Subject Guides: Archaeology: Archaeology at the UofA

Anthropological Archaeology

Archaeology Lab & Bryan/Gruhn Collection The Archaeology Laboratory has a dual function. It is the undergraduate Teaching Lab for Archaeology courses with a lab component and it houses the Bryan / Gruhn Archaeology Collection. The Archaeology Preparation Lab provides work space for processing newly acquired artifacts and loans and any required collection maintenance. It is the home base for the Archaeology Volunteer Program. The department Wet Processing Lab, called the Dirty Lab, is situated in the Tory building "subbasement" and provides a cleaning and preparation area for archaeological materials coming in from the field. Other resources useful to the Archaeology Program include: Biohazard lab Photographic studio Field Equipment Maps and mapping equipment
Institute of Prairie Archaeology The Institute of Prairie Archaeology conducts and promotes archaeological, anthropological and interdisciplinary research in the northern Plains region of western Canada and the northern United States.
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Anthropology field schools

WG Hardy Classics Museum The WG Hardy collection of ancient Near Eastern and Classical antiquities has been established as a permanent exhibition in the Department of History & Classics since the 1970's. The collection was originally housed in the Humanities Centre, but was moved to its new home in the Tory Building, Room 2-89 in September 2000.
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The collection comprises antiquities from several ancient cultures and periods including the early civilizations of Mesopotamia (Iraq), the Iron Age culture of ancient Palestine, the Classical and Hellenistic ages of ancient Greece, Roman Italy and the Roman provinces. Among the objects on display are numerous pieces of Greek and Roman decorated pottery, a broad selection of Greek and Roman coins, several fine examples of ancient glass, and an assortment of ancient jewellery. The collection also includes a rare Roman portrait bust of Agrippina, mother of the Roman emperor Claudius.
Archaeological Field School - Vacone, Italy The Roman villa in the town of Vacone, located about 40 miles north of Rome, has evidence of Republican, Imperial, and post-antique occupation and activity. The villa has been excavated since 2012 under the auspices of the international Upper Sabina Tiberina Project.
Archaeological Field School - Thessaly, Greece Studies a very well preserved fortified Classical-Hellenistic City (Kastro) near the present day village at Kallithea in Thessaly, Greece.