About the Lab

The University at Buffalo's Social Systems GIS laboratory is a research group under the direction of Professor Ezra Zubrow in the Department of Anthropology.

The group uses GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and spatial statistics to examine the social and spatial organization of settlements, environmental change, cultural landscape transformation, spatial relationships between disability and literacy, settlement patterns and cognition, excavation data, geochemistry, remotely sensed data, aerial imagery, palaeo-environmental data, and other spatial data.

In addition, we are actively involved in simulation models, predictive modeling, and computational modeling. 

The lab was established in response to a growing recognition of the need for integrative research methods, and provides a base for students and faculty from anthropology and geography to participate in multi-disciplinary and multi-national research projects.

The range of archaeological, anthropological, ecological, and geographical problems addressed reflect the diversity of backgrounds and disciplines represented in the group, and can be seen in our current research.

Text Box: Social Systems GIS Laboratory | University at Buffalo, Department of Anthropology 380 MFAC, Ellicott Complex | Buffalo, New York 14261-0005 , USA Phone: 716.645.0397 | Fax: 716.645.3808

Social Systems GIS Laboratory