Archaeology slide library
The slide library contains ca. 30,000 slides that are available for teaching and lecturing. The slides are catalogued and organized by geographical area and then by site. Slides borrowed for classes or lectures should be returned promptly. Carousels are available to be signed out in the main office.

Photographer Michael Hamilton supervises the Slide Library and offers photographic services to the BU community for a nominal fee (Click here for list and prices). Please contact him at photos@bu.edu for more information on the specialized photographic services provided. (A sample of services provided: making slides from book pages, drawings, maps, slide duplication, black and white custom photographs, color negatives from slides, llfochrome color photographs from slides.)

The Gabel Museum of Archaeology
The Gabel Museum has a small collection of artifacts, storage areas, a computer for the artifact catalogue, and a small work area for examining artifacts and preparing displays. There are exhibit cases both within the museum and in the hallways outside it. The purpose of the Gabel Museum is to provide materials for teaching and to give interested students an opportunity for hands-on experience with a museum collection. Members of Boston University's Archaeology Club presently work as curatorial assistants learning basic museum methods and at the same time contributing to the museum catalogue.

Many of the materials being studied are American Indian artifacts donated by Charles Herbert Mitchell to Boston University in 1936. The collection is varied and includes ground stone implements such as axes, adzes, net sinkers, mortars, pestles, and querns. There are also hundreds of projectile points dating from Palaeoindian to early historical times, as well as Southwestern pots, wampum beads, game stones, and pipes.

In addition to the Mitchell collection, the museum has a small collection of African materials generously donated by Professor Creighton Gabel, and a representative collection of Greek antiquities contributed by Professor James Wiseman. These three collections form the core of the museum's holdings. In addition, the Gabel Museum has the Percy Woodward collection of Egyptian, Mesoamerican, and South American artifacts on loan from Boston University's Theology Library. The Woodward artifacts include Egyptian amulets, figurines, and small sculptures; decorated pottery and figurines from Aztec Mexico; South American textiles; and a large wooden cup called a kero from 17th or 18th century Peru. Curtis Runnels is Director of the Gabel Museum of Archaeology and Priscilla Murray is the Curator.

Computing Facilities
The department of Archaeology has several labs with a wide array of computing equipment. These include Macintosh and Windows machines, scanners, CD Burners, Sun workstations, GIS digitizing equipment and geoarchaeology computing equipment with electronic microscopes and camera attachments. These are available to students in connection with a class and with various research projects. Talk with your advisor about access.

The CAS computer lab (room 330) is available to Archaeology faculty, staff, and graduate students 24 hours a day, and to undergraduate students in archaeology classes between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm. To activate your student ID for access to the computing facilities, please bring your ID to Room 331 during their hours of operation, M-F 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

CAS Servers
Key department computers are backed up nightly by CAS servers managed by the CAS Computing Services Group. The servers are available to you for storage of important documents via a secured drop box. Student data should be stored on the CAS Server and not on departmental computers. To apply for server space please bring your Student ID to Room 331 during their hours of operation, M-F 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

Printers
There are color and black-and-white printers connected to the CAS computer lab (Room 330) available for student use. The printing room (CAS331) is staffed from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and printing in the CAS computer lab is only available during these times.

Virus Protection
Departmental machines are protected with VIREX. Report any virus warning to http://cashelp.bu.edu, Lab Supervisors or Departmental staff immediately. The latest version of VIREX should already be loaded on each machine and will automatically scan all discs.

Computer Support and Training
Free training on Macintosh or Windows personal computers is available at Information Technology (353-2780) and the Personal Computing Support Center (353-2784). You can also check their web site for a list of hands-on training sessions, training manuals, and tutorials. Tutorials can be found at http://www.bu.edu/computing/tutorials/; for technical queries, contact computer support center 353-5930, Information Technologys website http://www.bu.edu/it.

E-Mail and Websites
Faculty, staff and students at Boston University may apply for user accounts (e-mail) on Academic Computing System (ACS) and a web site on Information Technology's People Web Server.

Getting an e-mail account @ BU http://www.bu.edu/computing/accounts or you can go to Information Technology's main office (first floor) or the input/output Window (basement) at 111 Cummington Street and ask for the handout on the "new" program. Run this program to choose a login name and password (your password is called a Kerberos password), then present your current Boston University I.D. to complete your application. Your account should be available within twenty-four hours.

To apply for a web site access http://www.bu.edu/webcentral/publishing/ and follow the instructions. A site will be assigned to you. Note that you need a Kerberos password before you can get a web site. A Kerberos password is assigned when you get an e-mail account. This password is then used to access your web site, the student link, and other secure records. Please do not give out your password to anyone.

