For those of you interested in the kinds of research (archaeological, genetic, compositional, chemical, geographical, geological, biological) that takes place at CSULB by CLA and CNSM students and faculty and the facilities we have available, you might check out the just-completed 2007 IIRMES Annual Report.

http://www.csulb.edu/~zedmason/IIRMES-Annual-Report-2007.pdf

The report features descriptions of a variety of archaeological research projects conducted by CLA students.  

IIRMES is center of technical infrastructure supported by the Colleges of Liberal Arts and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Through investment consisting of space, staff support, laboratory development, CLA and CNSM have created a collaborative institute that brings together faculty from anthropology, archaeology, biology, chemistry, geography, geology and physics (so far) to share expertise and laboratory equipment. The result has been the create of a world-class laboratory that is integrated into curriculum and provides students training on a wide variety of technical analyses. For more information, please see http://www.csulb.edu/programs/iirmes/.