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Saint Mary's College of California The Field School in Historical Archaeology is an experiential-based upper-division course designed to provide an introduction to field and laboratory methods used in the study of terrestrial, historic period archaeological sites. The course is a continuation of research designed to locate the site of the original windmill built at colony Ross by the employees of the Russian-American Company, shortly after their arrival on the Sonoma County coast in 1811.
Classroom work related to California history and the history of the Russian-American Company will comprise the first portion of the field school. In the remainder of the course, students will conduct remote sensing surveys to supplement those conducted in Anthro-126-01, and will conduct archaeological excavation, mapping, artifact cataloging, and artifact curation at the locations of the anomalies identified in the remote sensing surveys. Faculty: James M. Allan, Ph.D. Between seven and eight educational contact hours per day will be required during the ten day field school (for a total of 70 – 80 contact hours). Each evening students will complete a daily field journal, evaluate the day's activities, review and catalog the artifacts recovered during the day, and periodically will attend guest lectures. The course enrollment will be limited to 8 students and will initially be open only to Anthropology majors with an Archaeology concentration. Enrollment will be by application and instructor approval is required. There are no academic prerequisites, but preference will be given to students who have completed Introduction to Archaeology (Anthro 5), or its equivalent at other institutions.
Students and faculty will sleep in tents within the campground. Each student will prepare his or her own breakfast and a bag lunch. Dinner will be prepared daily by two "volunteers" who will be selected in accordance with a rota. Cost of the meals is included in the tuition fee. More information is available in our project brochure (PDF) Estimated program costs: $2,300 per student (based on a minimum enrollment of 6 students, maximum of 8 students). Application Deadline: May 2, 2008 Download a copy of the Field School application (PDF)
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Sorry, this field school is now FULL. ANTHRO N134A: ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS (6 Units)
Principal Faculty: Professor Junko Habu Prerequisites: Instructor approval required. Admission to the course is competitive and limited. It is preferred that you have successfully completed Anthropology 2, Introduction to Archaeology, or its equivalent at other institutions, but it is not required. Also, the ability to communicate in Japanese is ideal, but not necessary. There is a field/lab fee for the course. Two textbooks and several articles.
Qualifications: Field school participants are expected to be well organized and punctual. Since the excavation will be conducted in collaboration with Japanese archaeologists and local employees of the Preservation Office of the Sannai Maruyama Site, we expect our students to respect cultural traditions, customs and rules of these people. Certain restrictions will apply for evening and weekend free time activities to avoid cultural problems. Application Deadline: March 31 for preferred consideration (applications for the program will be accepted through to April 15, but early application is advised since enrollment is limited). Estimated Program Costs
For additional field school information, including more details about costs, Contact Information Phone: (510)643-2837/2645; Fax: (510)643-8557 (c/o Anthropology); habu@berkeley.edu Please read the course syllabus before applying. Download syllabus here. For an application form, click here! |
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This four-week summer program provides an introduction to the field and laboratory methods of the archaeology of prehistoric Jomon hunter-gatherers in Japan. Fieldwork takes place at the Middle Jomon Goshizawa Matsumori site in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. In collaboration with the Board of Education of Aomori City, Aomori Prefectural Archaeological Center, and Preservation Office of the Sannai Maruyama Site (a branch office of the Board of Education of Aomori Prefecture), we plan to excavate a Middle Jomon pit-dwelling (circa 3000 BP) at the site, catalog excavated artifacts, and screen soil samples to retrieve organic remains and lithic debitage. In addition, we will work on soil samples that were previously collected from the Sannai Maruyama site, a large Early-Middle Jomon settlement dated to circa 3900-2300 BC. The summer session is part of an on-going research project directed by the instructor.
