Expanded For-Credit Summer Field Schools in Archaeology!
Further your archaeology education in an exciting new way: ASU’s expanded program allows you to earn credit through field-based courses in archaeological excavation, human osteology, GIS, geophysical survey, paleoethnobotany, and zooarchaeology. Based at the Center for American Archeology’s research and education facilities in Kampsville, Illinois, these courses offer field- and laboratory-based hands-on experience within a collegial network of scholars and students.
This program offers something for everyone – including coursework in beginning and advanced field archaeology, human osteology, GIS and geophysical survey methods. Staffed by nationally and internationally recognized scholars from Arizona State University, the Center for American Archeology, the University of Arkansas, the Illinois State Museum and Washington University in St. Louis, these programs create an intensive, immersion-style learning environment in which you will work with leading professionals and tap into the unparalleled natural and cultural resources of the Lower Illinois Valley region.
Multiple enrollment options allow you to select the course best suited to your interests and education/career goals. Options include six-week and two-week programs.
| Six Week/Six Credit Courses (June 22 - August 1) | Two Week/Three Credit Courses |
| Human Osteology Field Archaeology & Geophysical Survey GIS & Geophysical Survey |
Paleoethnobotany (July 21 - August 1) Zooarchaeology (August 4 - 15) |
| See the Programs page for more information! | |
Directed by Jane E. Buikstra, the field school emphasizes both empirical and theoretical training in archaeological research design and implementation. The Arizona State University Field School in Kampsville, IL offers students the opportunity to participate in ongoing professional research. Students receive individual instruction and work side by side with professional archeologists. Through this "hands-on" method, students are inspired to learn more than the routines of field and laboratory methods of archeological recovery and analysis. We challenge students to develop the conceptual abilities that underlie successful archeological projects and to develop an appreciation for the range of issues addressed through archeological investigation. Experiences at archeological sites and research laboratories are supplemented by classroom study and lectures.
Center for American Archeology
The Center for American Archeology is a teaching and research campus located in the lower Illinois River valley, one of the richest archeological regions in the United States. The center is located 270 miles southwest of Chicago and 80 miles north of St. Louis. The ongoing regional research program, permanent laboratories in lithics, ceramics, botany and geomorphology, 15,000-volume archeological library, computer center, artifact repository, and a score of resident scholars combine to make the CAA a rich learning environment for students and scholars alike.
Mound House (11GE7)
Mound House is a 5 ha multi-component mound site situated in the lower Illinois River valley floodplain. Archaeological investigation has documented approximately 10,000 years of human occupation. Previous work has focused extensively upon the impressive Middle Woodland (50 BC - AD 400) aspect of the site, particularly mounds 1 and 2. Subsequent occupations have received only marginal attention. We are currently investigating the post-Middle Woodland occupation of the site, and prehistoric and historic landscape use and modification.
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