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2002 SUMMER FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITIES

This leaflet suggests ways in which teachers, students, and the general public can become personally involved in the field of anthropology through field schools and research organizations.

Organizations To Contact

Anthropology departments at local universities and colleges, state historic preservation offices, and state archaeological societies often organize local archaeological excavations and frequently accept volunteers with no previous fieldwork experience. The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) offers a listing of state archaeologists as part of its yearly field school listing for the U.S. and abroad. This publication includes more than 250 opportunities with all information about costs, deadlines, age requirements, and archaeological sites to be excavated and analyzed for each field school. The cost for the Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin is $15.95. Order from Oxbow/David Brown Books, PO Box 511, Oakville, CT 06779; (800) 791-9354; or email www.oxbowbooks.com. To learn about other AIA resources, check their website at http://www.archaeological.org or aia@bu.edu.

Archaeology magazine, published by the AIA, features an archaeology travel guide to sites open to the public in the Old World (March/April issue) and the New World (May/June issue). To subscribe, call (877) 275-9782 or visit www.archaeology.org.

Some organizations offer the public volunteer participation in worldwide research expeditions. Those that are non-profit, participants' fees may be treated as tax-deductible contributions.

University Research Expeditions Program
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616-8813
(530) 757-3529; Fax: (530) 757-3537
e-mail: urep@ucdavis.edu; web site: http://urep.ucdavis.edu/2001list.html.

UREP offers teachers, students, and the general public opportunities to engage in international projects in animal studies, archaeology, ecology, arts and culture, and botany. No background or prior experience is necessary.

Earthwatch
2 Clock Tower Place, Suite 100
Box 75
Maynard, MA 01754
(800) 776-0188; (978) 461-0081; fax: (978) 461-2332
email: info@earthwatch.org; www.earthwatch.org

Earthwatch offers opportunities for teachers, students, and the general public to assist scientists in the field.

Passport in Time (PIT)
PIT Clearinghouse
PO Box 31315
Tucson, AZ 85751-1315
(800) 281-9176 (voice/TTY); (520) 722-2716
Fax: (520) 722-1627
email: pit@sricrm.com; www.passportintime.com.

PIT provides opportunities for individuals and families to work with professional archaeologists and historians on historic preservation projects around the country. These projects may involve archaeological excavation, historic structure restoration, and oral history. There is no registration fee or cost for participating.

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center (MVAC)
Bonnie L. Christensen, Director of Public Education
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1725 State St., La Crosse, WI 54601
(608) 785-8463; Fax (608) 785-6474
e-mail: christen.Bonn@uwlax.edu
http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac

MVAC, which conducts research in the upper Mississippi River valley, offers archaeology classes and field schools for teachers and students.

Heritage Expeditions is a new experimental program to help care for cultural resources on Forest Service lands. The program offers educational tours and programs highlighting prehistoric and historic sites in national forests. Fees collected are used to protect and manage heritage sites for the public. For more information on this program, contact USDA Forest Service, Boise National Forest, 1249 Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709; (208) 373-4162 or visit www.fs.fed.us/recreation/heritage/expeditions.shtml.

Archaeo Expeditions, sponsored by Cultural Expeditions MEC Canada, Inc., offers opportunities for those 18 years of age and older to participate in archaeological projects with museums, heritage programs, and archaeologists working in the field. This year's projects take place in Turkey, Belize, and rock art and American Indian sites in Canada. Contact Cultural Expeditions MEC Canada, Inc., Westgate P.O. Box No. 35012,Ottawa, K1Z 1A2 Canada; (819) 682-0562; 1-(800) 866-682-0562; Fax: (819) 682-8001; www.archaeoexpeditions.com; email: info@archaeoexpeditions.com

Discovery Passages, American Indian owned and operated, offers tours of Native America, with a focus on the Southwest and the northern Plains. Native people act as hosts and guides. College credit available. Write: Discovery Passages, 1161 Elk Trail, Box 630, Prescott, AZ 86303; (928) 717-0519, or email Gary Tso at lhhunter58@hotmail.com.

A Sampling of Field Schools for Students and Teachers

Ethnographic Field School in the Komi Republic, Russia (June 20-July 22) focuses on Northern Russia and its cultural diversity with a 10-day course in survival Russian. Participants will take part in a collaborative community-based research project at a reindeer-herding collective farm. Sponsored by Sykyvkar State University in the Komi Republic in partnership with Northern Tundra and Taiga Enterprises Intl. Application deadline: May 10. Write: info@tundraandtaiga.com.

UK Viking Age Field School (July 10-30), a joint project of the PAST Foundation and Michigan Technological University, explores life during the Viking Age and iron production. The project site is a farm in Cumbria, England, rich with archaeological materials dating from the Norse period (ca. A.D. 900). Places are available for high school juniors, seniors, and first-year college students. Application deadline is June 15. For more information on the field school, write: Dr. Annalies Corbin, The PAST Foundation, 4326 Lyon Dr., Columbus, OH 43220; past@columbus.rr.com; http://www.pastfoundation.org. See also www.ss.mtu.edu/smelt/index.html.

The Western Belize Regional Cave Project offers field sessions from June 2-29 or July 7-August 3 or in two-week sessions: June 2-15 or July 7-20. Prior spelunking experience is preferred. The archaeological research focuses on the role of caves in ancient Maya culture. The caves in the areas of the ancient Maya city of Caracol will be investigated as will those from previous field sessions, including Actun Chapat and Actun Halal. For more information, email Co-Director Cameron Griffith at BelizeMaya@aol.com. Also or check out www.indiana.edu/~belize.

Knik Townsite Excavation (July 1 - August 9) in Upper Cook Inlet, approximately 60 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, will focus on the residential section of Knik, originally inhabited by an Athabaskan group and in the late 19^th century becoming a Euro-American supply station attracting prospectors and trappers. This field school is sponsored by the Cultural Resources Division of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in cooperation with Matanuska-Susitna College and the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Contact: Dr. David Yesner, University of Alaska, Anchorage, (907) 786-6840 or visit www.matsu.alaska.edu.

Castell Henllys Archaeological Field School (June 29 - August 10) is based in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the most extensively excavated Iron Age fort in Wales and noted for its experimental reconstructions of buildings and earthworks. A survey of medieval sites in Ireland will also take place. Contact: Dr. Harold Mytum, Director, Castell Henllys Field School, Department of Archaeology, University of York, The King's Manor, York Y01 7EP, UK; (+44 1904 433901; Fax: +44 1904 433902; email: ppe101@york.ac.uk; website: www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/sites/henllys/hcmfield.htm.

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a non-profit institution specializing in Southwestern archaeological research and education. Programs for middle and high school students and adults begin at the end of May and run through September. Participants learn about archaeological field methods, laboratory techniques, and excavation. Write or call: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 County Road K, Cortez, CO 81321; (800) 422-8975, ext. 146 or (970) 565-8975; fax: (970) 565-4859; http://www.crowcanyon.org.

Center for American Archeology, Kampsville Archeological Center conducts one and two week summer field schools for adults and junior high and high school students, including Individualized Mentored Research for high school juniors and seniors. CAA also offers Women in Archeology Internship Program (June 10-August 18) for promising female high school seniors, undergraduate and graduate students. Application deadline is April 19. Write: Education Program, Center for American Archeology, PO Box 366, Kampsville, IL 62053-0366; or call (618) 653-4316; fax: (618) 653-4232; www.caa-archeology.org.

Elden Pueblo Project involves a 60-80 room pueblo of the prehistoric Sinagua culture and a Hopi ancestral site near Flagstaff, Arizona. Opportunities for public participation, laboratory work, field school, and programs for teaches and students. Contact: The Elden Pueblo Archaeological Program Manager, Arizona Natural History Association, PO Box 3496, Flagstaff, AZ 86003; (928) 527-3475. Email: forest archaeologist, Peter Pilles - ppilles@fs.fed.us

The U.S. Experiment in International Living - Summer Abroad, offers students opportunities to learn about another culture through homestay, language-study, and ecologically-focused programs. Write: The U.S. Experiment in International Living - Summer Abroad, P.O. Box 676, Kipling Rd., Brattleboro, VT 05302-0676; (800) 257-7751or (802) 257-7751; fax (802) 258-3428; email: eil@worldlearning.org. www.worldlearning.org.

Northwestern University's Ethnographic Field Studies Program (mid-June through mid-August) is an opportunity to live, study, and work with members of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico/Arizona while conducting independent research projects of the student's own choice. For more information contact Dr. Madelyn Iris, Ethnographic Field School, c/o Buehler Center on Aging, Northwestern University, 750 N. Lake Shore Dr., Suite 601, Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 503-5444; fax: (312) 503-5868; email: miris@northwestern.edu.

