anthropology Field School

Come dig with us this summer!

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ANTHROPOLOGY (ANT 200/IND 288)
6 weeks - up to 6 credit hours

June 6—July 14, 2022
Noble-Wieting site, north of Heyworth, IL

Learn:

  • methods used by Modern Archaeologists
  • background research
  • mapping
  • excavation
  • material analysis
  • preservation
  • reporting

WEEKS 1
Students will meet two evenings (2.5 hours each) at Parkland College, Room D151, for hands-on lab sessions about the field project and site, the precontact history of east central Illinois, the archaeological process, and basic field methods.

WEEKS 2-5
Students will conduct excavations at the Noble-Wieting cultural site, a 700-year-old Native American village located north of Heyworth, Illinois. Students will be performing fieldwork five days a week, 8 hours a day, during this 4-week period. 

WEEKS 6
Students will meet two evenings (2.5 hours each) at Parkland College, Room D151, to wash, sort, and identify artifacts and to learn and practice artifact analytical methods. 

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Questions? Email bskousen@parkland.edu