Representatives on hand from all 3 programs & refreshments will be served!
Archaeological Field School in Montana & Wyoming
Exploring Historical and Social Landscapes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
May 18 to June 29, 6 credits P405, Prof. Laura Scheiber
This is the 7th 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! http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/about/news/archfieldschool.html
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 11, contact scheiber@indiana.edu
Archaeological Field School in Indiana
Solving the Mystery of Yankeetown
MAY 20- JULY 2, 6 credits P405, Prof. Susan Alt, Location: Posey County Indiana
Join a team of archaeologists trying to solve an archaeological mystery! Excavations will be designed to discover how Yankeetown people organized their towns and built their houses. This field school is the 3rd year of a large scale project designed to better understand how interactions between different groups of people led to culture change, innovation, religious movements, and violent conflict. Students will manage their own features and learn excavation and survey techniques. http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/people/faculty/Solving%20the%20Mystery%20of%20Yankeetown%20packet%202010.pdfAPPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1, contact susalt@indiana.edu OR eliwatts@imail.iu.edu
Summer 2011: Ethnographic Food Studies Field School in Belize
June 11, 2011 to July 29, 2011 (7 weeks) Prof Rick Wilk, Location Stann Creek District, Belize
This program, sponsored by the Indiana University Department of Anthropology, is designed to meet the increasing demand for training in field methods in the study of food systems. The program will train students in anthropological field methods, introduce them to the ethnography of modern Belize and acquaint them with an intricate rural-urban food chain in the Stann Creek and Toledo districts of southern Belize. Research will focus on the linkages between rural Mayan farmers and the burgeoning tourist industry in the nearby Placencia peninsula. The goal of the project is to build a map of the food system which feeds tourists, and find ways to get more locally produced food onto the plates of tourist visitors. The closing date for applications is : Feb 14, 2011, and online information and applications are at:
http://iabroad.iu.edu/istart/controllers/inquiry/Flyer.cfm?programid=311 Contact wilkr@indiana.edu or lyraspang@yahoo.com
