USM Summer Archaeological Field School 2006

under the direction of Dr. Amy Young

registration codes:

ANT 436 1372 ANT 536 1373

ANT 439 (lab) 1375 ANT 539 (lab) 1374

Class starts June 7, 2006

Earn Anthropology credit and have lots of fun exploring a variety of historic sites in Mississippi. We will be doing survey and testing at several important sites this summer. Learn archaeological field methods hands on, and begin a discovery of the lives of Mississippians from the antebellum period to Civil Rights. You will learn how archaeological sites are discovered, how to grid and map sites, and conduct archaeological testing. You will be graded on your daily journal entries that document the important finds each day, as well as mastery of the skills necessary in conducting professional-level archaeological fieldwork.

You may sign up for 3 or 6 credit hours. If you sign up for 6 credit hours, you will be expected to do field work each day, Monday through Friday all day for six weeks. For 3 credit hours, you will be required to do field work for 3 weeks, or for half days for 6 weeks. The first three weeks of the fieldwork will be conducted in Hattiesburg. The last three weeks will be in Jackson.

Students excavating at the location of a slave house near Natchez, Mississippi

Students excavating at the location of a late 19th century midwife’s house in New York, Mississippi.