Advanced Field School
This course set is designed for those advanced undergraduate and graduate
students who have had archaeological field school, and who want to expand
their skills and experience in Mediterranean archaeology, particularly
mortuary archaeology. Students enrolled in this course set will form part
of the Mitrou Archaeological Project excavation team together with regular
field school students and professional staff. Unlike regular field school
students, advanced students will be trained as trench assistants in the
field, will receive specific instruction in tomb and burial excavation and
recording, and will be expected to spend a considerable amount of time in
the apothiki (laboratory) where they will assist in diverse data collection
and preliminary analysis tasks.
In addition to practical on-task
instruction, advanced students will attend evening lectures/discussions on
mortuary archaeology and Mediterranean culture history, and will be
expected (under guidance of the instructor) to produce a draft proposal and
annotated bibliography for conducting a specific mortuary archaeological
study of one or more sites in the Bronze through Iron Age Mediterranean. A
packet of readings on mortuary archaeology will be available in the
laboratory, but students are encouraged to identify and acquire additional
articles relevant to their proposal topics prior to traveling to Greece.
Prerequisites:
Prior archaeological field school (Preference for Human Osteology background or coursework.)
Consent of instructor
Download MAP Field School Application Form
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