Archaeol Fld Excav: Prehis NE

This course provides intensive training in the practical skills of field archaeology. Direction in site survey, excavation tactics and strategy, fieldwork supervision, methods of sampling and on-site analysis is given. The course includes an introduction to laboratory work. Topics such as cataloging, recognizing lithic materials, metric measurement and flotation of organic samples will be covered. This course is may be repeated up to nine credits. Offered every summer.