Field
Techniques in Archaeology
Anthropology 380, 4 or 6
credits
Dates: four-week class: June 4-29, 2001
six-week
class: June 4-July 13, 2001
Instructor: Dr.
Dennis Toom |
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The Department of Anthropology, University of
North Dakota, invites students to attend its Archaeological
Field School in June and July, 2001. The field
school will be conducted for the second consecutive
year at On-A-Slant Village (32MO26), a fortified
earthlodge village on the Missouri River near
its confluence with the Heart River. The site
is a major tourist attraction for North Dakota
and it is located within Fort Abraham Lincoln
State Park.
The site was occupied from about A.D. 1600 to
1780 by the Mandan Indians. It is one of the
more significant archaeological sites in North
Dakota, containing substantial archaeological
deposits, including the remains of house floors,
deep middens (trash piles), numerous pits, and
extremely dense and varied artifactual debris.
The 2001 field school will concentrate primarily
in two areas. There will be additional excavation
work to further explore the fortification system--three
episodes of ditch construction and filling were
identified by the 2000 field school. There will
also be test excavation work related to the
placement of a new pedestrian bridge to improve
access to the site by park visitors. Other field
school activities will include mapping work
and possibly other excavations for the purposes
of interpretation and reconstruction.
To provide greater flexibility for our students,
the field school will be offered as two concurrent
sessions: (1) a short four-week class from June
4-29, 2001, and (2) a regular six-week class
from June 4-July 13, 2001. Students will receive
four semester hours of credit for the four-week
class and six semester hours of credit for the
six-week class (one credit hour per week).
Field school students will receive hands-on
instruction in the use of various kinds of field
equipment and techniques of excavation and artifact
recovery, site mapping, documentation, and record
keeping. Use of modern electronic mapping techniques
and instruments will be demonstrated, including
a Sokkia
total station and a Satloc
global positioning system (GPS) receiver. Field
trips are planned to other nearby archeological
sites of interest, including the Knife
River Indian Villages National Historic Site
and the Knife River Flint Quarries.
We are also pleased to announce that there
will be opportunities for summer employment
in archaeology after the field school for individuals
successfully completing the course. We should
be able to offer students paid positions on
other projects immediately after the conclusion
of the field school. If you want a full summer
of archaeology, and if you want to get paid
for doing most of it, this is an opportunity
you cannot afford to miss.
Credit:
Students will receive six semester hours of undergraduate
credit in Anthropology 380, Field Techniques in
Archaeology, for the regular six-week course of
instruction. Four semester hours of credit will
be received for the short four-week course. The
application deadline is April 15, 2001. Enrollment
is limited so please apply early.
Cost:
Costs of the field school include: (1) a $25.00
admission fee (only applies to students new to
UND); (2) standard tuition and fees (see table
below); and (3) a special fee of $200.00 charged
by the department to help defray living expenses
(mainly transportation and food costs) while in
the field. Tuition and fee rates are subject to
change without notice. Local transportation, camping
equipment (if needed), and all field equipment
are provided. Food for basic meals is also provided
from the special fee and other available funding
without additional charge. Information on standard
UND tuition and fees is presented below.
| Undergraduate
Category |
4
Credits (4-Week Course) |
6
Credits (6-Week Course) |
North
Dakota Resident |
$525.18 |
$772.02 |
Minnesota
Resident (with Reciprocity) |
$553.86 |
$815.04 |
South
Dakota, Montana, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
and Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
State Residents |
$742.18 |
$1097.52 |
Residents
of All Other States (Nonresident) |
$1249.98 |
$1859.22 |
Application and Contact Information:
For application forms and more information, contact
Dr. Dennis L. Toom at 701-777-2437; or by e-mail
(dennis_toom@und.nodak.edu).
The application is available online as an *.html
file. You can print out a copy and mail the completed
application to the Archaeological Field School,
Anthropology Research, University of North Dakota,
PO Box 7094, Grand Forks, ND 58202-7094. You may
request an application by writing to the above
address; application forms are also available
for general distribution in the Anthropology Department
main office in Room 104 of Babcock Hall, on the
UND campus in Grand Forks.
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