Labs
Dr. John Soderberg
EAL Managing Director
355 Social Science
Phone: 612-626-9228
Fax: 612-625-3095
sode0018@umn.edu
Dr. Guy Gibbon
WLANA Managing Director
86 Heller Hall
Phone: 612-625-3597
Fax: 612-625-3095
gibbo001@umn.edu
Evolutionary Anthropology Laboratory
The Evolutionary Anthropology Laboratory (EAL) is a research and teaching facility established in 1999 with funding from the National Science Foundation and the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Evolutionary anthropology is the study of the human condition—past and present—from the perspective of modern evolutionary theory. It is a multidisciplinary endeavor bringing together data and theoretical perspectives from archaeology, paleoanthropology, physical anthropology, and primatology.
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- SAS for Geometric Morphometrics
- BABBL Series
Wilford Laboratory of North America Archaeology
The Wilford Laboratory of North America Archaeology was established in 1932 by Alfred Jenks and Lloyd Wilford, Minnesota's first University of Minnesota-based professional archaeologists. It is a research and teaching facility dedicated to the investigation of the prehistoric and historic archaeology of North America.
SUMMER ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL (Anth 3221/8220, 3-9 crs). The summer 2009 field methods in archaeology course offered by the department of Anthropology will be a site-based, active learning opportunity for U of M students and other interested persons. This 4-week course is located in central Minnesota (Wadena County), investigating a multi-component site that may include a significant French colonial period fur trade location. Students have the opportunity to learn field archaeology methods of survey, mapping, excavation, and material recovery, and how they relate to research design and broader anthropological and historical questions. For more detail, click on Summer Field School 2009 below and/or contact Kat hayes (instructor and project PI) (kathayes@umn.edu).
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