Physical remains lie at the heart of archaeology and physical anthropology. Analyses of these remains are essential for developing an understanding of human history, prehistory, and evolution. Preservation of those remains for future examination and analysis is also crucial. Unfortunately, access to such materials is often difficult and can be costly if one must travel long distances to other repositories.

A solution to these problems lies in the application of scanning technology to create digitized, 3D, visual models of material remains that are stored, along with an associated relational database, in an Internet-accessible archive. The Archaeology Technologies Lab is dedicated to the development of this technology for archaeological and anthropological research.

• National Science Foundation (CISE) - September 2002
• National Science Foundation (CCLI) - August 2002
• Alias (Research Donation Program) - March 2002, 2003, 2004
• National Science Foundation (IP) - January 2002
• National Science Foundation (NSDL) - November 2001
• NDSU Tech Fee Advisory Committee - October 2001
• Northwest Academic Computing Consortium - May 2000
• North Dakota EPSCoR - October 1998
• NDSU College of AHSS - October 1998