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The Archaeological Research Facility (ARF) at the University of California, Berkeley was founded in 1946 as the California Archaeological Survey by Dr. Robert Heizer.

The Facility is headed by a full-time faculty member, and governed by an Advisory Committee that is appointed annually by the Vice Chancellor for Research's office upon the recommendation of the Director.

History
In 1961, "The Archaeological Research Facility" was adopted as the name of the facility by the University of California when UC Berkeley's research took on a larger international scope. The building which houses the ARF was previously the fraternity house for Zeta Psi before it's recognition as a fraternity was revoked for repeated risk management violations, fire and life safety violations, social code violations, and noncompliance with prior sanctions.

Mission statement
“The mission of the Archaeological Research Facility (ARF) is to encourage and carry out archaeological field and laboratory research. It is conducted by U.C. Berkeley archaeologists and related specialists. As a field of research, archaeology is inherently interdisciplinary and collaborative."

The ARF is involved in five major areas of scholarly activity including fundraising, publishing reports on field and laboratory research, sponsoring lecture and workshops, ongoing renovation of ARF laboratory equipment, and developing archaeology outreach education with area schools.

Research Projects
The ARF is affiliated with global UC Berkeley archaeological studies. They range from projects that focus on teaching to research, and public service. The Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology, Oceanic Archaeology Laboratory, Quispisisa Obsidian Source Project, and the Remixing Catalhoyuk Project are some of the ongoing research efforts.

Publications
Since 1965, the ARF has published Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility, which includes topics on South Asia, the South Pacific, and Latin America, as well as Egyptian and Eastern European archaeological research. Under the direction of Professor Patrick Vinton Kirch from 1987-1989, the To'aga Site archaeology project studied Polynesian society on the island of Ofu (Ofu-Olosega) in the Samoan Islands. The archaeological research at To'aga was published by the ARF in 1993, and the artifacts and notes from the study are archived in the Oceanic Archaeology Laboratory.

The ARF also produces special publications, featuring such topics as studies of Native Californian groups, Hawaiian archaeology, and lithic studies.

Outreach
As per their mission and goals, the ARF works directly with local schools to provide education outreach.

Affiliates

 * Margaret Conkey, Ph.D
 * Dr. Meg Conkey is a professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. She is the current director of the ARF and is an endowed chair. Her research focuses on the French Pyrenees and lithic dispersal in the Upper Paleolithic. She was one of the first archaeologists to introduce feminist theory and gender ideology into archaeology, pioneering the sub-fields of feminist archaeology and gender archaeology

Directors

 * Meg Conkey, Ph.D.
 * Laurie Wilkie, Ph.D.
 * Patrick Kirch, Ph.D.