Labs
Anthropology Computing Laboratory
Location: SBS West (building 70), room 102
The lab provides you with:
- a computer and teaching lab
- an interactive classroom
- a graphics, quantitative analysis, ethnographic,
and interaction, and discourse analysis facility
Visual Anthropology Laboratory
Location: SBS West (building 70), room 102
The state-of-the-art computer lab has:
- video/DVD editing and production
- Mac computers and Final Cut Pro video editing
software
Dr. Wilce uses the lab for his linguistic anthropology
laboratory class (ANT 514)
Bilby Research Center: Anthropology Materials and Analysis Laboratories
Location: Building 52
The Bilby Research Center provides facilities specifically
for teaching archaeological materials analysis and biological anthropology. The
lab contains:
- 10 Leica Wild microscopes
- an image analysis system that includes a computer,
pad cam system, digitizer, and image-transmission-equipped microscope
Faunal Analysis Laboratory
The Faunal Analysis Lab provides a facility for:
- a comparative collection of modern mammal bones
from the American southwest
- a teaching and training facility for graduate
and undergraduate students
- research in the fauna lab for student projects,
both in Anthropology and Quaternary Studies
- a secure place for storage and study of faunal
materials on loan from museums around the country
- the Navajo Nation Archaeology Department
Lithic Analysis Laboratory
The Lithic Analysis Lab, directed by Dr. Francis E. Smiley, holds lithic comparative collections from northern
Arizona, southeastern Utah, and New Mexico. The lab provides facilities for the
analysis of prehistoric stone tools and the waste materials from tool
manufacture.
The lab has two Wild Leica binocular microscopes for
analysis of lithic materials and provides a teaching and training facility for
graduate and undergraduate students.
Ceramic Analysis Laboratory
The Ceramic Analysis Lab, directed by Dr. Kelley
Hays-Gilpin, provides a facility for:
- taking on contracts to analyze pottery from
salvage and research projects anywhere on the Colorado Plateau
- teaching and training for graduate and
undergraduate students
- the Navajo Nation Archaeology Department to
analyze pottery from several contract projects
- students taking ANT 552 (Ceramic Analysis)
- housing comparative collections of pottery and
samples of clay and other materials from Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
Paleoethnobotany Laboratory
Directed by George Gumerman IV, this lab provides a facility
for:
- research and contractual work on archaeologically
recovered prehistoric plant remains
- materials processed and analyzed in the lab from
South America, the American Midwest, and the American Southwest
- housing comparative collections of American
flora
- teaching and training for graduate and undergraduate
students
Anthropology Paleodiet
Stable Isotope Laboratory
Location: Building 49
The Paleodiet Laboratory is run by Dr. Kellner and provides a facility for:
- processing archaeological soils, water, plants,
fauna, and human bones and teeth for stable isotope analysis
- determining the diet, health, and migration patterns
of prehistoric people
NAU Anthropology Laboratories
Location: Building 49
Website: NAU Anthropology Labs
The Anthropology Laboratories are a research, educational, and service organization of the Department of Anthropology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northern Arizona University. Our mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the peoples, places, and cultures of the Colorado Plateau and to provide expertise and technical assistance in the field of cultural resource management.