Fieldschools
Bluff, Utah archaeological site
(Photo/Tom Carr)
Every summer, the CU Department of Anthropology conducts a full-credit field school for interested undergraduate and graduate students. The region studied varies on a rotating basis, with new sites chosen regularly.
ANTH 4350 (2-6). Archaeological Field
and Laboratory Research.
Students participate in archaeological
field research or conduct laboratory analysis
of archaeological materials and data. Students
work with faculty on archaeological research
projects with a field or lab focus, depending
on the project undertaken. May be repeated up
to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor
consent. Same as ANTH 5350.
From 2002-2004, the field school was conducted in the Southwest. In the summers of 2005 through 2007, selected students set up camp on the Great Plains with Dr. Douglas Bamforth.
The Great Plains Archaeology Field School 2008
During Summer Session B - July 8 through August 8, 2008
Bluff Great House dig
(Photo/Cathy Cameron)
The 2008 Anthropology Department summer archaeological field school will be held in the Pine Ridge area around Crawford and Chadron, in northwestern Nebraska and will be taught by Dr. Douglas Bamforth. This class trains students in the basics of archaeological field survey (site location) and excavation as well as preliminary laboratory processing of recovered materials. The specific work will fall into two basic areas. We will survey areas along drainages leading into the Pine Ridge east of Chadron, searching particularly for sites that may have been small farming communities roughly 600 or 700 years ago. We will also carry out excavations on sites that we have located previously and on newly discovered sites. A course syllabus and application are available: Field School 2008. For additional information, contact Dr. Douglas Bamforth at Douglas.Bamforth@colorado.edu.
The Southwest Archaeology Field School
The Southwest Archaeology Field School offers 6 semester hours of undergraduate or graduate instruction, learning archaeological skills from a large, experienced staff. Dr. Catherine Cameron supervises research at Bluff, Utah and Dr. Stephen Lekson directs work at Cañada Alamosa, New Mexico. Cameron and Lekson each have over twenty-five years of experience in Southwestern archaeology, with fieldwork at Bluff since 1995 and at Cañada Alamosa since 1999.