The site was occupied from about A.D. 1600 to 1780 by the Mandan Indians. Field school students will receive hands-on instruction in the use of various kinds of field equipment and techniques of excavation and artifact recovery, site mapping, and documentation and record keeping. Field trips are planned to other nearby archeological sites of interest, including the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site and the Knife River Flint Quarries. Students will receive six semester hours of undergraduate credit in Anthropology 380, Field Techniques in Archaeology, for the six week course of instruction. Application deadline is April 15, 2001.
Enrollment is limited so please apply early.
There may be some opportunities for summer employment in archaeology after the field school for individuals successfully completing the course. Application forms will be available for general distribution in the department main office in Babcock Hall, Room 104, by the first of March 2001. The above two possibilities are open for students who have made prior arrangements with instructors. See description of these two courses in the Spring 2001 listing. Consent of instructor required.