Opportunities for Students and Alumni

Center for Anthropological Services

Internships and employment  

Real-world experience

The Center for Anthropological Services provides Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK students and recent graduates with opportunities to gain practical, on-the-job experience in the form of internships and employment.  Interns and employees of the Center work at archaeological and burial recovery sites across the state, and in the archaeology lab on campus. Working with the Center reinforces classroom experience and gives students practical skills that will prepare them for jobs in cultural resource management or further academic study.

Interested students should contact Professor Brian Hoffman (bhoffman@hamline.edu) for additional information.

 

Shovel testing at the Lindberg Historic Site in Morrison County.

​​​​Shovel testing at the Lindberg Historic Site in Morrison County

Supporting Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK courses

The Center for Anthropological Services provides support for many of the anthropological and archaeological methods courses offered by the Department of Humans, Climate and the Environment, including an annual field school (ANTH 3730).

  • ANTH 3700 Anthropological Methods for Exploring the Human Past

  • ANTH 3710 Human Osteology and Skeletal Identification (with Lab)

  • ANTH 3720 Forensic Anthropology

  • ANTH 3730 Archaeology in the Field

  • ANTH 3740 Archaeology in the Laboratory

  • ANTH 3810 Excavating Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK History

  • ANTH 3030 Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology

Interested students should contact Professor Brian Hoffman (bhoffman@hamline.edu) for more information. 

Student in anthropology course at Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK

Field school (ANTH 3730) at Forestville State Park
Students in ANTH 3810 practice surveying techniques using a total station and theodolite.

Students in ANTH 3810 practice surveying techniques using a total station and theodolite.

Images from the field

Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK students gain real-world experience on projects.

HUCAS project with Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK students
Forestville State Park

Pedestrian survey across a 19th-century cellar depression at Forestville State Park, Filmore County

HUCAS and Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK students conducting GPR survey
Mower County

Minnesota Historical Society remote sensing specialist and Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK students conducting GPR survey, Mower County

Test excavations during Phase II evaluation along Red Lake River, Polk County.
Red Lake River

Test excavations during Phase II evaluation along Red Lake River, Polk County

Ulland Burn, Center for Anthropological Services (HUCAS)
Cottonwood County

Controlled burn to facilitate archaeological pedestrian survey on the Red Rock Ridge

HUCAS Excavations at 830 Simpson site (ANTH 3810)
830 Simpson

Excavations at 830 Simpson site with students of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK course ANTH 3810

Contact information

  • If possible human remains have been found, please contact local law enforcement.
  • Center for Anthropological Services
    (651) 523-2891 HUCAS Phone
    (612) 434-5783 Repository phone (monitored Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
  • Mailing address