Field Schools

• IU Field School in Archaeology (P405)

  Indiana University and Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming, offer a joint field school “Exploring Social and Historical Landscapes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem” every summer. The base of operations is Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (http://www.nps.gov/bica), which is located in northern Wyoming and southern Montana. A research focus on residential use of space along the Bad Pass Trail allows students to study domestic architecture at nomadic Crow archaeological sites and gain experience in map making, surveying, and excavation techniques. Admission is by application only. Contact Laura Scheiber (scheiber@indiana.edu) for more information.

• Archaeology Field School in Indiana (P405)

  "Solving the Mystery of Yankeetown", June 4 to July 14, 6 credits P405, Prof. Susan Alt Join a team of archaeologists trying to solve an archaeological mystery! Excavations will be designed to discover how Yankeetown people organized their towns and built their houses. This field school is the beginning of a large scale project designed to better understand how interactions between different groups of people led to culture change, innovation, religious movements, and violent conflict. APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBA, contact Susan Alt susalt@indiana.edu.

• Ethnographic Food Studies Field School in Belize

  This program, sponsored by the Indiana University Department of Anthropology, is designed to meet the increasing demand for training in field methods in the study of food systems. The program will train students in anthropological field methods, introduce them to the ethnography of modern Belize and acquaint them with an intricate rural-urban food chain in the Stann Creek and Toledo districts of southern Belize.
  
  The field school offers training in the rapidly developing interdisciplinary field of Food Studies, as well as a valuable experience of the rich cultural diversity of southern Belize, incorporating elements of both Latin American and the Caribbean. The training will also be relevant to understanding economic development and the environmental and social consequences of tourism.
  
  This program is open to graduate students in an accredited MA or PhD Anthropology program or senior year anthropology undergraduates.
  
  Dates: June 11, 2011 to July 29, 2011 (7 weeks)
  Location: Southern Stann Creek District, Belize

  Visit www.indiana.edu/~overseas to apply.
  
  

• Anthropology Field Program in Oaxaca, Mexico

  The multi-campus Indiana University Overseas Study Committee has announced that they have approved a new summer program to be taught by four anthropology professors in Oaxaca, Mexico.  Professors Stacie King, Anya Royce, Dan Suslak, and Catherine Tucker designed the program to introduce students to a broad range of topics within anthropology, including cultural patrimony, linguistic change, cultural diversity, economic revitalization and human-environment interactions.

• IU Field School in Archaeology (P405)

  IU and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology offer an archaeological field school in Midwestern archaeology every summer. Sites vary by year but students will always have hands-on experience with a variety of research methods and field techniques. Advanced applications in remote sensing and geoarchaeology are essential elements in training provided by the field school. Admission is by application only. Contact Staffan Peterson (stapeter@indiana.edu) for more information.

• Archaeology in Chau Hiix, Belize

  Earn 9 IU credits while gaining hands-on experience excavating an ancient Mayan city. All courses are applicable to the major and focus on methodology, lab and fieldwork, and the ancient Maya. The program will next be offered in 2007, May to July. Contact Anne Pyburn (apyburn@indiana.edu) for more information.

• Summer Archaeological Field School in Kyrgyzstan

  Students from the US and Kyrgyzstan will live and work together on an archaeological project designed to develop scientific research skills and cross-cultural communication and understanding. In addition to actual mapping and excavation, students will get language exposure, a chance to meet Kyrgyz people from many walks of life, and tours of various cultural sites as well as hiking and outdoor recreation. Contact Anne Pyburn (apyburn@indiana.edu) for more information.

 

• Ethnography in Crooked Tree, Belize

  Learn interviewing and participant observation techniques and use them to complete an independent research project.  There will also be 3-day field trips to Maya and Garifuna (coastal) areas.  Courses cover the culture of Belize, methods, and fieldwork.  The date the program will next be offered has not yet been set.  For more information, visit: www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/cr_tree.html

• Other IU-Sponsored Field Schools

  Other summer field schools in archaeology are often offered.  Please look for flyers in the department and consult the summer course offerings: www.registrar.indiana.edu/~registra/scheofclass.shtm