This anthro newsletter contains ONLY summer fieldschools and other summer
activities, plus a few jobs.
1) SUMMER STUFF Archaeology and ethnography
1A) Indiana # 1: Collier Lodge site in Porter County: volunteers
1B) Indiana # 2: Historical Archaeology fieldschool South Bend
1C) Paid internship opportunity for student/alumnus in Belize
1D) ShovelBums Archaeology Field School Directory: USA
1E) ShovelBums LATIN AMERICA; get details on these fieldschools and many
more at: http://www.shovelbums.org/
1F) Archaeological Textile Studies, Arequipa, Peru.
1G) The Tallinn Summer School in Tallinn, Estonia.
1H) summer fieldschools at University of Maryland:
1I) lots of events at Angel Mounds:
1J) fieldschools listed at Archaeological Institute of America
1K) University of Missouri- Columbia fieldschool in Czech Republic
1L) PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN WARSAW
1M) Three in Africa: Paleoanthro, ethnography, and primatology
1N) Purdue North Central summer schools/travel:
1) onsite paleontology dig in eastern Utah.
2) The Social and Ecological History of the Andes, in Peru
3) Natural History of the Great Smoky Mountains fieldtrip
1O) 14 fieldschools from the AAA site
1P) Society for American Archaeology lists
1Q) Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics: courses in
Primatology and ecology in Costa Rica
1R) NIU third annual Genocide and Human Rights Summer Institute for Teachers
2) JOBS:
2A) Curator of Native America, The Eiteljorg Museum
2B) paid archaeology jobs in the northern Illinois Area
2C) Full-Time, Two-Year Position in Anthropology in Greencastle, IN
scroll down to find what you want to read:
1) SUMMER STUFF
1A) Indiana # 1:
If you have archaeological field work experience and would like to spend
some time the field volunteering on an excavation, we could use your help
this summer at the Collier Lodge site in Porter County, Indiana. This isa
public project and visitors and volunteers are welcome. Contact the
Kankakee Valley Historical Society for more information about visiting or
volunteering. We will typically be at the site between 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Monday through Thursday.
More info about the Collier Lodge project is available at::
http://www.nd.edu/~mschurr/Collier_Lodge/Collier_Lodge.htm
This year, field work will be conducted between July 7 to July 24, 2008.
Graduate or undergraduate students wishing to work at Collier Lodge can
obtain academic credit through the Notre Dame Summer Session program.
Please contact Mark Schurr or the Notre Dame Summer Session for more info.
Regards,
-Mark Schurr
Mark R. Schurr
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
University of Notre Dame
611 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-7638
Fax: 574-631-5760
http://www.nd.edu/~mschurr
And Sandy B sent this from a newspaper:
KOUTS -- Volunteer diggers for the Kankakee Valley Historical Society's
sixth annual summer excavation at Baum's Bridge won't make history when
they resume the ongoing scientific investigation that is rewriting the
story of Northwest Indiana.
The history (and prehistory) already is there, much of it still buried
beneath the outflow of silt and sand from the glacier that receded more
than 12,000 years ago, leaving behind Lake Michigan and the Valparaiso
Terminal Moraine.
KVHS president John Hodson said last summer's dig ended in a movie-style
cliffhanger when the outlines of a 5-by-17-foot building foundation were
unearthed at the end of the three-week session led by Mark Schurr, chairman
of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame.
"Dr. Schurr calls it the 'megafeature,' " said Hodson in his Pleasant
Township home, a mile from the excavation site at the Collier Lodge, the
last of the old Kankakee Marsh hunting lodges still standing. "He's really
excited about this. It's enormous for its time."
The society has bought the property in hopes of restoring it for a museum
on the history of the pioneers, French voyageurs, and American Indians who
lived and came here to hunt and trade from all over the continent.
Schurr has found pottery unique to the Kankakee, evidence of a possible
American Indian culture in the Kankakee Valley, where now there's a blank
spot on the prehistoric map of the Great Lakes region, Hodson said.
In previous years, thousands of artifacts dating as much as 8,000 years
have been unearthed for study, but the sudden discovery of what may have
been the original dwelling for the Kankakee River ferry that predated
Baum's Bridge will have Schurr's crews focusing on the region's pioneer days.
Schurr and Hodson will give several programs on their activities in the
area this spring, including one for the Lake County Parks on Saturday,
March 8, and another at the Lake County Public Library in Merrillville on
Monday, April 21.
Hodson said half a dozen responses have been received, even though it's
only February, to notices that Schurr put out on the Internet and in
archaeological publications.
"He's really trying to get unit leaders with field experience to work with
our regular volunteers," Hodson said.
He said students from as far away as Ontario, Canada, are attracted by the
chance to earn college credit. Schurr said graduate and undergraduate
students can receive credit through the ND summer session program.
"We have a girl who has worked at Crown Canyon (near Mesa Verde) in
southwest Colorado," he said.
Hodson said the project especially needs experienced, full-time field
workers who can be on site for all days of the dig. He said KVHS and Schurr
are working to have Collier Lodge placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in the prehistory category.
How to join
-- The Kankakee Valley Historical Society's 2008 Collier Lodge Dig is
scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, July 7 to 24
(weather permitting).
-- Applications to join the dig can be found at
http://www.kankakeevalleyhistoricalsociety.org/2008digapplication.htm
-- More information about the project is available at
http://www.nd.edu/~mschurr/Collier_Lodge/Collier_Lodge.htm
1B) Indiana # 2:
Historical Archaeology of Irish Immigrant Experiences in South Bend,
Indiana 2008 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
The experiences of immigrants figure prominently in the story of America.
Immigration to South Bend peaked in the 1880s, but dramatically waned by
the 1920s. The Fourth Ward on the east side of the St. Joseph River was
organized around St. Joseph Parish. Father Sorin purchased 120-acres of
land in this area in the 1850s, which he sold to the immigrants. Known as
"Sorinsville," a significant number of residents in this enclave were
employees of the University, providing service to students and constructing
campus buildings. The 2008 archaeological field school will be the second
field season to explore the lives of nineteenth- and twentieth-century
Irish immigrants to South Bend, Indiana.
The 2008 Field School will be taught in two 3-week course modules.
Students are encouraged to take both courses:
ANTH 35588: Archaeology Field School (Undergraduate Course; ANTH 65588
Graduate Course)*
May 27-June 12, 2008 (tentative) - Class will meet Monday thru
Thursday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm (3 credits)
This module will consist of practical instruction in the methods and theory
of archaeological survey, field excavation, and basic laboratory analysis.
Students learn field techniques and apply them to investigations of
archaeological excavation of a residential homelot in the Sorinsville
neighborhood.
