Facilities

The department is mainly located in Building B9, where we find the offices of the teaching staff, the secretariat (UISAD), the Quantitative Archaeology Laboratory (LAQU) and the Microbotany Laboratory, although it also has spaces in Building B11 and in the MRA and BM-3 modules.

In the MRA module, the laboratories of the research groups in Mediterranean Social Archaeology (ASOME), Archaeological Research Group in the Mediterranean and the Near East (GRAMPO), and Prehistory of Catalonia (ARCHAEOM) are located.

In the BM-3 module, we find the laboratories for Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany, the High Mountain Archaeology Group (GAAM), the Human Bioarchaeology Research Group, and the Archaeology Group of the Iberian and Andean Stateless Communities (ACAIA).

In Building B11, the laboratory of the Centre for Studies in Archaeological Heritage of Prehistory (CEPAP) is located.

Several members of the department are also affiliated with the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies (ICTA) and have their laboratories in its building. These laboratories are also frequently used by other members of the department’s different research groups.

In June 2026, the Arqueolab was inaugurated as a Space for Archaeological Experimentation and an Outdoor Archaeology Classroom, affiliated with the Departments of Prehistory and of Ancient and Medieval Studies. It is an exceptional teaching facility at the national level, designed to enhance practical and experiential learning in archaeology, including a covered area with a simulated archaeological excavation.