Resources

The UAA Anthropology Department has 5 laboratories that are used by faculty and students for hands-on teaching and conducting research. This includes a GIS/Cultural Research Lab which can also be used for some linguistic analyses, a Biological Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Lab, and three different archaeology labs: The Cultural Resource Management Lab, the Archaeology Dry Lab, and the Archaeology Wet Lab. The Department has equipment in each of these labs that students may use for class projects and their own research. Please see the different laboratory tabs to the right for a detailed description of each lab and the equipment available in it.

Other On-Campus Resources

  • , the main campus library, and a consolidation of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Pacific University collections.  Also refer to the  assembled by our library liaison, Ralph Courtney.
  • , located within the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Consortium Library on the UAA campus, is a federal and state repository.
  •  within the Consortium Library maintains papers, photographs, moving images, audio, and other documentation from individuals, organizations, and businesses in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ.

Off Campus Resources

  • , an extension of the Smithsonian Institution, is housed in the Anchorage Museum of History and Art in downtown Anchorage.  In addition to staging exhibits and engaging in a range of collaborative research programs, the ASC Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Office works with the University of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æn museums and cultural centers to offer lectures, workshops, and courses in cultural research and museum skills.  Dr. Aron Crowell, an Affiliate Professor of Anthropology at UAA, directs the Center's office.
  • a renowned cultural center and museum in Anchorage, provides a venue for people to expand their understand of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's first people.  The center shares the rich heritage of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's eleven cultural groups drawing upon the lifeways of long ago, the wisdom of elders, and enduring traditions.  The cultural center and museum, located in Northeast Anchorage, is designed to enhance self esteem among Native people and to encourage cross-cultural exchanges.
  • Situated on the neighboring Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Pacific University campus, the USGS library includes field records of geologists charged with mapping and describing the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æn territory as an aid to prospectors.
  • Situated in downtown Anchorage, and one of eleven regional archives established in the U.S., the Pacific Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ regional facility maintains records retired from Federal agencies and courts in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ

State and Federal Agencies

Through cooperative agreements and memberships on the Graduate Advisory Board, the UAA Department of Anthropology maintains contacts with all federal and state agencies in Anchorage that employ anthropologists and/or have responsibilities in the anthropological arena.  These include the following: