Skill development will focus on: soil identification and description; accurate record keeping and photography; artifact identification and cataloguing; understanding of site formation processes and reconstruction of site stratigraphy; basic surveying and mapping; elements of site report production (e.g., background historical research, reconstruction of site stratigraphy, production of unit summaries and familiarity with professional standards and guidelines for conducting and reporting on fieldwork and laboratory analysis); and public interpretation through participation in the AiA Blog: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/field.html.

Enrollment is limited to 20 students at either the graduate or undergraduate level. While there are no formal prerequisites for the field school, at least one introductory course in archaeology is recommended (at the University of Maryland, this would be ANTH240, Introduction to Archaeology). Physical ability to engage in field work is essential, and any student currently in good standing at a college or university is eligible to apply.

Dates

May 29-July 6

Location

Annapolis, MD

Contact Information

*Kathryn Deeley (kdeeley@umd.edu)
Benjamin Skolnik (bskolnik@umd.edu)
Beth Pruitt (epruitt@umd.edu)
Dr. Mark Leone (mleone@umd.edu)

Department of Anthropology
University of Maryland
1111 Woods Hall
College Park, MD 20742-7415
301-405-1429

Deadline

Advanced registration available until March 25.  Regular registration available until May 1, but immediate payment is required.  For summer course registration to receive credits: summer.umd.edu.

Tuition and Costs

Interested students must register for either ANTH 496, Section 0101: Field Methods in Archaeology (six undergraduate-level academic credits), ANTH 696, Section 0101: Field Methods in Archaeology (six graduate-level academic credits), or a summer workshop (which has a slightly reduced tuition rate but does not provide a student with transferrable credits). Admission and registration materials are available through the University of Maryland, Office of Extended Studies.

Logistics

Schedule: The field school meets daily in the field for approximately eight hours a day, Monday through Friday. The daily starting time will probably change over the course of the summer, depending on the weather, and students should be flexible.

Transportation and Housing: Students are responsible for their own transportation to the field school site (approximately 60 miles round trip from the University to Annapolis and 120 miles round trip from the University to Wye House) and living accommodations in the Washington, D.C./Annapolis area. Housing is very flexible in the area and affordable.  The teaching staff will facilitate staff-driven van carpooling from College Park, so if you have questions about transportation please do not hesitate to contact us.