{"id":12911,"date":"2022-01-12T13:46:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/?page_id=12911"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:19:18","slug":"archaeology-labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/research\/laboratories\/archaeology-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Anthropology Department and\u00a0 Archaeology Program host a variety of archaeology labs including the Zooarchaeology lab, Environmental Archaeology and Paleoethnobotany Lab, GIS Lab, and our newly renovated Bioarcheology &amp; Heritage Lab. Please visit the laboratory websites using the below links for more information.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>The<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/\">Environmental Archaeology Lab<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(STO 348) and\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/paleoethnobotany-wet-lab\/\"><u>Paleoethnobotany Wet Lab<\/u><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(CAS 335), led by<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/profile\/john-m-marston\/\">Professor John Marston<\/a>, <span>use the analysis of archaeological plant and animal remains to <\/span>study human interactions with past environments.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>The<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0Zooarchaeology Lab<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(CAS 230), led by<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/profile\/catherine-west\/\"><u>Professor Catherine West<\/u><\/a>, engages in the analysis of archaeological animal remains to investigate past human-animal interactions and evidence of climate change.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/geospatial-lab\/\">Geospatial Lab<\/a> (STO 435), led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/profile\/wade-campbell\/\">Professor Wade Campbell<\/a>, <span>uses geospatial and image analysis techniques in global archaeological investigations.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>The <a href=\"https:\/\/andreanacunningham.com\/lab\">Bioarchaeology &amp; Heritage Lab<\/a> (STO 252), led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/profile\/andreana-cunningham\/\">Professor Andreana Cunningham<\/a>, <span>uses non-destructive, community-grounded bioarchaeological approaches to study burial contexts and the complex human remains found therein.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/laalab\/\">Latin American Archaeology Lab<\/a> (STO 351), led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/profile\/david-carballo\/\">Professor David Carballo, <\/a>conducts collaborative research on the deep history of Latin America. Projects focus on urbanism, households, collective action, craft production, religion and ritual, and community archaeology, including fieldwork at Teotihuacan and a small ceramic collection from La Laguna, Tlaxcala.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anthropology Department and\u00a0 Archaeology Program host a variety of archaeology labs including the Zooarchaeology lab, Environmental Archaeology and Paleoethnobotany Lab, GIS Lab, and our newly renovated Bioarcheology &amp; Heritage Lab. Please visit the laboratory websites using the below links for more information. The\u00a0Environmental Archaeology Lab\u00a0(STO 348) and\u00a0 Paleoethnobotany Wet Lab\u00a0(CAS 335), led by\u00a0Professor John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17621,"featured_media":0,"parent":9839,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12911"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16753,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12911\/revisions\/16753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}