Archaeological research at NYU also occurs outside of the field in the form of digital projects, lab research, etc. These include:
Analysis of the faunal remains from early medieval Antwerp
Contact: Pam Crabtree (pc4@nyu.edu)
Antefixa Project
Main areas of research: Archaeometry; material science, high performance imaging, and data science; morphology of architectural sculpture; artistic production on the Italian peninsula between 650 BCE- 50 CE; Etruscan art; making/maker communities; mobility; movement of people, materials, knowledge, etc.; ceramic production; architectural decoration; digital humanities
Contact: John N. Hopkins, Project Director (jnh1@nyu.edu)
Dhofar Rock Art & Arabian Inscriptions Project: A Digital Humanities Initiative in the Sultanate
Contact: William Zimmerle (wgz1@nyu.edu)
Palaeolithic Social Transmission and Lithic Technologies
Main areas of research: lithic tools; history and development of technology; coevolutionary relationships between social, psychological, and environmental conditions; hominins; early human behavior; Palaeolithic period; experimental archaeology
Contact: Justin Pargeter, Principal Investigator / Co-Principal Investigator (Justin.pargeter@nyu.edu)
Pompeii Linked Open Data
Main areas of research: Digital Humanities; Roman art; Roman wall painting; Roman architecture
Contact: Sebastian Heath, Co-director (Sebastian.heath@nyu.edu)
Understanding and classifying lithic use wear: a systematic study using controlled tribological experiments and computer vision
Main areas of research: history of technology; stone tools and tool use; human origins; tribology; artificial intelligence (AI)
Contact: Radu Iovita, Principal Investigator (iovita@nyu.edu)
Viking Dublin Dogs Project
Main areas of research: Zooarchaeology; origins, diet, sizes and gender of dogs and wolves; roles of dogs, wolves, and horses in human society; Viking & Medieval period in Ireland & Britain
Contact: Pam Crabtree (pc4@nyu.edu)