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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: The 7-week field school requires a full day's commitment. Because we are anticipating a hot summer, and may work on two to three different sites during the field season, expect to leave for the site at 7:00 a.m. so that you are prepared to begin work at 7:30 a.m. The field day will end at 2:00 p.m. We will work Monday through Friday except Monday, May 29 (Memorial Day observed). We will have our first full class meeting on May 15 (Maymester registration day for other classes). We are not officially a Maymester class and this is a very important orientation day. Do not miss this first class!
For the first three weeks we will be working on Stono Plantation, a rich multi-component site on James Island, occupied from prehistoric Indian times, through the colonial and civil war eras, to the present. Students may drive their own cars to Stono, as there is ample parking. Driving time is about 15-20 minutes from downtown. Transportation for those without cars is usually arranged informally with other students, or you may leave from the Charleston Museum with Ron Anthony. After the first 3 weeks students may rotate to the urban site at 14 Legare St. in downtown Charleston under the supervision of Martha Zierden. This excavation will already be in progress and work will be ongoing there for a number of weeks. Parking will be a problem at Legare St. so plan to walk or carpool! There will also be REQUIRED lecture and lab hours from 3-6 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout the field school. These will be held in room 107 Education Center at the College. If you are working, plan this into your schedule. No-one will be excused from field or lab hours as most work is "hands-on". There will also be required "text/resource" books, a course packet of articles, exams, quizzes, written summaries over readings, and a written interpretive project.
This course is a comprehensive field training program
which adheres to Society of Professional Archaeologists (S.O.P.A.) guidelines.
Students will be trained systematically in all phases of basic archaeological
field research including survey, excavation, map construction, photography,
data interpretation, and artifact processing and analysis. Because this
ongoing
research must adhere to professional standards, the field
atmosphere will be a professional one. This means that participants will
be expected to arrive on time, dress properly, work steadily until regular
breaks are called, bring appropriate amounts of food and (non-alcoholic)
beverages, work full days, and follow the explicit instructions of the
project directors and/or site supervisors. You will be doing disciplined
manual labor requiring excellent concentration despite the discomforts
of South Carolina's heat and humidity. Only those people interested in
participating in a rigorous and serious archaeological enterprise should
apply. Adherence to these requirements and expectations will assure that
both your learning experience and the research results obtained from these
real archaeological sites will be of high quality.
PLEASE FILL OUT THE APPLICATION ATTACHED. APPLICATION FORMS ARE DUE IN TO DR. MAUREEN HAYS BY FRIDAY, APRIL 7. YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO SIGN UP FOR A PERSONAL 10-MINUTE INTERVIEW ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13TH. AN INTERVIEW SIGN-UP SHEET WILL BE POSTED NEAR DR. HAYS' OFFICE DOOR FROM APRIL 1 ON. SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING SOON AFTER APRIL 15TH.
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(*) If accepted into this field school, the staff will take care of your special registration (you cannot pre-register). Your first full day of class will be Monday, May 15. This 7-week course also fulfills the ANTH 491 (Anthropological Field Methods) requirement for College of Charleston anthropology majors. The field school is offered jointly by the College of Charleston and The Charleston Museum.