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DESCRIPTION:This two-week intensive field school offers hands-on experience
  in excavation and laboratory study of an archaeological site in Old Town 
 Alexandria\, Virginia.
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SUMMARY:Historical Archaeology Field Institute on May 16\, 2016
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X-WR-CALDESC:Historical Archaeology Field Institute on May 16\, 2016
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CATEGORIES:Archaeology Museum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria
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 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=13809\n\nThis two-week intensiv
 e field school offers hands-on experience in excavation and laboratory stu
 dy of an archaeological site in Old Town Alexandria\, Virginia. The city h
 as several historic districts and developed the first community archaeolog
 y program in America. It is the perfect place to investigate the Shuter's 
 Hill plantation site and to learn about artifact identification and analys
 is at the Alexandria Archaeology Museum. This summer's institute focuses o
 n the excavation and study of an area of the site associated with enslaved
  African Americans. Working with the City of Alexandria's Archaeologists\,
  students will also discuss public heritage values and issues resulting in
  a public interpretive tour. \n\nThe ten-day course in field and laborator
 y methods is designed to introduce students to the archaeological process 
 from research questions through data collection\, analysis\, and interpret
 ation. The field school is taught by a team of archaeologists as a case st
 udy/mini-practicum\, so that students gain an understanding of the overall
  process\, concepts\, and goals of an archaeological investigation while h
 aving experience in contemporary methods. Students learn about the site\, 
 the 18th- and 19th-century Shuter's Hill Plantation\, and results to date 
 of the investigations of the African American laundry/home portion of the 
 site. The changing use and meaning of the hill are discussed in relationsh
 ip to preservation and shifting community values. The excavation experienc
 e includes keeping a field log\, recording data\, and maintaining vertical
  and horizontal control. Students then work in the Alexandria Archaeology 
 Museum to wash\, sort\, identify\, and analyze the artifacts they excavate
 d. Workshops are held throughout the course and include topics such as exc
 avation methods\, laboratory processing methods\, curation/collections man
 agement issues\, conservation\, ceramics\, glass\, and faunal remains. Stu
 dents will participate in two capstone interpretive experiences: first a g
 roup discussion with the City's archaeologists in which the data derived f
 rom the class activities are broadly interpreted\; and second\, a public t
 our of the site developed by the students.\n\nThe course has relevance to 
 undergraduate and graduate students in American Studies\, Anthropology\, A
 rchaeology\, African American Studies\, Africana Studies\, History\, Museu
 m Studies & Education\, Preservation\, and Women's Studies\, and anyone wh
 o would enjoy a first-hand opportunity to participate in archaeological re
 search.\n\nShuter's Hill Site and Alexandria Archaeology Museum are access
 ible through the King Street Metro Station.\n\nHow to Register through The
  George Washington University \n\nStudents register for the Historical Arc
 haeology Field Institute through The George Washington University. The cou
 rse carries three semester hours of graduate or undergraduate credit throu
 gh the American Studies or Anthropology departments. Class size will be li
 mited to 20 students.\n?ANTH/AMST 3835.80 (Undergraduate) \n?ANTH/AMST 683
 5.80 (Graduate) \n\n\nLocation:  No Location Specified\nFees: This institu
 te is open to current and visiting GW undergraduate and graduate students.
 \nAudience: The same as NULL value.\nTags: Archaeology Museum\, Museums\, 
 Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://
 apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=13809\n\nWeb resources:\n
 \nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/archaeology/default.aspx?id=33900#
 HistoricalArchaeologyFieldInstitute\n
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SUMMARY:Historical Archaeology Field Institute
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