Archaeology at Colorado State University focuses, primarily, on historic and prehistoric archaeology.

The four members of the faculty have expertise in:

• Archaeomagnetic Dating
• Late Prehistoric/Early Colonial Period in Andean South America
• Historic Archaeology
• Plains Prehistory
• Great Basin Prehistory
• Hunter-Gatherer Ecology
• Taphonomy
• Paleoindian Studies
• Field Methods
• Archaeological Theory
• and Forensic Archaeology
  

Special resources include the Center for Human Paleoecology, the Laboratory for Public Archaeology, the Archaeometric Laboratory, and the Cultural Resources section in the Center for the Ecological Study of Military Lands. The archaeology program sponsors a summer field school each summer.

Archaeology faculty members are Jennings, Todd, and Van Buren.