ANTH 6900 - Archaeological Field School

Archaeological investigation of specific problems relating to the prehistory or history of a particular area (e.g., southwest Michigan, Lower Mississippi Valley). Participants will receive instruction in collecting and evaluating background information, creating a research design, and implementing archaeological fieldwork (i.e., logistics, site location survey, mapping, recovering and recording objects from archaeological contexts), and processing and curating data for analysis and interpretation in the laboratory.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ANTH 2100 or consent of instructor.

Credits: 3-6 hrs.

Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only. May be repeated with permission of instructor, but does not count toward M.A. program requirements twice.