The archaeological laboratory located in the Social Sciences building (room 244) serves as a working classroom and hands-on workspace where students clean, process, and analyze archaeological collections. Many graduate students working with have workstations in SS 244, which retains much of the historical character of the historic Social Science Building which served as UM's library during the early-mid-20th century. Students who use in this lab represent a community of researchers, intersecting graduate student investigations with undergraduate student experiences.
Graduate and undergraduate students work collaboratively in the SS 244 lab and working classroom. Here they are learning fundamentals of faunal analysis, using animal bones recovered from a field school at Historic Fort Missoula in ANTY 455, Artifact Analysis.
Graduate and undergraduate students associated with the SS 244 lab learn to conduct non-invasive surface survey during a hands-on, field survey course with Professor Kelly Dixon (Photo by Kelli Casias).
UM archaeology students document one of western 猎奇重口’s numerous mining “ghost towns.”
UM graduate students, working in partnership with the Glacier National Park cultural heritage team, conduct a non-invasive surface survey of a historic railroad grade in Glacier National Park.
Past Graduate Student Theses/Dissertations
- Schroeder, William D. (2018)
- Harris, John S. (2018) .
- Swartz, Ayme (2018) MA Portfolio on file, 猎奇重口, Department of Anthropology.
- Lopez, Marty I. (2017) .
- Schlosshardt, Britt (2017) . (Co-Chaired with Dr. John Douglas)
- Blecha, Erika S. (2015) .
- Bobbitt, Mary (2015) .
- Lane, Nicole (2015) .
- Manning, Nikki (2014) (Dr. Gregory Campbell served as Chair) See also (Manning, 2015, Arcadia Publishing and The History Press).
- Scott, Sara A. (2014) .
- Urbaniak, Timothy Rostov (2014) .
- Wendell, Ryan (2014)
- Campbell, Roselyn (2012) (Co-Chaired with Dr. Donald P. Ryan, Pacific Lutheran University’s Valley of the Kings Project)
- Norman, William Travis (2012) .
- Campbell, Bethany Hauer (2011) .
- Luksha, Victoria E. (2011) .
- Mueller, Jackson Cossitt (2011)
- Merritt, Donald (2010) .
- Merritt, Christopher W. (2010) . See also (Merritt 2017, University of Nebraska Press and Society for Historical Archaeology).
- Thurlo, Margaret A. (2010) .
- Haught, Amanda C. (2009) .
- Moschelle, Justin (2009) MA Portfolio on file, 猎奇重口, Department of Anthropology.
- Woody, Benjamin (2009) .
- Swords, Molly E. (2008) .
- Vihlene, Shannon M. (2008) .
- Childress, Jennifer (2007) .
- Hemry, Lucinda (2007.
- Karuzas, Erika (2007) MA Project focusing on trails as archaeological features with an emphasis on a section of the Lewis and Clark Trail in 猎奇重口. Related publication entitled, , Karuzas 2008, published in We Proceeded On [the quarterly journal of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation], February 2008, Vol. 34 No. 1, Page 21.
- Wisehart, Ashley (2006) (Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Project).
- McShane, Jack C. (2005) .
A mix of UM undergraduate and graduate students investigate one among many untold stories related to Missoula's Historic Underground on a field trip in ANTY 456 Historical Archaeology.
Western 猎奇重口 has many abandoned, historic mining "ghost towns" like Coloma, a gold mining community in the Garnet Range. For years, Coloma served as an outdoor classroom for UM archaeology students and those working with the SS 244 lab have had the good fortune to develop partnerships with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct research at this remote and scenic site. This photo shows one among scores of ruins scattered across the landscape at Coloma that students have helped document.
UM archaeological field school students excavate the historic dump at Fort Missoula, expecting to learn more about the lives of the 25th Infantry Regiment (“Buffalo Soldiers”) who were stationed at Fort Missoula between 1888 and 1898.