ANTH 45855: Archaeology and Material Culture (Undergraduate and Graduate
Course)*
June 16- July 3, 2008 (tentative) - Class will meet Monday thru
Thursday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (3 credits)
This module will be a laboratory-based class, which will provide an
activity-based setting to explore the meanings and interpretations of
archaeological artifacts. Students will receive in-depth introduction to
laboratory methods for the organization, curation, analysis, and
interpretation of material culture, specifically those artifacts recovered
during the field module.
* The field module fulfills the methods requirement for the major, while
the lab module can fulfill either the methods requirement or the senior
honors experience.
This six-week experience is certified by the Register of Professional
Archaeologists as meeting the standards for training in field and
laboratory methods, but you must take both modules to receive the
certification.
For more information about the field school experience, contact:
Dr. Deb Rotman, RPA
drotman@nd.edu 631-2308
1C) Paid internship opportunity for student/alumnus in Belize
The Maya Area Cultural Heritage Initiative (MACHI), in association with
Boston University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is
contacting departments of anthropology, archaeology and related fields
across the country in search of a student or recent alumnus for a paid
internship that will take place between May and December, 2008. We seek an
intern to help MACHI in the development and facilitation of informal
educational programs about the ancient Maya and the importance of
conserving Maya cultural heritage. The position will require the student to
reside in the Toledo District of southern Belize throughout the internship.
Please see the application for more information. Request application at
http://www.machiproject.org/ or send an email to rmucci@iun.edu and I will
send you the long application document.
The application deadline is March 21, 2008.
This internship with the Maya Area Cultural Heritage Initiative (MACHI)
will help to promote Maya cultural heritage and language by raising
awareness about ancient Maya civilization and the value of archaeological
remains. The intern will help to build an educational program through the
development of innovative outreach opportunities that can be carried out in
the rural villages of the Toledo District, Belize. The intern will be held
to high standards of cultural sensitivity and will work alongside an
indigenous rights group, The Julian Cho Society. The stipend provided for
the intern will cover living expenses as well as local and international
travel to and from Belize.
Description of position
MACHI is currently seeking an undergraduate student, graduate student, or
recent alumnus for a paid internship position in the Toledo District,
Belize. The intern will work collaboratively with the local NGO and MACHI
collaborator, The Julian Cho Society, an indigenous rights organization
based in Punta Gorda, Belize. The internship will take place between May
and December, 2008, with a possible option to extend work into early 2009.
The role of the intern will be to develop creative outreach programs which
will help to familiarize local children and adults with the ancient Maya
past and the importance of archaeological conservation. Although the
Toledo District is a unique area in Belize in that many of its residents
are of Maya descent, the vast majority has lost much of the oral tradition
associated with their culture, has little knowledge of the remote past and
feels only a limited connection to their deep, ancestral past. The intern
would be responsible for creating and initiating sustainable, informal
educational programs that could be administrated by the Julian Cho Society
but may also work in collaboration with local schools, local archaeological
parks and other NGOs. The intern will work hand-in-hand with the MACHI
Director of Field Operations to achieve these goals. The intern will also
be responsible for the training of personnel at the Julian Cho Society in
order to continue future educational programs that would be organized
locally.
Applicant Qualifications
This internship is unconventional in that it will require the applicant to
think creatively in order to develop programs that are appropriate for the
region. This position is not intended for a student with no experience
with unfamiliar contexts (i.e., extensive travel, experience living outside
of the U.S., or working with disadvantaged groups is helpful); the
successful applicant must be able to think outside of the box to solve
problems. Teaching experience and knowledge of/experience in Maya
archaeology and anthropology are also highly recommended.
The applicant must have good interpersonal skills and must, above all,
uphold a high standard of cultural sensitivity. English is the official
language and Spanish skills are not required.
The dates for the internship are flexible according to the exact schedule
of the applicant but should take place, at a minimum, between mid-May and
late December, 2008. The applicant may be an undergraduate student
(upperclassmen only please), graduate student or recent graduate of a
department of anthropology, archaeology, or related field. Ph.D. students,
please take note that this internship may not directly provide material for
a dissertation.
This internship is paid but the stipend provided is limited to basic
required living expenses and a modest amount of pocket money ($800/month).
The intern will reside in a privately rented apartment in Punta Gorda
town but may be required to spend occasional overnight stays with local
families in rural villages in the interior of the Toledo District. The
intern will be required to make weekly phone calls and communicate
regularly via email with the MACHI Director of Field Operations. For this
they will receive an additional telecommunications budget of US$200/month.
1D) ShovelBums Comprehensive Archaeology Field School Directory Canada
and USA - February 2008 Edition
Please visit http://www.shovelbums.org/ to browse the complete list of
Archaeology Field Schools by region: Canada and USA Archaeology Field
Schools; Central America, South America and Caribbean; Europe,
Mediterranean & Middle East; Africa, Asia, Australia & Pacific. Or browse
by specialization: Historic, Prehistoric, Volunteer, Underwater/Nautical
Archaeology, Museum Studies, Geophysics, projects needing support staff.
Their page has links to more info on these digs and more; visit them for
lists of hundreds of fieldschools in Europe, in Africa, in the Pacific, on
Historical Archaeology, etc. I am only going to include the Americas here.
LIST ONE: USA & CANADA: get details on these at:
http://www.shovelbums.org/component/option,com_sobi2/catid,11/Itemid,880/
Alaska - Nuvuk: Thule Eskimo cemetery and contact village
Application Deadline: 4/30/2008
Field School Location: Nuvuk and Birnirk sites, Barrow, Alaska
Time periods to be studied: Birnirk and Thule through contact
***** Field School Summary *****: This project involves students in all
phases of a major archaeological project to excavate threatened cultural
resources at Nuvuk, the northernmost site in the United States, and
Birnirk, and save the data they contain about the past 1,100 or 1,200 years
of history.
Arizona - Northern Arizona University - Grand Canyon Trust
Application Deadline: April 18, 2008
Field School Location: House Rock Valley and Paria Plateau, Arizona
Time periods to be studied: Prehistoric Puebloan
***** Field School Summary *****: Working in the scenic Arizona Strip,
north of the Grand Canyon, students will survey on the Paria Plateau,
excavate a prehistoric pueblo, and use a total station to map a series of
agricultural fields
Arizona State University Kampsville Field School
Application Deadline: May 15, 2008
Field School Location: Kampsville, Illinois
***** Field School Summary *****: Further your archaeology education in an
exciting new way: ASU’s expanded program allows you to earn credit through
field-based courses in archaeological excavation, human osteology,
archaeological GIS, geophysical survey, paleoethnobotany and
archaeozoology. Based at the Center for American Archeology’s famous
research and education facilities in Kampsville, Illinois, these courses
offer field- and laboratory-based hands-on experience within a collegial
network of scholars and students. This program offers something for
everyone – including coursework in beginning and advanced field
archaeology, human osteology, GIS and geophysical survey methods. Staffed
by nationally and internationally recognized scholars from Arizona State
University, the Center for American Archeology, the University of Arkansas,
the Illinois State Museum and Washington University in St. Louis, these
programs create an intensive, immersion-style learning environment in which
you will work with leading professionals and tap into the unparalleled
natural and cultural resources of the Lower Illinois Valley region.