Research and Teaching Laboratory Facilities
The Department of Archaeology has laboratories on the second and third floors of the Stone Science and CAS buildings. These facilities are used for both research and teaching and are available for student use when appropriate. Anyone wishing to utilize laboratory space should contact Professor Paul Goldberg. Problems with the labs should be reported immediately to Lab Supervisor Paul Goldberg or staff in the main office.

General rules for laboratory use:

1. No food or drink should be consumed or stored in any of the laboratories.
2. No equipment or supplies should be removed from any laboratory without the permission of Professor Goldberg or Professor Hammond.
3. No research materials, artifacts, plant remains or the like that are on a table or counter should be disturbed or moved without first contacting the person in charge of that material.
4. Only authorized personnel are allowed in the laboratories. The labs are not to be used as meeting places, lounges, or lunchrooms.

Thin-Section Laboratory
In addition to three fume hoods, this laboratory houses the thin-section equipment for both ceramic petrography, sedimentology, and micromorphology. These facilities are used by graduate students pursuing research in these areas and by Professor Goldberg in teaching various courses.

Research Laboratories
These large laboratories are used for faculty and student research projects. They contain sinks equipped with deionized water filters, drying racks, shelving, and a small refrigerator for sample storage. Extensive table space for sorting and analyzing artifacts, and shelf space for storage of current research materials is also available.

Soils Laboratory
This laboratory is used primarily for teaching geoarchaeology and related courses. It houses the petrographic microscopes and also contains a fume hood and two sinks.

Teaching Laboratories
These laboratories are used for teaching several archaeology courses including the laboratory sections of AR206 (Prehistoric Technology), AR102 (Introduction to Sciences in Archaeology), AR381/802 (Paleoethnobotany), and AR404/883 (Archaeological Conservation).

HOWARD GOTLIEB ARCHIVAL RESEARCH CENTER
Instituted in 1963 as Special Collections and renamed in 2003 to honor its founder, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center is the repository for individuals in the fields of literature, criticism, journalism, drama, music, film, civil rights, diplomacy and national affairs. Although the twentieth century is the specialty of the Center, there are substantial holdings of earlier historical documents and over 140,000 rare books.

Partial* Listing of Archaeology Books in the Rare Book Collection, March 2007 (click for list)
(*Please also check the Innopac (online) database for archaeology books in the Frye Islamic book
collection (listing is now partially online), and also visit HGARC to consult printed catalogues of 4 other
Islamic book collections.)

EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY LIBRARY
The International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History Library holdings include over 6,000 books and journals, 12,000 photos and slides, and hundreds of maps. The core of this collection is constituted by the comprehensive and authoritative personal research library of the eminent archaeologist and scholar of ancient China, Prof. Kwang-chih Chang.

The library is currenlty non-circulating but welcomes scholars, researchers, and the interested public to make use of its collection in the Center's reading room. The library has its own online catalog http://www.bu.edu/asianarc/LIBRARY/library.html. The library is open to the public during normal business hours (Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm) and is located on the fifth floor of 650 Beacon Street. For further information, please contact ICEAACH by email or phone (617) 358-8000.

Stone Science Library
The Stone Science Library is one of 20 libraries on campus. It opened in 1988, combining books, photographs, and other collections from the CAS/GRS Departments of Archaeology, Geography, and Earth Science; the Center for Archaeological Studies; the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies; the Center for Remote Sensing; and the Archaeological Institute of America. Today the Library houses primarily Archaeology and Remote Sensing materials.

Department Lounge
The newly renovated Faculty/Staff/Student Lounge, located in room 247B, is equipped with a full-size refrigerator/freezer, counter-top sink, automatic coffee/tea maker, toaster oven, microwave, table, chairs and couches. The Department provides minimal supplies and maintains cutlery, plates, and cleaning supplies for use in the lounge.

Please enjoy the lounge, and employ the following courtesies:

• Clean up immediately after using any of the cutlery or dishes.
• Do not let perishables spoil in the refrigerator.
• Please place all recyling in the appropriate bins.

In the evening, shut off the lights, unplug the toaster oven, and lock the suite door behind you if you are the last person to leave the lounge for the day.

Graduate Office Space
Desk space is provided for all Teaching Fellows during the semester(s) in which they are employed. In some year's additional desk space may be available and will be assigned during the first week of classes in September. Students wishing desk space should e-mail the Chairman, Ricardo J. Elia, of the department and explain their need for a desk at beginning of every academic year.