trips become an option we will prepare participants for field camping, or more likely “glamping.” Our orientation is cultural (aka heritage) resource management and we involve students to a full range of tasks: planning, budgeting, GIS applications, survey, site mapping, geophysical prospecting, testing, evaluation, site recordation and artifact analysis. We focus on inventorying pre-contact and historic archaeological resources. Our field sessions include transect survey, total station and GPS mapping, ground penetrating radar, and shovel probing. Where appropriate we include excavating test units or contribute to block excavations on ongoing projects. Our projects support community participation and interpretation, and serve transdisciplinary geoarchaeological and landscape studies. The first day will be entirely on campus, but we may be in the field or on campus thereafter. You may need to arrive prepared for a day in the field as early as the second day of class. Our fieldwork will be in collaboration with government agencies that manage public land in Washington and/or tribal cultural resource management programs. We will be doing CRM (cultural resource management) archaeology for them just as you might do in a future job for an agency or private archaeology contracting company. We will be assisting agency efforts by surveying for archaeological sites on their land, recording sites, helping to determine the significance of sites for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), doing test excavations, and/or evaluating damage to sites. The possibility that a site could be listed on the NRHP is a common means for agencies to decide what sort of protection or further work a site will get. Finding sites and evaluating their significance, usually through test excavation, are the most common tasks in CRM archaeology, and we will be sure to provide students with the opportunity to gain familiarity and experience with these tasks. Further Information Dr. Steven Hackenberger Department of Anthropology Central Washington University 400 E. University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544 SEE Field Clothing & Equipment and Suggested Readings on following pages Field Clothing & Equipment Except for the days we are in the lecture hall or laboratory, you should bring a pack lunch, drinking water, and field clothes every day. Although we will provide all of the larger and more expensive equipment, you will need to provide your own personal gear. The following items are required:
trips become an option we will prepare participants for field camping, or more likely “glamping.” Our orientation is cultural (aka heritage) resource management and we involve students to a full range of tasks: planning, budgeting, GIS applications, survey, site mapping, geophysical prospecting, testing, evaluation, site recordation and artifact analysis. We focus on inventorying pre-contact and historic archaeological resources. Our field sessions include transect survey, total station and GPS mapping, ground penetrating radar, and shovel probing. Where appropriate we include excavating test units or contribute to block excavations on ongoing projects. Our projects support community participation and interpretation, and serve transdisciplinary geoarchaeological and landscape studies. The first day will be entirely on campus, but we may be in the field or on campus thereafter. You may need to arrive prepared for a day in the field as early as the second day of class. Our fieldwork will be in collaboration with government agencies that manage public land in Washington and/or tribal cultural resource management programs. We will be doing CRM (cultural resource management) archaeology for them just as you might do in a future job for an agency or private archaeology contracting company. We will be assisting agency efforts by surveying for archaeological sites on their land, recording sites, helping to determine the significance of sites for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), doing test excavations, and/or evaluating damage to sites. The possibility that a site could be listed on the NRHP is a common means for agencies to decide what sort of protection or further work a site will get. Finding sites and evaluating their significance, usually through test excavation, are the most common tasks in CRM archaeology, and we will be sure to provide students with the opportunity to gain familiarity and experience with these tasks. Further Information Dr. Steven Hackenberger Department of Anthropology Central Washington University 400 E. University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544 SEE Field Clothing & Equipment and Suggested Readings on following pages Field Clothing & Equipment Except for the days we are in the lecture hall or laboratory, you should bring a pack lunch, drinking water, and field clothes every day. Although we will provide all of the larger and more expensive equipment, you will need to provide your own personal gear. The following items are required:
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