Resources

Laboratories

Archaeobotany Laboratory
Archaeological macroplant material is analyzed in the Archaeobotany Laboratory. The Materials Analysis Laboratory (a wet lab) allows for microbotanical analysis, especially of pytoliths. 65 Kroeber Hall. Director: Professor Christine Hastorf.

Archaeological X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) Laboratory
Analysis of archaeological and source standard obsidian, other volcanic and sedimentary rocks, and ceramics, particularly focused on non-destructive analyses. 232 Kroeber Director: Prof. M. Steven Shackley.

California Archaeology Laboratory
Analysis of archaeological materials from sites in California, primarily from the greater San Francisco Bay Area. 55 Kroeber Hall. Director: Professor Kent Lightfoot.

Central American Archaeology Laboratory
Study of archaeological materials on loan from Honduras and El Salvador. 1 Kroeber Hall. Director: Professor Rosemary Joyce.

East Asian Archaeology Laboratory
Research on pottery, stone tools, faunal and floral remains from the Sannai Maruyama site and other Jomon period cites (circa 5900-4300 b.p.) in northern Japan. 312-314 Kroeber Hall. Director: Professor Junko Habu.

Eurolab 1
Archives of archaeological projects in Yugoslavia (Selevac, Opovo, Gomolava) and Bulgaria (Podgoritsa) and current data from Çatalhöyük, Turkey. 2224 Piedmont, Rm. 20. Director: Professor Ruth Tringham.

Eurolab 2
Map and computer-based analyses for the on-going project, "Between the Caves: Regional Open Air Survey in the French Midi-Pyrénées, France". 2224 Piedmont, Rm. 18. Director: Professor Margaret Conkey.

Historical Archaeology Laboratory
Analysis of materials manufactured within the last 400 years and curation of a comparative zooarchaeological collection. 55 Kroeber Hall. Director: Professor Laurie Wilkie.

Multimedia Authoring Center for Teaching in Anthropology (MACTiA)
Teaching laboratory supporting learning through intensive coaching of teams producing digital multimedia/hypermedia products. 2224 Piedmont, Rm. 12-13. Director: Professor Ruth Tringham.

Oceanic Archaeology Laboratory
Analysis of prehistoric Oceanic ceramics, lithics, identification of charcoal and other macrobotanical remains, geoarchaeological analysis of sediments from habitation and agricultural sites, and development of GIS databases. 2251 College Avenue. Director: Professor Patrick Kirch.

Skeletal Biology Laboratory
Research on health, disease, development, maintenance, and aging of the human and non-human primate skeleton from an evolutionary and biocultural perspective. Director: Professor Sabrina Agarwal.

Campus Resources for Research and Learning in Anthropology

These four centers are of particular importance to faculty and graduate students in anthropology:

The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library
Over 80,000 volumes supporting anthropological research. Second floor, Kroeber Hall.

The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Over 3.8 million archaeological, ethnographic, and physical anthropology specimens, photographs and sound recordings. First floor, Kroeber Hall.

Folklore Archive
More than 500,000 items of folklore from around the world, organized in alphabetical order by country or geographical area, and then catalogued according to genre. First floor, Kroeber Hall.

Archaeological Research Facility
Supports research in archaeology by faculty and graduate students across campus, presentation of results in publications and lectures, and outreach to the public schools. 2251 College.

Schedule of Department Controlled Rooms

To request a room reservation for any room listed below, please contact Bettina Lewis at bslewis@berkeley.edu

Kroeber Hall Facilities map
117 Kroeber schedule
Gifford Room schedule
Faculty/Staff Lounge schedule
Hearst Gymnasium Facilities map
Room 16 schedule
Room 20 schedule
Room 21 schedule
2251 College Avenue Facilities map
Room 101schedule
2224 Piedmont Facilities map
Room 15 schedule

Other Campus Resources of Interest to Anthropologists

Area Studies Centers
Joint Stanford-Berkeley Center for African Studies - 342 Stephens Hall, 510.642.8338
Center for Latin America Studies - 2334 Bowditch Street, 510.642.2088
Center for Chinese Studies - 2223 Fulton Street, Rm. 503, 510.643.6321
Institute of East Asian Studies - 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor, 510.642.2809
UC Center for German and European Studies - 254 Moses Hall, 510.643.5777
Center for Japanese Studies - 2223 Fulton Street, Rm. 500, 510.642.3156
Center for Korean Studies - 2223 Fulton Street, Rm. 508, 510.642.5674
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies - 260 Stephens Hall, 510.642.3230
Center for Southeast Asian Studies - 2223 Fulton Street, Rm. 617, 510.643.7062

Related Research Centers
Beatrice M. Bain Research Group on Women and Gender - 3415 Dwinelle Hall, 510.643.7172
Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology - 101 Moses Hall, 510.642.5992
Berkeley Workshop on Environmental Politics - 215 Moses Hall, 510.642.2472
Center for Working Families - Institute for the Study of Social Change, Room D-100, 2420 Bowditch Street, 510.642.7737
Center for the Study of Sexual Culture - contact information not yet available
Center for Urban Ethnography - 2538 Channing Way, 510.643.5199
Human Rights Center - 460 Stephens Hall, 510.642.0965
Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences - 608 Barrows Hall, 510.642.5047
Institute of International Studies (IIS) - 215 Moses Hall, 510.642.2472
Townsend Center for the Humanities - 220 Stephens Hall, 510.643.9670

Working Groups
Linguistic Anthropology Working Group