Fayum Field School
Egypt
October 10 - November 16, 2008
Curriculum
Prerequisites: None
Required Course:
Archaeology C159 (Undergraduates): 12 quarter units
or
Archaeology C259 (Graduate Students): 12 quarter units
Please note that to receive graduate credit you must currently be a graduate student seeking either an MA or Ph.D. degree. If you are currently an undergraduate student, or holding a BA/BS degree, you may enroll in the graduate level course work with instructor consent. In addition to all other course requirements, students enrolled at the C259 level must submit a research paper in coordination with the project Faculty Director.
This course has two goals; 1) to introduce students to field methods in archaeology, and 2) to provide a practical working knowledge of survey, excavation, and field cataloging methods that will enable students to better understand how to do archaeology.
Grading
Undergraduate grading will be based on participation (50%), their field notes (30%) and an exam on archaeological field methods (20%). Graduate students are graded on participation (50%), their field notes (30%), an exam (10%) and are required to write a 10-15 page paper on the relation between theory and practical field work on material from Karanis (20%).
Schedule
All schedules, itineraries, and group activities are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
The Egyptian work week runs from Sunday to Thursday. Friday and Saturday are off. Students can use the weekends to venture out. On some days, including some of the weekends, excursions will be organized which relate to the field work project or the broader cultural context.