Graduate Catalog 1993-1994
Research Centers, Institutes, and Special Facilities
Center for Archealogical Research

   The Center for Archaeological Research is part of the Department
of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Science. With its focus on
the prehistoric and historic archaeology of the Middle Atlantic states
of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, the
center provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students
to participate in archaeological fieldwork and laboratory analysis
through field schools and sponsored research programs. Research
activities of the center have been sponsored by a number of state and
federal agencies. Current sites under study range from a 10,000-year-
old Paleo-Indian hunting camp in Southern Delaware to a 3,000-year-old
Woodland period hamlet in central Delaware, to a mid-17th-century
plantation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, to mid-19th-century
tenant farms in Northern Delaware. Opportunities for multi-
disciplinary research are available and include applications of remote
sensing in archaeology (Center for Remote Sensing) and
paleoenvironmental studies (Department of Geology).