Lab work and access to cutting edge equipment is an integral part of anthropological research conducted at UTulsa. Our labs, run by faculty members, include microscopes and other equipment for the analyses of stone stools, ceramics and bones, as well as store a wide range of original anthropological material.
In addition, the anthropology department houses several joint facilities and collections, not related to any specific department member. These facilities house state of the art equipment available for research and teaching. The availability of such equipment makes the UTulsa anthropology department unique among other anthropology departments in the region.
Labs, Centers & Projects
- Civic Data Lab
- Don R. Dickson Lithic Comparative Collection – The Don R. Dickson Lithic Comparative Collection is a large reference collection of lithic raw materials, assembled by Don Dickson over the course of his career. Dickson, an archeologist and flint-knapper, has particular expertise in lithics, lithic sources and Ozark prehistoric peoples. He excavated Calf Creek Cave and named the Calf Creek and Searcy points.
- Donald O. Henry Near Eastern Lithic Artifacts Collection – The laboratory is a repository for one of the largest collections (more than 500,000 specimens) housed in North America of chipped stone artifacts recovered from prehistoric sites in the Near East.
- Helmerich Center for American Research
- Human Ecology Lab – The Laboratory of Human Ecology is focused on research about human-environmental interactions over long time periods. We work primarily with pottery, skeletal, and environmental data from Native American sites, European trade items, and historic documents.
- Lithic Microwear and Technology Lab – The Lithic Microwear and Technology Lab conducts research on understanding human behavior through the application of microwear analysis to archaeological assemblages.
- Paleoanthropology and Human Osteology Collection
- Surface Metrology and Tribology Facility
- Zooarchaeological and Paleocology Lab
For more information about any of these labs or facilities, please contact Department Chair Peter Stromberg.