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Archaeology Field SchoolField School in Alaskan Prehistoric ArchaeologyApplication Deadline: 04/15/2006 University, Company, InstitutionUniversity of Nevada-Reno Location of field SchoolTrapper Creek, Alaska Field School Overview
Project DirectorsBrian WygalDoctoral Student University of Nevada-Reno Ted Goebel Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Nevada-Reno Field School DescriptionThe 2006 field school will focus on continued ex-cavations of two mid to early Holocene archaeological sites located along the middle Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska. These sites are among the earliest yet documented in southcentral Alaska and are known to contain stone tools once used by hunter-gatherers who colonized the recently deglaciated landscapes south of the Alaska Range. Excavation of these sites and survey for additional sites will provide insights into the tech-nological and settlement organization of these early foragers. Eight students will be selected to join this research project in the Trapper Creek-Talkeetna region. They will learn fundamentals of site excavation, survey, stratigraphic profiling, total-station mapping, artifact typologies and tephrochronology of South central Alaska. Additional instruction in map reading, orienteering, geomorphology, and global positioning systems will be provided. Students will conduct the majority of the excavations at two pField school web site: www.unr.edu/cla/anthro/field.htm Field School Size: 1-15 Minimum age: 18 Is prior experience required?: No Recommended experience: Students with an interest in archaeology are preferred. Specialized skills you will have the opportunity to learnManual Mapping/drawing (plan views, profiles): YesTotal Station EDM mapping: Yes Compass mapping survey: Yes GIS: Yes Digital Photography: Yes Excavation Survey Techniques: Yes Interpreting stratigraphy: Yes Soils: Yes Lab work: Yes Database: Yes Artifact analysis: Yes Flora identification: Yes Lectures: Yes Lab work on rain days?: Yes Rain days free: Yes Academic, Credit Room and Board, & TuitionAcademic Credit: Yes Recommended Readings: West, F.H. American Beginnings 1996 Archaeology field school contactBrian WygalUniversity of Nevada-Reno, Dept. of Anthropology, MS 096 Reno, NV 89557 USA Telephone: (775) 784 6704 x2005 E-mail: wygalb@unr.nevada.edu |