Students will have the opportunity to interact with volunteers and the public in the excavation of an endangered site, visit important sites and museums and engage in other activities such as a canoe trip down the Raccoon River. Field-based introduction to identification techniques and interpretive procedures used in the analysis of faunal remains from archaeological sites. Ecological principles and life history strategies of the Eagle Lake vertebrates are explored through field observations. Potential paleoecological and paleobiological inferences are emphasized. Lab component involves identification of vertebrate osteological remains and is focused on the reconstruction of prehistoric subsistence strategies and human adaptation on the fringe of the Great Basin ecosystem.
Enrollment is limited.
Application is required by Friday, May 18. 13 June - 4 July. Testing last year indicated the site is composed of several discrete occupation areas, each dating to a slightly different period of use sometime between 8,500 - 12,000 years ago. This will be a really unique opportunity, enhanced because we will be joined by regional experts who will contribute their experience and provide training in new technologies. The US Forest Service is sponsoring a backpack survey on portions of the Wilderness.