Laboratory of Spatial Archaeology

The Spatial Archaeology Laboratory was established in 2025. The department's primary focus is updating data from the "Archaeological Map of Russia" system. In their research, the laboratory's staff emphasizes the use of large databases and the implementation of spatial analysis tools to reconstruct the cultural and historical development of Russia from the prehistoric era to the modern era.

The conceptual foundations of the geoinformation system, which integrates information on archaeological sites across Russia, were laid during the "Archaeological Sites of Russia" project, which the team has been implementing since 2014 and has received two scientific foundation grants: Russian Science Foundation (RSF) No. 14-18-03755 "Geoinformation System 'Archaeological Sites of Russia'" and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) No. 18-09-400053 "Archaeological Map of Russia: The Post-War Twenty Years on the Map." As a result, the research team created a national-scale geograph