Department of Anthropology
114 MacBride Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1322
Phone: 319-335-0522
Fax: 319-335-0653
E-mail: anthropology at uiowa.edu
University of Iowa Department of Anthropology
Archaeological Field School
May 16-June 3, 2011
WORKSHOPS IN PREHISTORIC AND HISTORICAL-PERIOD ARCHAEOLOGY
Workshops 1 and 2 run concurrently
113:199 WK 1 Field Research in Archaeology
For those with no prior archaeological field experience
No prerequisites for Workshop 1
Enrollment: 16
113:199 WK 2 Field Research in Archaeology
For those with prior archaeological field experience
Previous field experience for Workshop 2
Enrollment: 4
Contact instructor Margaret Beck for special permission code for enrollment.
COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Margaret Beck (Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa)
Dr. William Whittaker (Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa)
Teaching Assistant: Cerisa Reynolds, M.A. (Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa)
The University of Iowa Archaeological Field School will be held in Summer 2011 during the 3-week Summer Session (May 16-June 3). This year, we will focus on Woodland period (500 BC-AD 1000) and 20th-century materials within Hickory Hill Park, Iowa City. Our goal is to relocate and test the Woodland-period Musgrove site (13JH28) along Ralston Creek, originally recorded in 1960. We will also inventory and prepare for curation a collection from previous excavations in the park: remains from the Pest House, an isolation house for smallpox victims in Iowa City used until the 1920s and excavated in 1973. Students will gain experience in basic archaeological field method such as surveying, mapping (including use of GPS and total stations), and excavation as well as artifact processing in the lab.
All necessary field equipment and recording forms are supplied. Students are responsible for their own lodging, transportation and meals. Efforts are made to set up housing and rides for those who need them.
Students will be evaluated based on participation, learning and practice of excavation and recording techniques.
TEXTBOOK
Lynn Alex. 2000. Iowa's Archaeological Past. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City. ISBN 0-87745-681-X (paper).