Anthropology & Earth Science Facilities

   Archaeology Lab

Regional Science Center

Geography Lab
Geology Lab
Computer Labs

 


 

Archaeology Lab

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The Archaeology Laboratory at Minnesota State University Moorhead offers 1500 square feet of working space, including drafting and light tables, artifact collections, fossil casts, microscopes, a copy stand for lab photography, a comparative lithic materials collection, a  research document collection for regional archaeology, and a full set of tools for archaeological field projects.

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MSUM Regional Science Center

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Minnesota State University Moorhead's Regional Science center is an indoor/outdoor multidisciplinary facility located fifteen miles from MSUM on the beach deposits of Glacial Lake Agassiz.  It is used in many archaeology field projects including summer field school.

 

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Geography Lab

The Geography Lab is located in Lommen Hall near the Earth Science Faculty offices.  It houses a collection of maps, video equipment for slide viewing, and a rock and mineral collection.

 

Geology Lab

The Geology Lab, located in Hagen Hall, has both a classroom lab and an Experimental Petrology Research Lab.  It contains teaching samples of fossils, rocks, and minerals, as well as a stream table, petrographic microscopes, and equipment for preparing rock samples.

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Computer Labs

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Computer Facilities are available across the hall from the Anthropology/Earth Science Main Office.  This is an IBM computer lab with nineteen IBM computers, laser printer and scanner.  Other labs on campus have both IBM and Mac computers.

Minnesota State University Moorhead students have access to more than thirty computer labs across campus.  This includes access to scanners, digital cameras, video equipment, and CAD labs.

 


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Last Updated 01/17/01
by Bruce Roberts

robertsb@mnstate.edu