Humanities and Business

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) and Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) provide access to databases and collections of interest to researchers, as well as laboratory facilities for practical use.

Archaeological Science Laboratories

Services

Archaeological Science Laboratories

Equipment

The UQ Archaeological Science Laboratories provide world class integrated research and teaching facilities for UQ staff and students. The facility is comprised of nine dedicated wireless-enabled laboratory spaces in the Michie Building and the Archaeology Teaching and Research Centre (ATARC).

Specialist facilities for:

Teaching and research
Student volunteering
Sample processing
Historical archaeology
Lithic technologies
Geoarchaeology
Osteology and palaeopathology
Zooarchaeology
Archaeobotany
Pacific archaeology
Residue and use wear analysis
Chemistry

Find out more about the Archaeological Science Laboratories equipment.

Contact

Laboratory Manager

Dr Glenys McGowan, School of Social Science

Laboratory Technicians

Mrs Emilija Nicolosi and Mrs Chat Marasinghe, School of Social Science

Lab Manager: (07) 3365 2922; Lab Technicians: (07) 3365 3018

Lab Manager: g.mcgowan@uq.edu.au

Lab Technicians: labtech.socsci@uq.edu.au

School of Social Science, Level 3, Michie Building; Archaeology Teaching and Research Centre (ATARC), Facility 56J on campus map

Anthropology Museum

Services

Anthropology Museum

Equipment

The Anthropology Museum is the largest university collection of ethnographic material culture in Australia, detailing the later 19^th and 20^th century social and cultural history of Australian Aboriginal and Pacific peoples. The Museum cares for a significant collection of contemporary Pacific and Australian Indigenous works, with smaller collections from Africa and East Asia. The Museum also holds a collection of over 7,000 photographs.

View the museum catalogue.

Contact

Jane Willcock

A nthropology Museum

+61 7 336 52674

anthmuseum@uq.edu.au

School of Social Science, Michie Building, St Lucia campus (also available for events)

Find out more about the research in the Anthropology Museum .

Antiquities Museum

Services

RD Milns Antiquities Museum

Equipment

The foremost collection of classical Mediterranean antiquities in the Queensland. Collection is available for research and teaching. Browse the collection.

Contact

Dr Janette McWilliam

School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

(07) 3365 2650

antiquitiesmuseum@uq.edu.au

School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, Michie Building, St Lucia campus

AustLit Database

Services

AustLit resource: a web-based research and publishing portal/database for studies in Australian culture. It operates as a research unit employing five staff members plus interns in the undergraduate program.

Equipment

Database and web publishing platform

AustLit resources and supports research in studies of Australian culture. It regularly provides staffing and data management services to grant funded projects.