Multiple enrollment options allow you to select the course best suited to
your interests and education/career goals. Options include six-week and
two-week programs.
California - Pimu Island Archaeological Project
Application Deadline: March 1, 2008
Field School Location: California
Time periods to be studied: June 22-July 25, 2008
***** Field School Summary *****: Surrounded by rich marine and lithic
resources, the Santa Catalina (Pimu) Island peoples were contributors to an
extensive trade network throughout southern and central California and the
Southwest. Students will conduct fieldwork on the Catalina Island, focusing
on recent burn areas that will allow for the characterization of the
different types of archaeological sites (e.g. habitation, quarry, village,
ceremonial).
California - San Bernardino National Forest Applied Archaeology
Application Deadline: June 15, 2008
Field School Location: California
Time periods to be studied: July 21-August 22, 2008
***** Field School Summary *****: The Applied Archaeology Field School is
conducted in the San Bernardino National Forest, Southern California. In
addition to survey and excavations, students will learn about the laws and
processes that apply to archaeology and cultural resource management in the
public sector such as Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act, the role of the Advisory Council on Historic Properties, consultation
with the State Historic Preservation Officer and Native Americans.
Canada - Louisbourg Public Archaeology Program
Application Deadline: June 27, 2008
Field School Location: Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of
Canada, Nova Scotia
Time periods to be studied: 18th Century French fortress c.1713-1768
***** Field School Summary *****: The Louisbourg Public Archaeology Program
provides a unique opportunity for archaeology enthusiasts to join
supervised digs at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of
Canada. The 2008 season will focus on field study at the De la Valliere
property which was occupied by French, British and New Englanders between
1720 and 1758. The program will consist of two 5-day field sessions in
early-mid August. During each session, a crew of 10-12 participants will
excavate a portion of the De la Valliere property, learn about
archaeological field and lab techniques, and attend presentations
addressing current historical research at the Fortress. Although the crew
will spend much of their time with trowels in hand, there will be ample
opportunity for experiencing the sites and sounds of Fortress Louisbourg
and exploring the rugged Cape Breton coastline.
Canada - Welqámex Archaeological Research Project
Application Deadline: June 15, 2008
Field School Location: Canada
Time periods to be studied: June 22-August 2, 2008
***** Field School Summary *****: the Welqámex Archaeological Project
offers oral, historical, and archaeological data to enhance the study of
the eighteenth-century contact between politically complex indigenous
communities and newly arrived Europeans at British Columbia. This region is
rich in natural resources and was home to the Stó:lo (Coast Salish) peoples
for thousands of years. Students will participate in ongoing
household-level investigations at Welqámex, a large island village that
featured several forms of residential architecture and was inhabited by at
least one high-status slave-owning family.
Colorado - Fort Garland Field School
Application Deadline: June 9, 2008
Field School Location: Fort Garland, Colorado
Time periods to be studied: 1858-1883
***** Field School Summary *****: We offer training in basic and advanced
techniques of archaeological survey and excavation applicable to both
prehistoric and historic sites. We place a special emphasis on applications
of digital technology in archaeology, including total station survey, GPS
mapping, remote sensing, and GIS databases for data storage, analysis, and
representation. A limited number of volunteers will be accepted.
Connecticut - Mohegan Tribe - ECSU Archaeological Field School
Application Deadline: June 18, 2008
Field School Location: The Mohegan Reservation, Uncasville, Connecticut
Time periods to be studied: Pre- and Post European Contact Mohegan
Reservation sites
***** Field School Summary *****: The relationship between Native Americans
and archaeologists has traditionally been fraught with tension and
conflicting goals. The mission of the Mohegan Archaeological Field School
is to rectify this discord. We practice a form of applied archaeology and
community based research called Indigenous Archaeology. Our students,
including Mohegans and members of other tribes, help demonstrate how
archaeology can contribute to contemporary Native communities and encourage
trust, responsibility, healing, education, confidence, and pride. Join us
for our 14th field season as we explore the extraordinary archaeology of
one of the oldest Indian reservations in North America.
Connecticut - University of Connecticut Field School in Pre-Contact and
Historical Archaeology
Application Deadline: April 15
Field School Location: Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, Connecticut
Time periods to be studied: May 27- July 3, 2008, 8am to 4:30pm Monday-Friday
***** Field School Summary *****: This field school offers the opportunity
for students to learn archaeological excavation methods and techniques and
laboratory procedures through hands on work at historic and pre-contact
sites on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation and Museum facilities,
conducted under the direction of experienced archaeologists. This field
school is geared toward both preparing students to work in the field of
contract archaeology or to pursue graduate studies.
Grenada - Carriacou Archaeological Field Project
Application Deadline: February 8, 2008
Field School Location: Carriacou Island, Grenada, West Indies
***** Field School Summary *****: The Carriacou program is sponsored by the
Department of Sociology and Antrhopology at NC State and is designed for
undergraduate Anthropology majors and minors. However, students in related
fields who are interested in learning the principles of archeological
fieldwork are also eligible to apply.
Hawai'i Island - University of New Mexico NSF-REU Site Archaeology Program
in Hawaii
Field School Location: Hawai'i Island
***** Field School Summary *****: Archaeological research at a NSF-REU Site
Archaeology Program in Hawai'i will provide undergraduate students with
opportunities for survey, mapping, excavation and archival work in an 8
week intensive program that begins in late June, 2008. This program is
focused on prehistoric wetland agricultural development and its
relationship to social and political changes on the windward (wet) side of
North Kohala on Hawai'i Island. Students complete independent research
projects, participate in community outreach, attend talks by researchers
and cultural specialists, and visit sites such as Volcanoes National Park,
the Mauna Kea adze quarry, Pololu Valley, and Mookini and Pu'u Kohala heiau
(traditional religious sites).
Illinois - New Philadelphia, Illinois NSF-REU Field School 2008
Application Deadline: March 21, 2008
Field School Location: Pike County, Illinois
Time periods to be studied: May 27, 2008 through August 1, 2008
***** Field School Summary *****: New Philadelphia (Illinois) May 27-Aug.
1, 2008. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University, and
the Illinois State Museum. New Philadelphia is a rare example of a
multi-racial early farming community on the nation's Midwestern frontier.
This NSF-REU program will emphasize scientific methods and analyses in an
ongoing long-term project at New Philadelphia.
