{"id":86,"date":"2019-07-17T14:26:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T14:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2021-04-27T19:07:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:07:22","slug":"labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Naos Archaeology Lab (Building 352)<\/h3>\n<p>Located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal along with the other STRI Naos facilities for molecular and maritime research, the STRI archaeological labs in Building 352 house a vast number of diverse materials from Panama\u2019s ancient past. The lab space includes areas for ceramic, lithic, faunal, and bioarcheological analysis of human skeletal remains. Much of the material from past STRI excavations is stored in this building, allowing researchers access to a wide diversity of sites ranging across time and space. The building also houses a significant comparative skeletal collection of modern fauna (&gt;2000 skeletons) from the American tropics, spanning hundreds of species in all vertebrate class categories. While a list of these specimens is forthcoming, a bilingual summary can be found in this PDF: <a href=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cantidad-Colleccion-2019.pdf\">Cantidad-Colleccion-2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our labs are not only open to researchers \u2013 we welcome visitors and volunteers as well, including school groups interested in learning about Panama\u2019s ancient past.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/naos-lab-01-e1563374877669-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Cooke Naos Lab\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/naos-lab-01-e1563374877669-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/naos-lab-01-e1563374877669.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Maria-Fernandez-Deer-e1563374771125-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Fernandez Deer\" width=\"277\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Maria-Fernandez-Deer-e1563374771125-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Maria-Fernandez-Deer-e1563374771125.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-292\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Mallory-Cox-STRI-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mallory Cox Malaria Study\" width=\"254\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Mallory-Cox-STRI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Mallory-Cox-STRI-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Mallory-Cox-STRI-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Mallory-Cox-STRI.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology (CTPA)<\/h3>\n<p>Located across from the Supreme Court on Ancon Hill and just down the street from STRI\u2019s headquarters in Tupper, the CTPA building houses STRI\u2019s archaeological bone isotope laboratory, as well as the archaeobotanical laboratory and comparative floral collections. CTPA has both wet and dry lab space for specimen preparation and analysis. Currently, we have the ability to run carbon (\u03b413C) and nitrogen (\u03b415N) isotopes on bones within STRI, and the dental drill equipment for sampling tooth enamel for other isotopes (oxygen, strontium, lead) and trace element concentrations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90\" style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #333333;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 500;height: 189px;letter-spacing: normal;max-width: 1140px;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;vertical-align: middle;border: 0px none #333333\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/ancon-ctpa-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"Ancon CTPA\" width=\"295\" height=\"190\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-95\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/drilling-teeth-2018-04-v2-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"Isotope teeth drilling\" width=\"243\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/drilling-teeth-2018-04-v2-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/drilling-teeth-2018-04-v2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/26-Lab-r-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CTPA Zooarch Lab\" width=\"253\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/26-Lab-r-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/26-Lab-r-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/26-Lab-r.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naos Archaeology Lab (Building 352) Located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal along with the other STRI Naos facilities for molecular and maritime research, the STRI &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/archaeology-lab\/labs\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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