UMass Amherst 2010 Archaeological Field School at Harvard Forest
The UMass Amherst 2010 Archaeological Field School will focus on pre-contact and historic period studies at Harvard University’s Long Term Ecological Research program at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA (http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu). The Harvard Forest consists of over 3000 acres of land, and is one of the oldest and most extensively studied forest landscapes in North America. The goal of the field school is to apply archaeological methodologies to research questions concerning pre-contact and historic period land use and forest ecology.
The five-week field school will include intensive training in New England Native history, historical archaeology, archaeological survey techniques, excavation, laboratory methods, artifact analysis, and archaeological interpretation and will be informed by paleoecological and environmental history studies conducted by Harvard researchers.
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Détails de la chambre et pension
Room and board are each student's responsibility; there is plenty of summer housing available on campus and in the Amherst area (please note local bus routes if you plan to live off campus and will not have your own means of transportation to campus).
Helpful websites:
On campus housing: http://www.housing.umass.edu/hao/summer_session.html
Off campus housing: http://www.umoch.org/
Public transportation: http://www.umass.edu/transit/schedules.html
Accès au site
Transportation
between the UMass campus and the field site will be provided every day.
Horaire:
The field school will take place on Mon - Fri 8:30-5:00 from July 12 -
August 13, 2010. Students must attend the entire field school session to
participate.
Formation archéologique offerte
The five-week field school will include intensive training in New England Native history, historical archaeology, archaeological survey techniques, excavation, laboratory methods, artifact analysis, and archaeological interpretation. Our field school prepares students for field tech positions in cultural resource managment firms and provides holistic training for students seeking advanced education in archaeological methods.
Détails
The 2010 field school is being offered as Anthropology 577 and attracts undergraduate and graduate students as well as interested professionals. Students earn six credits upon successful course completion. Tuition is $500 US per credit, which totals $3000 US. The course is offered through the UMass Department of Continuing and Professional Education, and financial aid info may be found at their website: http://www.umassulearn.net
Info contact
Dianna Doucette
If you have questions, please contact:
Angela Labrador, alabra@anthro.umass.edu, (413) 325-5548
Affiliés et commanditaires
We will work in concert with the researchers at Harvard Forest's Summer Research Program in Ecology, which will be in session at the same time: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education/reu/reu.html
We look forward to an exciting collaboration!
