San Bernardino National Forest Applied Archaeology
California
July 21 - August 22, 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
20%: Team activities
30%: Field notes
30%: Survey forms
20%: Multiple choice exam
Textbooks
There are no required texts outside of the course workbook. However, there is a library in camp that can be used by students. It consists of ethnographical and archaeological texts relating to the Serrano.
Syllabus
For a copy of the tentative 2008 syllabus, click here.