Research Labs and Spaces

Archaeology

Departmental
  • Collections Lab (Maria Lear, Curator; QC 1003), a material culture storage area where all collections currently being studied by faculty and graduate students are housed in an appropriate environment.
  • Conservation Lab (Donna Teasdale, Conservator; QC 1004); two lab spaces for both the chemical treatment and mechanical stabilization of excavated materials, houses large capacity freeze drier, pneumatic cleaning equipment, microscopes, Accumet ion/pH/ conductivity meter, portable dust collectors, holding tanks, walk-in cold storage, and bench space.
Faculty Member's Labs
  • Labrador Archaeology Lab (Rankin/Whitridge; QC1005), wet/dry lab with bench space for the cataloguing and analysis of archaeological collections, faunal collection, photographic facilities and high-powered microscope.
  • Labrador Digital Lab (Rankin/Whitridge; QC1007); equipped with 3D scanner, drones (with lidar capabilities) computer stations for the processing and analysis of GIS, and other digital imagery.
  • Palaeoecology, Environmental Archaeology and Timescales (PEAT)Laboratory (Forbes/Ledger; QC-1000), offers bench space, a large sink equipped with a sediment trap, and low and high-powered microscopes for the extraction and analysis of pollen, insect and plant macrofossils from peatbogs and archaeological sites.
  • Historical Archaeology: Technology, Community, and Heritage (Hatch) Lab (Gaulton/Losier; QC 1014 and QC1015), provides space for the temporary storage, cataloguing and analysis of archaeological collections. The lab also contains the Peter Pope Library, GIS workstations and photographic facilities.
  • Memorial Applied Archaeological Sciences (MAAS)-micro Lab (Burchell; QC 1008) provides facilities for high-resolution micro-analytical materials analysis. Instrumentation includes a Bruker ALPHA II FITR, fully-automated Zeiss V.2 Axiozoom telecentric microscope with fluorescence, a hand-operated micromill and pXRF
  • Memorial Applied Archaeological Sciences (MAAS) Lab (Burchell/Grimes; QC 1019) is designed for biological (archaeological and modern) sample preparation for analytical methods in archaeology and sclerochronology, including stable (bulk and compound specific - amino acids) and radiogenic isotope analysis (C/N/O/Pb/Sr/S) in association with the CREAIT network, as well as thin-section preparation, and high-resolution digital light microscopy.
  • North Atlantic Archaeology at Risk (NAAR) Lab (QC-1003A) houses remote sensing equipment including Ground Penetrating Radar, and gradiometers as well as RTK for use by faculty and students, and computer stations

English

  • The Seary Room, a library and reading room (A3014)

Folklore

Geography

  • Laboratory for Mining, e-waste, resources (Josh Lepawsky, Arn Keeling; CS 1016)
  • Soil and Core Sampling (Trevor Bell, Evan Edinger; SN 1016)
  • Tree Ring Sampling (Trevor Bell; SN 1024)
  • Climate Analysis Lab (Joel Finnis; SN 2010)
  • CLEAR (Max Liborion)

Linguistics

Philosophy

  • The Kiefte room and library (A-3069)

Religious Studies

  • Grad/Student Library (AA5033)
  • Religion and Newfoundland and Labrador archives (AA5028)