Field Methods in Archaeology

6.0 credits

In this course, taught on site at an archaeological excavation, students receive instruction and hands-on training in archaeological field and laboratory work, including on-site surveying, excavation techniques, field documentation, and artifact identification and processing. Students are also introduced, through lectures, readings, and field trips, to the archaeology of the region in which they are excavating, and they learn to apply this knowledge to the interpretation of the archaeological material they excavate.