Iowa - Lakeside Laboratory Archaeological Field School
Application Deadline: April 15, 2008
Field School Location: West Okoboji, Iowa
Time periods to be studied: Oneota Culture (historic horizon) --early trade
goods -- AD 1680 - 1720
***** Field School Summary *****: The Gillett Grove Oneota Village site in
Northwest Iowa was the scene of proto-historic period "first contact" in
the form of various early French-origin trade goods appearing in small but
significant quantities. The 2008 Iowa Lakeside Lab archaeological field
school will explore the use-context of these exotic raw materials vis-a-vis
Native technologies represented at the site to better understand how a
"middle ground" was temporarily established in the region.
Maine - 2008 DRA Archaeology Field School
Application Deadline: June 30, 2008
Field School Location: Newcastle, Maine
Time periods to be studied: Primarily 1765-1803, though prehistorics as
well as 19th-20th century artifacts are found as well
***** Field School Summary *****: Field school participants will get a
unique opportunity to help excavate the 18th-century homestead site of one
of the first shipwrights to settle along the waterways of the Damariscotta
River. Nathaniel Bryant and family also operated a tavern which was "much
resorted to by travelers and others." By participating in this
archaeological endeavor you get a chance to help in the understanding of
what daily life was like for a colonial shipwright and his family. The site
is situated near the small river town villages of Damariscotta-Newcastle.
Maryland - Towson University Archaeological Field School
Application Deadline: May 25, 2008
Field School Location: Cumberland Maryland
Time periods to be studied: Paleoindian to Contact Period
***** Field School Summary *****: The field school is held at a stratified
floodplain site that contains buried occupations dating back to the
Paleoindian period. It also contains a Late Woodland period village (AD
1400s)and a large Contact period (Susquehannock) settlement (ca. 1600) and
earlier Woodland period components, all within 30 acres. Many features
exposed each year including pits, hearths, and house patterns and students
will also receive basic CRM training. The site offers a wide array of
fieldwork experiences that represent valuable training for academic or CRM
careers.
Massachusetts - UMass Amherst Archaeological Field School
Application Deadline: April 15, 2008
Field School Location: Deerfield, Massachusetts
Time periods to be studied: Late Woodland-Contact Period
***** Field School Summary *****: The 2008 UMass Archaeological Field
School will be located in Deerfield, Massachusetts. At present, we plan to
survey and excavate portions of a 17th century Native American site as part
of an on-going community-based archaeology and stewardship project. The
five-week field school will include intensive training in New England
Native history, archaeological survey techniques, excavation, laboratory
methods, artifact analysis, and archaeological interpretation. Students
will also learn about other kinds of evidence that are integral to
archaeological interpretations of the past, such as geology, oral history,
and written records. The opportunity to participate in our public education
program will be a critical component of this field school.
Massachusetts - Bridgewater State College - Middleborough Little League Site
Application Deadline: 5/20/08
Field School Location: Middleborough MA
Time periods to be studied: Early Archaic through Late Woodland
***** Field School Summary *****: Extensive testing during 1998 - 2002 and
2006-2007 revealed a very significant Early Archaic to Late Woodland
(8,060– 1,130 years ago) processing station for ceremonial items. We will
test a portion of the area where the Little League plans future field
expansion to determine if there are additional concentrations of ceremonial
materials (quartz crystals, paint stones, polished pebbles, pendants,
etc.), as well as other tools reflecting the everyday life of the Native
American inhabitants.
Montana and Wyoming - Northwest College and Indiana University
Application Deadline: April 15, 2008
Field School Location: Montana and Wyoming
Time periods to be studied: Late precontact and postcontact
***** Field School Summary *****: Northwest College and Indiana University
will be offering their fourth cooperative program in archaeological field
methods for summer 2008, 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.
New Hampshire - 2008 NH State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program
- Paleoindian survey of northern New Hampshire
Application Deadline: June 10, 2008
Field School Location: Randolph and Jefferson, NH
Time periods to be studied: Paleoindian
***** Field School Summary *****: The 2008 SCRAP field school will explore
new areas of known Paleoindian sites and to survey and record newly
discovered sites. Preliminary finds at one new locality strongly suggest
the presence of a quarry and associated workshop in close context with
other Paleoindian sites. Previously unexplored areas will be selected for
systematic survey to test predictions for the location of additional
Paleoindian sites.
New Mexico - University of New Mexico 2008 Southwestern Archaeological
Field School
Application Deadline: April 4, 2008
Field School Location: Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM
Time periods to be studied: Archaic
***** Field School Summary *****: This year's UNM Southwestern
Archaeological Field School will investigate high altitude hunter-gatherer
adaptations and land use in the Valles Caldera National Preserve in the
Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. In this area, large obsidian sources and
game-filled grassy meadows regularly drew Archaic Period foragers into the
mountains to acquire tool stone and hunt game. Join us as we investigate
the history of this remarkable landscape, and the archaeological record of
its prehistoric use through survey, excavation and geoarchaeological field
research. This is a unique opportunity to experience a rare and precious
landscape and to learn field archaeology at the same time.
New York - Archaeology of Captivity and Freedom in Early New York
Application Deadline: May 15, 2007
Field School Location: Lloyd Harbor, NY
***** Field School Summary *****: What did freedom mean during the time of
slavery? Can captive Africans who lived 200 hundred years ago tell us what
they thought about slavery and freedom? The Hosftra Archaeological Field
School offers students the chance particpate the first excavation of a
slave quarter in Long Island, NY. The Joseph Lloyd Manor site presents
several unique opportunities to record and compare the early New York's
African American community. Using the written works of Jupiter Hammon, a
Lloyd family captive, the field school considers how the site's texts and
artifacts working together reproduce conceptions of dialogue and diversity
in African Ameircan lives.
North Dakota - Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for
Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century
Application Deadline: April 25, 2008
Field School Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Time periods to be studied: Biesterfeldt Site: Post-contact Coalescent
***** Field School Summary *****: This will be the eighteenth year of the
archeological prospectrion workshop dedicated to the use of geophysical,
aerial photography, and other remote sensing methods as they apply to the
identification, evaluation, conservation, and protection of archaeological
resources across this Nation. The workshop will present lectures on the
theory of operation, methodology, processing, and interpretation with
on-hands use of the equipment in the field. The workshop this year will
have a special focus on the soil magnetism and on the effects of plowing on
geophysical signatures and site integrity.
Ohio - Fort Ancient Earthwork, Wright State University Field School in
Archaeology
Application Deadline: June 6, 2008
Field School Location: Fort Ancient Earthwork, Warren County, Ohio
Time periods to be studied: Middle Woodland/ Hopewell culture
***** Field School Summary *****: 2008 will be the third summer of
excavation at the recently-discovered Moorehead Circle at Fort Ancient.
