Department Research and Laboratory Facilities

Faculty research

Faculty members are involved in a variety of anthropology and archaeology projects that span the world.

Professors sitting under the UNR Anthro tent during Burning Man
Burning Man Archaeology
Chris Jazwa stands behind park sign on beach with ocean in the background
Channel Island Settlement Patterns
Front of Mormon Church building
Religion in practice
Professor Geoff Smith calibrating an instrument
Artemisia Archaeological Research Fund

Research labs and facilities

The Department of Anthropology has several impressive labs devoted to research.

Case featuring pottery and basketry of the Great Basin
Nevada Museum of People, Place, and Time
A researcher wearing a white lab coat and protective gloves works on a laptop at their desk.
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Laboratory
Three people looking over a dirt site
Human Paleoecology and Archaeometry Laboratory
Sandhya Krittika Narayanan
Linguistic Anthropology Research Lab
Professor looking at computer with human skeleton on it
Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database