Other Field Schools

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Archaeology Institute of America Fieldwork Opportunities: AFOB online continues to be one of the foremost fieldwork resources. There are over 250 listings for archaeological projects around the world. Each AFOB listing features a project profile window with icons to provide information on the size of the project, age requirements, and academic credit availability. The listings continue to provide in-depth descriptions of the projects and accommodations, as well as bibliographies and other detailed information. Click on the Archaeology Institute link above and select the "Fieldwork" option from the left-side menu on the home page.

Want to work with Orangutans and Chimpanzees? The Center for Great Apes is in Wauchula, Florida; Tina Gilbert is the volunteer coordinator. Their web site is:
www.prime-apes.org.

Applied Archaeology Field School offered by UCLA and the San Bernardino National Forest —July 21-August 22, 2008
Taught by USDA Forest Service archaeologists, designed for students interested in careers in applied archaeology and cultural resource management. Students will survey in Holcomb Valley located in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, approximately 5 miles north of the resort community of Big Bear Lake. Enrollment Deadline: 7-1-2008. For more information contact:

Dr. Bill Sapp, Forest Archaeologist, SBNF

Email: billsapp@fs.fed.us

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sanbernardino/about/fieldschool.shtml

To Register: visit the UCLA/ Cotsen Institute of Archaeology web site for registration options: http://www.archaeology.ucla.edu/SanBernNatForest/overview.htm

UCLA Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School—
June 22-July 25, 2008

A new and innovative course that uses cutting edge scientific tools in a collaborative research project with Tongva/Gabrielino tribal members, the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Provides students with practical working knowledge of survey, excavation, lab and cataloging methods while immersing them in the 9,000 years of cultural history of the Tongva/Gabrielino nation. Students will also learn about how to apply cultural resource laws to public sector archaeological work. Catalina Island is situated just off the coast of Los Angeles.

Please see the website for more information:
http://www.archaeology.ucla.edu/Catalina/overview.htm

Partial scholarships are available. Please see
http://www.archaeology.ucla.edu/pdf/CatalinaFieldSchoolScholarshipFlyer.pdf

Investigate the Wenas Creek Mammoth—2008 Summer Field School June 16-Aug 8, by Central Washington U.
The Wenas Creek Mammoth Project focuses on the recovery of a late Pleistocene mammoth, associated artifacts and faunas, while placing these in their geological context. Use techniques from archaeology, paleontology, and geography in the excavation near Selah, WA. For more details and information, please visit:

http://www.cwu.edu/~masters/mammoth.html

Primary Instructor: Patrick Lubinski, Ph.D. (Archaeology)

Email: lubinski@cwu.edu Phone: (509) 963-3601

Forensic Anthropology Short Courses—Summer 2008
Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA

1) Death Scene Archaeology: Field Methods in the Location, Recovery, and Interpretation of Human Remains from Outdoor Contexts, June 2-6;

2) Laboratory Methods in the Identification of Human Skeletal Remains, June 9-13

3) Analysis of Bone Trauma and Pseudo-Trauma in Suspected Violent Death, June 16-20

4) Documentation of Human Remains and Physical Evidence at the Terrorism Crime Scene, June 23-27

For more information on Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, visit the site below and choose "Short Courses" from the left-side menu:

http://mai.mercyhurst.edu/

Contacts:

Dennis Dirkmaat, Ph.D. DABFA

Email: ddirkmaat@mercyhurst.edu Phone: (814) 824-2105

Steven A. Symes, Ph.D., DABFA

Email: ssymes@mercyhurst.edu Phone: (814) 824-3369