Washington University's Archaeological Field School (June 24 - August 2) provides background in archaeological, historical, and environmental studies with the focus on Cahokia, the largest prehistoric Indian town in the eastern United States located near St. Louis, MO. Participants will be involved in the mapping and excavation of a plaza complex from this early settlement of the Mississippian period (A.D. 1050-1330). For more information contact Dr. John E. Kelly at (314) 935-4609, or email: jkelly@artsci.wustl.edu.

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's field school offers teachers an opportunity to excavate at Marana's Yuma Wash site, where Native Americans of the Hohokam and Salado cultures lived between A.D. 750 and early 1400's. Teacher workshops and programs for children are also available. Contact Allen Dart, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson, AZ 85717-0577; (520) 798-1201; aldart@oldpueblo.org; www.oldpueblo.org.

Field School in Historical Archaeology (June 5 - August 11) is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland. Participants will look for evidence of a house dated 1616 at Smith's Town Land and the possible site of Maryland's first printer. May 4th deadline. Write: Archaeology Program, Attn: Dr. Tim Riordan, Department of Research, HSMC, PO Box 39, St. Mary's City, MD 20686; (301) 862-0974; fax: (301) 862-0968; email: tbriordan@osprey.smcm.edu

Classical Summer School (June 24 - August 2), sponsored by the American Academy in Rome, is open to high school teachers and graduate students of Latin, ancient history and the classics. The Classical Summer School is designed to provide participants with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the ancient city of Rome and its immediate environs from the earliest times to the age of Constantine, through a careful study of material remains and literary sources. Field trips to major sites in Latium and Etruria will be included. Scholarships are available. Deadline for applications is March 1. Ann Vasaly of Boston University is the director. For more information, contact Programs Dept., American Academy of Rome, 7 East 60^th St., New York, NY 10022-1001; (212) 751-7200; email: info@aarome.org. Also see the web site at www.aarome.org/programs/summerhtm.

Archaeology in Italy (June 3 - July 19), sponsored by the American Academy in Rome, provides an investigation of archaeological sites and landscapes and to the study of material culture. The program takes place in Cavallino (Lecce) at a local university field school and at a Stanford University excavation in west Sicily. Application deadline is April 1. For more information, contact Dr. Ingrid Rowland, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, American Academy of Rome, 7 East 60^th St., New York, NY 10022; i.d.rowland@aarome.org. Also see the web site at www.aarome.org/programs/summerhtm.

Summer Archaeological Field School for Teachers (June 24- August 2), co-sponsored by Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) and the University of Oregon, is intended to assist teachers in employing archaeology as a classroom tool. Students will excavate at Paisley Five Mile Point Cave in the northern Great Basin of southeast Oregon, where in the 1930s bones of extinct animals (camels, horse, musk oxen) were recovered in association with human artifacts. Application deadline is May 15. Instructors are Dr. Dennis Jenkins (Univ. of Oregon), (541) 346-3026 and Dr. Richard Pettigrew (ALI), 541-345-5538. Further details and the application form are available on The Archaeology Channel website at www.archaeologychannel.org.

Indiana University and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology are offering an archaeological field school at a Late Prehistoric Native American site near Bloomington (May 7-June 13). More than 2000 artifacts have been found including sherds, projectile points, clay pipe fragments, granite celts, and slate pendants. Deadline for application is March 15. For more information, go to http://www.gbl.indiana.edu. and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, (812) 855-9544; email: lpate@indiana.edu

The University of Texas at Austin is conducting archaeological excavations to examine the historical, cultural, and social development of African-American communities in Dallas from 1870 into the 20^th century (June 5-July 10). May 1 deadline. Contact: Dr. Maria Franklin at mfranklin@mail.utexas.edu or James Davidson at jmicson@aol.com or Jamie Brandon at jcbrandon@mail.utexas.edu.

The Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads is offering fieldwork opportunities in Mongolia and Southern Russia. Check out http://csen.org/Chastiye_Kurgany_(all_files)/2002_Chastiye_FWO/2002_Chastiye_Kurgan_Index.html
and http://csen.org/Baga_Gazaryn_Chuluu_Survey_2002/2002_BGC_Index.html

For more information contact, Dr. Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Director, Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads, 577 San Clemente St., Ventura, CA 93001; email: jkimball@csen.org; http://csen.org

Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution

Last Updated: July 2002.