Address: Department of Geosciences, 104A Wilson Hall, Murray State University, Murray KY 42071 phone: (270) 809-3457 email: kit.wesler@murraystate.edu

The Murray State University Archaeology Laboratory's mission incorporates four main aspects: training for archaeology students; curation of archaeological collections from western Kentucky; maintaining a library of Cultural Resource Management reports pertaining to western Kentucky; and conducting archaeological research.

All of the Archaeology Laboratory's projects involve MSU undergraduates, and often students from other universities and volunteers join the field projects. One of the strengths of MSU's program in Archaeology is that students can learn by hands-on participation in field and laboratory studies, often gaining more practical experience than graduate students in bigger, less personal university settings.