Our Mission

The mission of the levantine archaeology laboratory is to encourage, conduct, and promote archaeological field and laboratory research conducted by UCSD archaeologists and related specialists. archaeology at UCSD is an interdisciplinary and collaborative endeavor practiced by scholars who hold faculty and/or research positions in a variety of departments, ranging from anthropology to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

Facilities

The levantine archaeology lab is located in the Social Science Building, room 130. Headed by professor Thomas E. Levy, there are currently, 6 graduate student researchers and several undergraduates conducting research out of the facility. as a research laboratory, our mission is to facilitate and disseminate levantine research by making use of resources, including laboratory facilities and study collections, to students and affiliated researchers; to develop resources that benefit archaeologists, academics and students, while being able to expand the support - laboratory, equipment, funding - for levantine archaeological research.

Levantine Archaeology Lab Center

The Levantine Archaeology Lab Center is housed in the UCSD Social Science Building (room 130) and serves as the 'nerve center' for our archaeological research in Jordan and Israel. The activities in this facility help coordinate the digital archaeology, ceramic, lithic, zooarchaeology and other research endeavors at UCSD. The lab has a comprehensive collection of topographic and environmental maps, reference materials, computing facilities, administrative office, and seminar room. The lab also serves as a social gathering point for graduate students involved in Levantine archaeology.

Levantine Zooarchaeology/ Osteology Lab

Our cluster of laboratories includes the Levantine Zooarchaeology Lab. The laboratory was established in 2000 by Prof. Thomas Levy. Current contributions from Dr. Adolfo Muniz have made this laboratory an important part of our research and academic teaching mission for UCSD graduate and undergraduate students. Participants in laboratory sponsored projects are exposed to the identification and analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites in order to reconstruct past environments, the economics of animal exploitation, and ancient human-environment relationships. the lab provides hands-on learning and training to interested UCSD students.