Special Resources and Facilities in Archaeology
The department maintains excellent laboratory facilities for teaching and research in protohistoric and prehistoric archaeology. An array of computer hardware and software, including image analysis and storage capabilities, is available for graduate research projects. In addition, there is a state-of-the-art photographic laboratory, a thin-section laboratory for seasonality studies, and excellent microscopic equipment, including access to scanning electron microscopes. A zooarchaeological reference collection is available for teaching and research purposes.
Students profit from the close ties that exist between the department and other programs and institutions. These include:
- the Smithsonian Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- the Museum of the American Indian
- the Museum of the City of New York
- the New Jersey State Museum
- the Center for American Archaeology
- and many museums, laboratories, and agencies in France, Britain, Israel, Pakistan, and the former Soviet Union
