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Indiana University Field School in Archaeology



Application Deadline: April 30 2006
Field School Dates: May 9 - June 15 2006

Field School Location

Angel Mounds State Historic Site
Evansviulle, IN, USA

Field School Overview

  • Field School Type: Excavation, Survey
  • Time Period(s) 1000 - 1350 AD
  • Field School Conditions: City
  • Field School Access: Drive
  • Number of years for field school: 40+
  • Professional certification of this field school: Yes

    Project Directors

    Christopher S. Peebles & Staffan Peterson
    Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology

    Field School Description

    In the summer of 2006, Indiana University and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology will offer an archaeological field school at the Angel Mounds State Historic Site near Evansville Indiana. Excavations will be guided by the results of a large-scale geophysical remote sensing survey of the site.

    The majority of the course will be devoted to hands-on instruction in archaeological survey and excavation techniques, the documentation of archaeological remains, and the interpretation of archaeological data. In addition, geoarchaeological and geophysical remote sensing instruction will be offered. Preliminary laboratory analysis will be interspersed with the fieldwork. Intensive lectures in the first few days will provide students with a background in various aspects of Indiana prehistory and with information on a variety of research methods and field techniques.

    The field school is an important part of the research program of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University. Most field schools over the last decade also have focused on Late Prehistoric sites in central Indiana. The result of this work is an extensive array of published reports on settlement patterns, site structure and function, remote sensing, and analyses of pottery and of plant and animal remains from the excavated sites.


    Field school web site: www.gbl.indiana.edu/fschool
    .html Field School Size: 16-25
    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
    Remote Sensing: Yes
    Magnetometer: Yes
    Resistivity: Yes
    Excavation Survey Techniques: Yes
    Interpreting stratigraphy: Yes
    Soils: Yes
    Evening Lectures: Will there be evening lectures? none planned
    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 varies: see www.indiana.edu/~blbursar/body/rates/credit_hour_fees_summer.php
    Name of Institution offering credit

    Room and Board Information: Cost & Description
    Varies: see www.gbl.indiana.edu/fschool/fschool2006.html
    http://gbl.indiana.edu/fschool/blog/

    Recommended readings

    James Kellar, "An Introduction to the Prehistory of Indiana." Indianapolis, 1983. esp. pp. 51-60

    http://gbl.indiana.edu/abstracts/IntroductionPrehistory.pdf

    Web sites with additional information:
    www.angelmounds.org/


    Archaeology field school contact

    Staffan Peterson 423 N. Fess St.
    Bloomington
    IN, 47408
    USA
    Telephone 812-855-9544
    Fax
    E-mail: stapeter@indiana.edu
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