This 60m-diameter ceremonial feature had more than 200 vertical posts set
around its perimeter, a formal entranceway, a central pit full of burned
soil and surrounded by pottery deposits, and two possible prehistoric house
floors. We will be testing along the perimeter, looking at post features
and working into an area wheren there may be a house floor, exposing more
area around the central pit, tracing prehistoric trenches of unknown
function, and hopefully beginning the examination of the entranceway.
Ohio - Hocking College Archaeological Field School
Field School Location: Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio
Time periods to be studied: 14th Century Fort Ancient period, 18th and 19th
Century Historic
***** Field School Summary *****: The Hocking College Field School includes
all phases of archaeological field work and documentation. Included is work
at an 18th century British fort, a Fort Ancient site, and a historical
mansion. It is a physically and mentally challenging regimen which requires
teamwork. It is an exciting adventure.
Oklahoma - University of Oklahoma Department of Anthropology Summer Field
School
Application Deadline: March 10, 2008
Field School Location: Eastern Oklahoma
Time periods to be studied: AD 1000-1500
***** Field School Summary *****: Learn basic field techniques while
excavating on a prehistoric Caddoan site dating between AD 1000-1500 in
eastern Oklahoma. This is the first stage of a multi-year project examining
Caddoan social and political organization in eastern Oklahoma. The
University of Oklahoma Department of Anthropology/Oklahoma Archeological
Survey Field School in Archaeology offers six hours of course credit and
has a high faculty-to-student ratio, with three faculty instructors and a
graduate teaching assistant.
Pennsylvania - African American Dennis Farm Archaeological Field School
-ANTH 372, Term III
Application Deadline: May 1, 2008
Field School Location: Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, PA
Time periods to be studied: Historic, 1793 to the present
***** Field School Summary *****: The Binghamton University 2008 summer
field school will be held on the property of the Dennis Farm Charitable
Land Trust in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Dennis Farm is a sprawling
153-acre farmstead settled by one African American family in the late
eighteenth century. Dennis Farm has the potential to challenge many of our
assumptions about the development of rural farmsteads in the Northeastern
United States, and add new layers to our understandings of the African
Diaspora. Direct descendents of the Perkins and Dennis families will
supplement our investigations with historical documents, family artifacts,
and oral history
South Carolina - 2008 Archaeological Field School at Catawba Nassaw Town
Application Deadline: March 15, 2008
Field School Location: near Rock Hill, South Carolina
Time periods to be studied: Mid-18th Century
***** Field School Summary *****: Students in the 2008 Field School at
Nassaw Town will recover artifacts and reveal traces of houses and other
features that document the life of the community and provide important
evidence about the emergence and endurance of the modern Catawba Nation.
Texas - Field Methods in Rock Art
Application Deadline: April 21, 2008
Field School Location: Comstock, Texas
Time periods to be studied: Archaic
***** Field School Summary *****: Join Dr. Carolyn Boyd, author of Rock Art
of the Lower Pecos, and Elton Prewitt, renowned Texas archeologist, for
three weeks of hands-on training in rock art recording field methods.
Students will be immersed in prehistoric rock art of the Lower Pecos dating
to over 4,000 years ago and end each day at the Shumla campus near
Comstock, Texas. This three-week course, offered for credit through Texas
State University, is the only university level rock art field methods
course taught in the United States.
Utah - University of Utah Summer Field School
Application Deadline: April 30
Field School Location: Range Creek Canyon South Eastern Utah
Time periods to be studied: Fremont 200 A.D-1350 A.D. as well as some
historic ranching sites
***** Field School Summary *****: The University of Utah's 2008 summer
program in archaeological field techniques will be held at the now famous
Range Creek Canyon in east central Utah. This course offers students the
opportunity to learn modern archaeological field and lab techniques in an
ongoing field research program. Under the direction of Dr. Duncan Metcalfe,
participants in the program will also recieve training in archaeological
method and theory. The special fee for food and transportation has been
dropped for the 2008 summer making this a great opportunity for students on
a budget.
Utah - Milford Archaeological Reserch Institute
Application Deadline: May 15, 2008
Field School Location: Milford Utah
Time periods to be studied: Fermont/Historic
***** Field School Summary *****: The Milford Archaeological Research
Institute project location is situated six miles south of the town of
Milford, Utah. It encompasses a 46-acre lot containing the archaeological
remains of Fremont Village and historic-era dairy. Participants at the
Milford Archaeological Research Institute project site enjoy exposure to a
wide array of archaeological techniques, ranging from hands-on instruction,
to survey, formal excavation, mapping and photography, and laboratory
experience.
Virginia - The Archaeology of Chesapeake Slavery and Landscape
Application Deadline: March 28, 2008
Field School Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Time periods to be studied: Historic (1750-1850)
***** Field School Summary *****: Students will learn basic archaeological
excavation and recording techniques required to execute successfully
multi-disciplinary field research in landscape archaeology. Technical
topics covered include survey and excavation strategies, the analytical
possibilities for ceramics, faunal remains, plant phytoliths and pollen,
deposits and the sediments they contain, soil chemistry, and spatial
distributions of artifacts. The Field School, like the program of which it
is a part, emphasizes multidisciplinary approach to archaeology. Guest
lecturers are drawn from a variety of disciplines including geology,
zooarchaeology, palynology, architectural history, and social history.
On-site instruction, lectures, and discussion sessions at Monticello will
be complemented by field trips to related sites. Students will attend
classes forty hours per week, with the bulk of that time spent doing
on-site field research. Reading assignments, lectures, and discussion
sessions will cover both technical and historical issues. Most weekends are
free for individual travel.
Washington- 2008 Public Archaeology Field School at the Vancouver National
Historic Reserve
Application Deadline: May 9, 2008
Field School Location: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver,
Washington.
Time periods to be studied: 1846-1880
***** Field School Summary *****: The two-part program will introduce the
methods and theories of fieldwork in historical archaeology. Students will
participate in all aspects of field and laboratory work including survey
techniques, positioning units, subsurface excavation methods, mapping,
drawing, site photography, as well as cleaning, identifying, cataloging,
and analyzing artifacts. This year’s project will build upon previous test
excavations of the early (ca. 1846-1880) history of the U.S. Army component
of the Fort, including investigations at enlisted men's barracks,
laundresses’ quarters, officer's quarters and related kitchens. This field
school is intended to prepare students to enter the professional world of
Cultural Resource Management (CRM) and/or to pursue graduate work in
archaeology.
