This course provides advanced training in field and laboratory methods in archaeology and includes limited field excavations, training in processing and analysis of both prehistoric and historic artifact collections and the preparation of original reports summarizing these analyses.
Students also receive instruction in current theoretical approaches in archaeology.
Artifact typology and the analysis of prehistoric and historic artifacts. Introductory mapping and map reading and the completion of archaeological site survey forms. National and state cultural resource management laws. The curation, sorting, and basic tabulation of archaeological data. The course material is presented in a lecture format.