Field OpportunitiesKANSAS ARCHEOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM (KATP)
Description: The Kansas Archeology Training Program field school offers volunteers an opportunity to work on significant archeological sites in Kansas under the supervision of professional archeologists. An artifact processing laboratory, classes, and a wide variety of evening programs are part of the field school. Fees: $20 members / $80 non-members if application is submitted by May 2. After May 2, $30 members / $90 non-members. Prerequisites: Before taking part in field school activities, all participants must attend an orientation session, dealing with the goals of the program and archeological background of the excavation sites. If participants are new to the KATP, they must take the two-hour Principles of Archeology course. Members who have attended the Principles lectures at previous KATP field schools are not required to repeat the session and may go directly to the field or lab after attending Orientation. College Credit: Available from Emporia State University--see the registration packet for details. Participants: Participants must be at least 10 years of age, and those younger than 14 must work with a parent or other sponsoring adult at all times. Participants between 14 and 18 years of age must be accompanied by a legally responsible adult. Registration Packet: available in early March 2008 at http://www.kshs.org/resource/katpcurrent.htm
Description: The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Kansas State University invites students to participate in the Kansas Archaeological Field School. The program will focus on the Kramer sites, adjacent prehistoric occupations in Jefferson County, northeastern Kansas. The coeducational field school provides students with basic and advanced training in archaeological excavation, and archaeological survey and basic laboratory techniques as time permits. Students participate in a problem-oriented research project designed to provide significant information on the archaeology of the Central Plains. During the field school, students devote full time (five days a week) to field school activities; all enrollees must participate for the duration of the field school. No prior archaeological experience is necessary. Both sites, in Nine Mile Creek Valley about 9 miles northeast of Lawrence, have yielded evidence of occupation during the Middle Archaic (~5000-3000 BC), Late Archaic (~3000-500 BC), Woodland (~500 BC-AD 1000), and Late Prehistoric (AD 1000-1500) periods. The landowners have found many chipped stone tools, ground stone tools, pottery, and other artifacts. Participants in the field school will document the extent, depth, and nature of the sites and determine whether they contain intact deposits, including house remains and features, such as hearths and storage pits. The sites may provide significant information about culture change and continuity in northeastern Kansas. Accommodations, Transportation, Field School Costs, and Application: Participants in the field school will be housed in quarters near the project area and will share meals on weekdays during each week of the field school. The quarters will include a field laboratory in which participants will devote a portion of the field school to preparation of recovered artifacts for cataloging, curation, and analysis. Students are responsible for transportation to and from the field school quarters each week; for those who cannot provide a vehicle for this purpose, other arrangements will be made. The tuition and fees for the field school are $750 for resident undergraduates, $2,048 for non-resident undergraduates, $1,018 for resident graduates, and $2,342 for non-resident graduates. There is also a fee of $400 to cover room, board, and laboratory expenses. Before enrolling, students must apply directly to the Instructor. Application forms are online (http://www.ksu.edu/sasw/anthro/apply.htm) and are available from the Instructor. For additional information, contact Dr. Brad Logan (phone: 785-532-2419; email: blogan@ksu.edu), Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 |
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