1E) ShovelBums LIST TWO: LATIN AMERICA; get details on this list at:
http://www.shovelbums.org/component/option,com_sobi2/catid,12/Itemid,880/
Argentina - Museology Project with Archaeological Materials
Application Deadline: 6/25/2008
Field School Location: Argentina
Time periods to be studied: Wide range of South American cultural periods
***** Field School Summary *****: Students will work on archaeological
objects at the La Plata Natural History Museum. Students will learn how to
classify record, preserve and document archaeological collections in museum
environments. Students will then travel to north-west Argentina to visit
the sites from which the objects were collected.
Belize - Blue Creek Archaeological Project
Application Deadline: open until filled
Field School Location: Northwestern Belize
Time periods to be studied: Classic Maya
***** Field School Summary *****: The Blue Creek project is a long-term
study of an ancient Maya city headed by a group of colleagues (faculty and
graduate students) from several universities. This is an opportunity for a
crash course on the Maya and archaeological fieldwork in a study abroad
setting. Many students continue with the project to undertake their own
graduate work.
Belize - UNM/Uxbenka Archaeological Project Field School in Belize 2008
Application Deadline: February 2008
Field School Location: Uxbenka, Belize
Time periods to be studied: Classic Period Maya
***** Field School Summary *****: Research experience at the Classic Period
Maya site of Uxbenká in rural southern Belize will provide students with
hands-on training in excavation and survey using state of the art
technology. Research experiences will be supplemented by lectures during
field trips to nearby Maya ruins and additional instruction from visiting
scholars and specialists. In 2008 studies will focus on a ballcourt complex
and a settlement survey and excavations of commoner households. The field
site is located in and around the modern Mopan Maya village of Santa Cruz,
and participants will have the opportunity to work alongside our Maya
speaking partners in the field and to participate in traditional village life.
Chile - Tarapaca Valley Archaeological Conservation Project
Application Deadline: May 15, 2008
Field School Location: Chile
***** Field School Summary *****: Students will learn and apply the basic
principles of archaeological conservation. They will be introduced to the
methods and techniques of field conservation and preventive and passive
conservation approaches aiming at the long-term preservation of the
archaeological record.
Ecuador - Pambamarca Archaeology Project
Application Deadline: June 1, 2008
Field School Location: Ecuador
Time periods to be studied: Pre-Columbian
***** Field School Summary *****: This archaeological field program
provides students with the opportunity to investigate the largest
concentration of Pre-Columbian forts in the New World while enjoying the
excitement of living in a vibrant Andean town.
Grenada - Carriacou Archaeological Field Project
Application Deadline: February 8, 2008
Field School Location: Carriacou Island, Grenada, West Indies
***** Field School Summary *****: The Carriacou program is sponsored by the
Department of Sociology and Antrhopology at NC State and is designed for
undergraduate Anthropology majors and minors. However, students in related
fields who are interested in learning the principles of archeological
fieldwork are also eligible to apply.
Jamaica - The Archaeology of Sugar and Slavery in Colonial Jamaica
Application Deadline: March 1, 2008
Field School Location: The University of West Indies, Mona. Kingston, Jamaica
Time periods to be studied: 18th and 19th centuries
***** Field School Summary *****: The 2008 Monticello-UVA Field School in
Historical Archaeology: The Archaeology of Sugar and Slavery in Colonial
Jamaica (ANTH 382) offers a unique field school experience for advanced
undergraduate and graduate students from universities throughout the United
States and Caribbean. This field school provides students with a solid
grounding in archaeological field and laboratory methods, with a specific
focus on understanding slavery in the culturally diverse and economically
complex context of the Caribbean through the archaeological record.
Panama - Drago - Archaeological Project
Application Deadline: June 15, 2008
Field School Location: Panama
Time periods to be studied: Prehistoric
***** Field School Summary *****: Sitio Drago is a large site located on
the Caribbean shore at Boca del Drago, on northwest corner of Isla Colón in
the Bocas del Toro archipelago. The project includes survey, excavation and
laboratory work as well as trips to well-defined local ecosystems that
provided a variety of food and raw material resources for the past
inhabitants of the site. Student will be part of a team that excavates at
Drago and cleans, catalogs, and analyzes materials recovered during excavation.
1F) Archaeological Textile Studies, June 22 - July 4
(2 weeks) in Arequipa, Peru. The Course includes
hands-on experience in the woven analysis, written
documentation, and museum conservation of
archaeological textiles. Participants learn to
identify, scientifically document and weave a
sampler of ancient Peruvian woven patterns, plus
learn the history of Andean cultures and their woven
iconography. A third week (July 6 - 14) features 3
days of excavation experience with textiles
in the field (cleaning, processing, documenting)
plus a 4 day Tour of South Coast sites and museums
on the return to Lima. Check CIPStudies.com or
contact Grace Katterman [ mailto:glkatt@hotmail.com
]glkatt@hotmail.com for additional information.
Grace Katterman, instructor
California Institute for Peruvian Studies.
Grace Katterman <glkatt@hotmail.com
1G) Tere! (hello)
I wanted to let your Anthropology club and students at Indiana University
Northwest know about an exciting study opportunity this Summer - The
Tallinn Summer School in Tallinn, Estonia.
If you're not familiar with Estonia or where it is, please look at this
short presentation, that will tell you more about this small intriguing
country in eastern Europe. http://www.einst.ee/publications/12/
The Tallinn Summer School is running several different programs this Summer
that provide students a unique opportunity and experience to study in
medieval Tallinn.
Some programs for 2008 that your students might be interested in are:
* Estonian Language and Culture
http://www.tlu.ee/?LangID=2&CatID=2164&ArtID=7976&action=article
* Russian Language and Culture
http://www.tlu.ee/?CatID=2006&LangID=2
The Summer School also offers several other programs for students and
interested individuals. http://www.tlu.ee/?LangID=2&CatID=2164
To learn more about visiting and studying in Estonia this Summer, please
have a look at the Tallinn Summer School website.
http://www.tlu.ee/?LangID=2&CatID=2005
If you have any questions about any of the programs, or would like to know
more about what it's like to study in Tallinn, please feel free to email me
at Tallinn.Summer.School@gmail.com
Kind Regards,
Chris Brennan
Coordinator (Volunteer)
Tallinn Summer School
Tallinn University - Tallinn, Estonia
1H) Several summer fieldschools at University of Maryland:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/ ( hover mouse over “fieldschools”)
1I) lots of events at Angel Mounds:
http://www.angelmounds.org/
1J) lots of summer fieldschools listed at Archaeological Institute of
America: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10016
1K) Dear Dr. Mucci,
The University of Missouri- Columbia is running a field school this summer
in the Czech Republic. The department would like to open places up to
students from other universities that might be interested in the experience.
Please forward to any parties that might be interested.
