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Ecuador - Summer Archaological Field School, Agua Blanca, Ecuador PDF Print E-mail

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Summer Archaological Field School, Agua Blanca, Ecuador


Application Deadline: April 12th
Field School Dates: June 54th-July 15th

University, College, Institution

Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)

Field School overview

  • Field School Type: Excavation, Survey, and Lab Analysis
  • Time Period(s) Early Formative 3500 B.C. - Late Integration period (Manteno), AD 1492
  • Field School Conditions: Rural area near Puerto Lopez, and los Frailes, two of the nicest beaches of Ecuador. In Puerto Lopez, there is internet acces. In Agua Blanca there is telephone, electricity, etc.
  • Field School Access: Short hike
  • Number of years for field school: 4 years
  • Professional certification of this field school: Yes

    Project Directors

    Florencio Delgado-Espinoza, PhD Project Director. Profesor of the Colegio de Artes Liberales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

    Field School Description

    The field school takes part in the multi year project that seeks to investigate local chiefdoms developed since the early formative (3500 B.C) to the spanish conquest at the coastal valles of the Machalilla National Park, in the Manabi province, Ecuador. The project involves survey of an area of about 500 km and the excavation of various housemounds. During 2006, we will focus on survey and expanding the areas of excavation.


    Field school web site: www.usfq.edu.ec/safs
    Field School Size: 1-15
    Minimum age: 18
    Is prior experience required?: No

    Specialized skills you will have the opportunity to learn

    Manual Mapping/drawing (plan views, profiles): Yes
    Total Station EDM mapping: Yes
    Manual Transit: Yes
    GIS: Yes
    Traditional Photography: Yes
    Digital Photography: Yes
    Excavation Survey Techniques: Yes
    Interpreting stratigraphy: Yes
    Lab work: Yes
    Database: Yes
    Artifact analysis: Yes
    Report writing: Yes
    Evening Lectures: Will there be evening lectures? Yes
    Lab work on rain days?: Yes

    Is travel during free time restricted?: No

    Academic, Credit Room and Board, & Tuition

    Academic Credit: Yes
    Number of Credits: Number of Credits 6
    Tuition
    Name of Institution offering credit Universidad San Francisco de Quito through our partner institutions in USA and Canada.

    Room and Board Information: Room and boad and field and lab costs are 1800 US dollars. This costs includes food, shelter and the weekend trips around Ecuador.

    Recommended readings

    Burger and Raymond 2003, Archaeology of Formative of Ecuador. Dumbarton Oaks.
    Meggers, Betty 1966 Ecuador, Prager.
    Norton, Presley 1992 (editor) 5000 Anos de Ocupacion, Parque Nacional Machalilla.

    Archaeology field school contact

    Florencio Delgado-Espinoza Colegio de Artes Liberales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
    Quito, Pichincha 823321
    Telephone 5932297700-701-702-703 ext 1257
    Fax 22890700
    E-mail: fdelgado@usfq.edu.ec

    Summary

    Our project is carried out in direct contact with the local community, in fact the local community uses the archaeological recources for their own development. The Agua Blanca community stands out from others becasue they are part of teh research. Everything is done after consulting with the commmunity. Hiring local cooks, workem, etc is decided along with the community, local leaders designe a roaster so local help rotates and thus, the resoures, as a way of salary, goes to all members of the community. So, this is the place to see small economy and social organization working with the sense of communal property. Food is excelent, fish and all the tropical delicacies are prepared by local cooks.

    Quotes from former students

    The best experience I have had in my life. Here I understood the meaning of "magic realism"
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