The Anthropology Department is holding an information session on three IUB summer field schools in anthropology/archaeology. Students do not have to be ANTH majors to apply; for the archaeology field schools, completion of ANTH-P200 is preferred but not mandatory. These field schools typically draw from a diverse pool of students with varying amounts of experience. They offer a great means for students to earn upper-level credit (often ANTH-P405), travel outside of Bloomington. and do practical work in anthropology.
INFORMATION SESSION / Q&A Summer 2008 IU Field Schools in Anthropology & Archaeology
Thursday January 17th
7:00 pm
Student Building 150
Representatives will be on hand for the following three programs:
Anthropology Field Program in Mexico (with IU Overseas Study)
Heritage and Cultural Diversity in Oaxaca, Mexico
May 19 to June 9, 3 credits A406, Profs. Stacie King, Anya Royce, Dan Suslak, and Catherine Tucker
This inaugural program will introduce students to the research process in anthropology on the topics of heritage and cultural patrimony, linguistic change, cultural diversity, economic revitalization and human-environment interactions in historic Oaxaca, Mexico. Students will visit museums, archives, archaeological sites, markets, and arts events in Oaxaca City and will travel outside the city to the mountains of the Sierra Norte, the Sierra Mixe, and to the low-lying Isthmus of Tehuantepec and Pacific coast to field research sites.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 28
Archaeological Field School in Montana & Wyoming
Exploring Historical and Social Landscapes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
May 21 to July 2, 6 credits P405, Prof. Laura Scheiber
This is the 4th cooperative program in archaeological field methods in the beautiful Bighorn and Absaroka Mountain ranges of Montana and Wyoming. This field school is a holistic, field-based program in the social history and human ecology of the northwestern High Plains and Middle Rocky Mountains with a special emphasis on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. If you like camping, hiking, and archaeology, this field school is for you!
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 7
Archaeological Field School in Indiana
Angel Mounds Mississippian Townscape Project
May 6 to June 12, 6 credits P405, Prof. Chris Peebles and Staffan Peterson
The IU Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology will offer their annual field school at Angel Mounds State Historic Site near Evansville, Indiana, as part of the sites' 70th anniversary celebration. Students will participate in all aspects of archaeological fieldwork, including survey and excavation, geoarchaeological and geophysical remote sensing, site documentation and preliminary analysis. This project also offers opportunities for in-lab analysis for credit following the field school.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15
For more information, contact:
Stacie King, kingsm@indiana.edu
Kim Hinton, kishinto@indiana.edu, Undergraduate Adviser
April Sievert, asievert@indiana.edu, Director of Undergraduate Studies