Thanks,
Kate Costello
Students interested in studying abroad over the summer can take advantage
of the Czech-American Archaeological Field School's 2008 season. Earn up to
6 credit hours through fully-accredited College of DuPage while excavating
a ninth-century town in Moravia! For more information or to apply, see the
attached link; positions are filling quickly.
http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/staeck/New%20Czech%20field%20school.htm
1L) 2008 ADELPHI-CIVITAS SUMMER PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN WARSAW,
POLAND (June 1 - July 31, 2008) in ENGLISH
http://www.adelphi.edu/levermorescholars/adelphicivitas/
Internships (in English)
The program offers a unique opportunity for a limited number of students
to undertake full-time summer professional internships in various
profits, public and non-profit organizations in Warsaw, Poland that
focus, among others, on:
- arts & culture,
- human rights, migration, refugees,
- European Integration, international politics, foreign policy,
- media, media advertising, journalism
- civil society and local community development, civic education,
- public health,
- Jewish history & culture
- economics, business, finance
- domestic politics
- transparency in public administration, anti-corruption policies
- environment
A sample list of internship areas and organizations can be viewed at:
http://www.adelphi.edu/levermorescholars/adelphicivitas/location.php
ACADEMIC COURSE and CREDITS
During the internship program students take an academic seminar and
participate in the guest speaker series that help to contextualize
students' internship experience. Internships, academic seminar and guest
speaker series are all in ENGLISH. Interested students can take optional
Polish language course. Students earn 5 credits for the international
professional and academic experience awarded by Adelphi University.
For more information about the academic program visit:
http://www.adelphi.edu/levermorescholars/adelphicivitas/academic.php
APPLICATION
All students can apply: the program is opened to undergraduate and
graduate students from all US universities and colleges.
Application deadline: March 15, 2008 but early applications are
encouraged. Limited number of places available (25).
For more information about the program, application form and costs
visit: http://www.adelphi.edu/levermorescholars/adelphicivitas/
Inquiries about the program can be directed to Dr. Maciej Bartkowski,
Director of the Levermore Global Scholars Program at Adelphi University,
at bartkowski@adelphi.edu or 516-877-4190.
-------------------------------
MACIEJ BARTKOWSKI, Ph.D.,
Director, Levermore Global Scholars Program
SCI Room 122,
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY 11530
tel: 516-877-4190
fax: 516-877-4191
LGSP website: http://www.adelphi.edu/levermorescholars/
Email: bartkowski@adelphi.edu
1M) Three in Africa:
Rutgers University, New Jersey and the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi
continues to collaborate in training and research programs. Summer field
programs for 2008 are scheduled as follows:
1. The Koobi Fora Field School in Paleoanthropology. This is a
paleoanthropological hands on field program beginning June 17th to July
27th, 2008 and will take place firstly at Sosian Ranch in Laikipia for one
week and secondly at the famous World Heritage site of Koobi Fora, East
Lake Turkana Basin for four weeks. The program includes ecological,
geological, paleontological, archaeological and modern day studies of the
landscapes and people in northern Kenya. For further information please
visit the Koobi Fora field school website (koobifora.rutgers.edu)
2. Swahili Studies and Coastal Peoples of Kenya Field School. This will
begin August 1st till August 27th, 2008. The Field school will include a
study of the cultures and history of the Swahili people as well as peoples
of coastal Kenya. It will also include studies on the economy,
environmental and conservation issues at the Coast. The program will take
place in three locations (Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu). For further
information please visit our website (Swahili.rutgers.edu)
3. Primatology, Wildlife ecology and Conservation in East Africa. This is
the second time to run the field program after a success in 2007. The
field program will run concurrently with the Swahili Field School and will
take place in three different localities including Tana River-Coast, Mt.
Kenya and Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya.
For further information on any of these three field programs please contact
a. Rutgers Study Abroad (studyabroad.rutgers.edu, 732-932-7787)
b. Co-Director (Professor Jack Harris- jwkharris@hotmail.com,
jwharris@rci.rutgers.edu, 732-932-8083)
c. Co-Director (Dr. Purity Kiura- pkiura@museums.or.ke, pue03@yahoo.com)
d. Co-Director (Dr. Mzalendo Kibunjia- mkibunjia@museums.or.ke,
kibunjia@yahoo.com)
e. Co-Director (Dillon Mahoney-hakunabudi@gmail.com
Please note that the Programs Co-Directors are following the current
political situation in Kenya very closely and at the moment there is no
indication as to cancellation of the programs. Kenya is a very fluid nation
and normalcy is expected in the next month or so. However, should there be
any changes to the above programs; we shall communicate in a timely manner.
1N) Purdue North Central summer schools/travel:
For course descriptions please visit
http://www.pnc.edu/depts/ce/Adult/travelstudy.htm
The Geobiology and Evolution program offers the lecture portion of the
course online and the lab is an actual onsite paleo dig in eastern Utah.
Students earn 3 credits for the course. Cost is $400 plus regular PNC
tuition and fees. Transportation to Utah is not included in the program fee.
The Social and Ecological History of the Andes summer program takes
students to Peru. This versatile program is offered as a 3 credit course
for history or language. Cost to students is approx. $2800 plus PNC
tuition/fees. Cost includes round trip airfare, lodging, some meals, tour
fees, etc. It is an 9-day excursion.
The Natural History of the Great Smoky Mountains summer trip is one of
our most popular travel/study programs. The cost is approx. $350 plus PNC
tuition and fees. Some meals and lodging are included but transportation is
on their own.
If you or your students would like additional information please feel
free to have them contact me or my staff. My contact information is listed
below and also on the website. Thank you!
Phyl
Phyllis Dranger
Director, Office of Continuing Education
Purdue University North Central
600 Vale Park Road
Ste. 136
Valparaiso, IN 46383-2545
1O) Mik Stokely sent this link from the American Anthropological
Association: http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/coop.cfm
It has info on these field schools, and other events and announcements:
1)Central Asia: International Summer School Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas
University
2)Experiencing the New Europe UPDATED LINK University of Lower Silesia,
Wroclaw, Poland
3)Law, Justice and Rights in Bolivia Rutgers Study Abroad
4)Belize Summer Field School Valdosta State University
5)Andean Action Research Center for Social Well Being
6)2008 Oklahoma State University Archaeological Field School Oklahoma
State University
7)Scott Joplin Heritage Project in St. Louis Missouri Valley College &
Missouri State Parks
8) Captain Cook and Honu: Archaeology of First Contact in the Marquesas
Islands,
9) French Polynesia Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research
10) Social Ecology and Public Policy Southern Oregon University
11) Elkhorn/Ebert Ranch 2008 Archeological Field School University of
North Dakota,
12) Blue Creek (Belize) Archaeological Project Maya Researcg Program
13) Monumental Architecture Field School, Hawaii San Jose State University
14) University of Kentucky Carter Robinson Mound & Village Excavations
University of Kentucky
1P) Also try the Society for American Archaeology:
http://www.saa.org/careers/participate.html
1Q) Dear Faculty, Students and Alumni:
Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics and its academic
affiliates (State University of New York at Oneonta and East Stroudsburg
University) are pleased to announce their summer 2008 tropical biology
field courses. The courses are intended for undergraduates or early
graduate level students who demonstrate a keen interest in tropical
biology, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical
environment. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit
basis. Credit can also be obtained through your home institution by way of
independent study.
