Department Research and Laboratory Facilities

Faculty research

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

Channel Island Settlement Patterns
Professors sitting under the UNR Anthro tent during Burning Man
Burning Man Archaeology
Professor Geoff Smith calibrating an instrument
Great Basin Paleoindian Research Unit
Front of Mormon Church building
Religion in practice

Facilities

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

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