(Header image: Students at an archaeological dig in Huaca, Colorado, with Professor Ed Swenson. Photo by Prof. Swenson.)
Summer 2021 Evolutionary Anthropology Field School
There are currently no evolutionary anthropology field schools planned for Summer 2021.
Summer 2021 Social Cultural Field School
Summer Abroad Program
- ANT395Y – Spain (virtual) For more details see the U of T Summer Abroad website.
Summer 2021 Archaeology Field Schools
ARH306Y1S Archaeological Field Methods
This course provides training in the methods used in archaeological survey, site mapping and laying out of excavations, use of total stations, theodolites, and GPS, excavation, stratigraphy, square mapping, and stratigraphic recording, along with a sampling of other skills and methods, such as digital field photography, conservation, augering, and remote sensing. The course is designed to be short and intensive, with approximately 15 full days devoted mainly to fieldwork, and a short preparatory period in the first week. Before fieldwork begins, there will be an open-book online test to ensure that students have covered the basics that they will need to prepare themselves for the remainder of the course. The course will include some online lectures to go over information students will need to know to do the fieldwork and to cover topics not emphasized in the text or to add Canadian content. The bulk of the course, however, will be devoted to a variety of field exercises. It is anticipated that this will include survey, topographic mapping, augering, test-pitting, and excavation, screening, drawing, field conservation, field sampling, and photography. The goal is to teach fieldwork skills and knowledge that would be useful on prehistoric and historic sites, and in both academic fieldwork and the heritage industry, and not primarily to recover “real” archaeological data about these sites.
Course Fee, Equipment & Supplies: In addition to regular tuition, there will be a small fee ($25) to cover the cost of supplies you will use. This fee will be charged through ROSI in addition to the tuition.
Preliminary Schedule Summer 2021
July 3 – July 4: On-line Quiz – due July 4, midnight.
July 5 – Online Lecture 1 – Introduction, class mechanics, health and safety, and mapping.
July 6 – Mapping instruction on use of levels and stadia for mapping (garden west of Anthropology building); begin mapping @ LRMS (campus).
July 7, 8, 9 – Mapping @ LRMS.
July 12 – No class (work on maps).
July 13 – Online Lecture 2 – Laying in the grid, excavation and record keeping.
July 14 – Lay in Grid, begin excavation, shovel tests at excavation site (Location TBA). Maps Due.
July 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 – Excavation
July 26 – Online Lecture 3 – Stratigraphic profile and Harris Matrix
July 27 – Complete excavation, begin profiles.
July 28 – Scan of Field Notebooks Due, complete profiles of excavation units.
July 29 – Backfill, Harris Matrix and Profile Due.
July 30, August 3, 4 – extra days for rain, artifact study, etc.
August 5 – Final on-line quiz opens, complete by midnight, August 7.
August 16 – Final report due via Quercus as scanned document