All field courses are held at El Zota Biological Field Station in
North-eastern Costa Rica near the Barro Colorado Reserve. The field station
includes approximately 1000 hectares (over 2470 acres) of lush, tropical
lowland rain forest. The station is among the largest of its kind in Costa
Rica, and is home to a diverse array of wildlife. The fauna includes
white-faced capuchins, mantled howling monkeys, black-handed spider
monkeys, tapir, jaguar, collared peccary, keel-billed toucans, great green
macaws, brown caimans just to name a few. The station is designed to allow
students to learn techniques that can be used in field research on
ecological, behavioral and conservation questions in the tropics, and in so
doing, to conserve the property of the research station.
Course Offerings:
Primate Behavior and Conservation (June 9 – July 6, 2008). Instructors:
Kim Dingess, State University of New York at Oneonta and Dr. Dawn Kitchen,
Ohio State University
Tropical Biology and Conservation (July 15 – August 11, 2008) Instructors:
Dr. Nigel Mann, State University of New York at Oneonta , Dr. Thomas
LaDuke, East Stroudsburg University, and Dr. Steffen Reichle, The Nature
Conservancy
Ecotravel Experience (July 7 – July 14) Coordinator: Kim Dingess
As much of our advertising is done by word-of-mouth, we encourage you to
spread the word by forwarding this email to students or friends who may be
interested in our programs.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.DANTA.info or
email kdingess@danta.info.
We hope to see you in Costa Rica!
Kimberly Dingess
Director
DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics
PO Box 316
Davenport, NY 13750
607-278-6527
kdingess@danta.info
1R) Northern Illinois University is pleased to announce the third annual
Genocide and Human Rights Summer Institute for Teachers, June 16-27, 2008.
The first eight days will be spent on campus at NIU in three
daily sessions covering the span of case studies, theories, and
teaching. The final five days will be spent in Washington, D.C.
meeting with various government agencies, international officials,
ngos representatives, and prominent scholars in the field of genocide
and human rights. Sessions will include examinations of on-going
discussions within the field, film, primary sources, electronic
resources, literature, and more.
Complete information and details can be found at:
http://www.niu.edu/clasep/conferences/institutes/genocide2/index.shtml
The Institute also maintains a website that provides lesson plans,
teaching materials, and a bi-monthly electronic newsletter, E-
wareness! to facilitate collaboration and approaches to teaching. To
view the newsletter and other resources, visit the following site:
http://www.niu.edu/history/teacher_certification/Professional%20Dev/Genocide.shtml
J.D. Bowers
Assistant Professor
Department of History, Zulauf Hall 701
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-6655
jbowersi@niu.edu
"Genocides don't end with the last killing, their implications play
down through the generations."
Professor Roger Smith, 2006
2) JOBS:
2A) Curator of Native American Art, History, and Culture
Posted: 2/26/2008
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art seeks a dynamic
individual to serve as Curator of Native American Art, History, and
Culture. At a minimum, applicants must have a master’s degree in ethno
history, anthropology, art history or other relevant fields and significant
museum experience with substantial engagement with Native peoples and
organizations. They must have demonstrable expertise in Native North
American art, material culture and history. The person in this position
will manage the Native American Department, actively develop and interpret
the collection of cultural objects, lead the institution in matters related
to NAGPRA, manage work with the Native American Advisory Council and serve
as liaison with Native American individuals, communities, and
organizations. In leading the department, they will also be an effective
team member engaged with all levels of the institution. The successful
applicant must be a skilled communicator and active contributor to the
field through publications and presentations. The person hired will be in
a position to recruit and hire an assistant curator to support their
efforts. All resumes and references should be sent to:
Eiteljorg Museum, Attention: HR Manager, 500 West Washington St.,
Indianapolis, IN 46204 or emailed to personnel@eiteljorg.com or faxed to
(317) 275-1430 by April 4, 2008.
Contact the following address regarding this position:
personnel@eiteljorg.com
2B) The Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program (ITARP),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has openings for several
field assistant positions in its Loves Park office for mostly Phase I
survey projects in the northern Illinois Area. Established in 1957,
ITARP is one of the oldest research and cultural resource management
programs in the Eastern United States and currently employs around 50
full-time professional archaeologists.
Fieldwork is scheduled to begin in mid to late March and continue
through November, contingent upon weather and field conditions; the
possibility exists for continued employment with ITARP. Housing and
per diem will be provided for overnight work. People local to the
Rockford and Chicago area are encourage to apply. Potential employees
will provide their own housing and be within less than one-hour
commute time.
Position responsibilities for field assistants include field surveys
and excavations, as well as basic artifact identification and report
preparation in the lab.
Requirements for this field assistant position include minimally a BA
in Anthropology and survey experience and/or field school.
Familiarity with Midwestern archaeology is also beneficial and good
field, analytical, and communication skills are required. Knowledge
of Arc Map and Trimble GPS hand units is also beneficial. Pay rates
are commensurate with experience.
To apply, email (Word Doc), send or fax cover letter and resume,
including a list of three references to:
Philip Millhouse, Coordinator
Northern Illinois Survey Division
Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program
6810 Forest Hills Road
Loves Park, IL 61111
815-282-0683
Fax: 815-282-0754
Email: millhous@uiuc.edu
http://www.itarp.uiuc.edu
2C) Position: Full-Time, Two-Year Position in Anthropology
Location: Greencastle, IN
Department of Sociology and Anthropology. DePauw University.
Anthropology. Full-time, two-year term position in Anthropology beginning
August 2008. Ph.D. preferred, ABD considered. Rank and salary commensurate
with qualifications and experience. Teaching includes introductory
Socio-cultural Anthropology, Human Origins and courses in area of
expertise. Regional expertise outside of Africa, Latin America, and South
Asia preferred. Commitment to teaching undergraduates in liberal arts
environment required. Submit application letter, statements of teaching
philosophy and research interests, transcripts, syllabi, three letters of
recommendation, evidence of excellent undergraduate teaching, and active
research agenda to: Thomas D. Hall, Chair, Dept. of Sociology and
Anthropology, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135. Review of
applications begins April 7, 2008 and continues until position is filled.
DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women and
members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. For more
information, visit http://www.depauw.edu/acad/socanthro/.
--
Bob Mucci
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
219-980-6607
RMucci@iun.edu
http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw
"Education not slogans is our motto"