Technology
The Department of Anthropology includes multiple laboratories and technological equipment for student and faculty research, including:
- 3-D printers
- Cameras and studio equipment and software for photogrammetry
- Still and video cameras, microphones, and software for video production
- Mobile RTK kit and handheld GPS for pedestrian archaeological survey
- Ground penetrating radar, gradiometer, and magnetic susceptibility field probe for geophysical survey
- Stereo, metallurgical, and petrographic microscopes for archaeological analysis
Collections
- We maintain comparative collections of ceramic and lithic artifacts and raw materials from the Southern Appalachian region in our archaeology labs.
- Our archaeological curation facility, known as “The Holler,” is a climate-controlled storage and research space that houses our archaeological collections. These collections include artifacts and documentation that have accumulated over the nearly 50 years of archaeological research undertaken by Appalachian State University archaeologists. It also contains thousands of artifacts that were once part of the collections of the former Appalachian Cultural Museum.
"The Holler" Archaeology Curation Space