 16 Sep 2009 in Anthropology
• Hello! And who are you?, 04 Sep 2009 in Anthropology
• Send help now!, 20 Aug 2009 in Anthropology
• Re-connecting with the past: recent developments in Mongolia, 12 Aug 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 years – 100 Objects: Aztec Stone Figure, 27 Jul 2009 in Anthropology
• Question for the Curator: Possible hammerstone?, 08 Jun 2009 in Science
• 100 years – 100 Objects: Women’s Huipil, 02 Jun 2009 in Anthropology
• The quest for immortality, 22 May 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Northwest Coast Transformation Mask, 21 May 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 Years -100 Objects: Maya Tripod Blackware Vessel, 28 Apr 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Pre-Columbian obsidian labrets, 14 Apr 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Stone Money, 31 Mar 2009 in Science
• Never a Dull Moment, 30 Mar 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Palikur Tribe Headdress, 16 Mar 2009 in Anthropology
• In fide constans… Always loyal [Lucy's Legacy], 26 Feb 2009 in Lucy's Legacy
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Element III, 18 Feb 2009 in Anthropology
• Genghis Khan & The Battle of Ain Jalut, 16 Feb 2009 in Anthropology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Aluminum Wire Car, 16 Jan 2009 in Anthropology
• Darwin2009: An “Aha!” moment worth celebrating, 14 Jan 2009 in Science
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Baby Cradle, 08 Jan 2009 in Anthropology
• The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same, 26 Dec 2008 in Anthropology
• The Quest for High Bear, 03 Nov 2008 in Anthropology
• A Tale of Two Rulers, 22 Oct 2008 in Anthropology
• Terra Cotta Warriors: An army frozen in time, 28 Aug 2008 in Anthropology
• Plains Indian Culture: The Rest of the Story, 24 Jul 2008 in Anthropology
• One if by land, two if by sea, 25 Jun 2008 in Anthropology
• A major step forward – 40,000 years ago, 04 Jun 2008 in Anthropology
• Monkey Memo, 30 Apr 2008 in Anthropology
• Neandertals Speak Out, 24 Apr 2008 in Anthropology
• Neanderthal Controversy, 03 Mar 2008 in Science
• Neanderthal Controversy, 03 Mar 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• Neanderthals on the Move, 28 Feb 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• 10,000 BC: The Story Behind the Date, 18 Feb 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• Timkat, an Ethiopian Epiphany celebration, 12 Feb 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• The Ark of the Covenant and Aksum, 05 Feb 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• If humans came from monkeys, then why are monkeys still around?, 31 Jan 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• Chimps using tools: Archaeology’s most fascinating discovery of 2007, 29 Jan 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• A Letter From Lucy: Making no bones about it. (Pun intended), 25 Jan 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• The Apple Doesn’t Fall Too Far from the Tree, 24 Jan 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• Teeth Tell Tales, 21 Jan 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• Discovering behavior: a step-by-step process, 14 Jan 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• Reconstructing ancient hominid behavior, 08 Jan 2008 in Lucy's Legacy
• Monkey business, 19 Dec 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• What kingdom are you from?, 13 Dec 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• It’s all Greek to me, 12 Dec 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• The final product of evolution, 07 Dec 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Extinction doesn’t mean failure, 05 Dec 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Evolution, 03 Dec 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Top 10 discoveries in archaeology in 2006, 22 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Lucy’s Kitties, 18 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• How do we know: dating techniques, 17 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Paleoanthropology: making the past come alive., 15 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• How do we know: ancient environments, 12 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Eternal youth: the story of the discovery of Baby Selam., 10 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Lucy lived in a desert? No wonder she died!, 08 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• “We are all mutants.”, 05 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• “Who’s your momma?”, 03 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy
• Meet Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis. (What’s in a name?), 01 Aug 2007 in Lucy's Legacy