Summer Archaeology Field School
Gain experience usually limited to graduate students. Gain skills for field, lab, history, anthropology, archaeology, museum studies, cultural resource management, public education, race, ethnicity, social justice, and more.
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Sample Course Description
In this 4 credit summer course, students will learn and master GPR (ground penetrating radar), metal detection, photogrammetry, 3D scanning, and mapping field methodology at Butts Hill Fort in Portsmouth, RI. National Historic Landmark. Students will be taught best archaeological practice, ethics and community outreach along with CRM (cultural resource management) at this National Historic Landmark. Lab component education in intake, cleaning, cataloguing, interpretation and analyses techniques. Research questions will follow the battle between French, U.S., and Hessian forces, fort construction and use, and lifeways of occupants (Northern and Southern Batteries). Students will also visit the Navy College and tour local battlefields and forts. We will seek to understand both African diaspora or African American and Native American views during this field school and will be visiting diaspora sites and Native American museums.