2019 Field School
For the third straight year, the discipline of archaeology at the University of Alberta has cracked the top 50 in the prestigious reputational QS World University rankings!
Most of the 2019 University of Alberta Archaeological Field School (May 21-June 20) will take place on the Mattheis Ranch owned by the University of Alberta and managed by the Rangeland Research Institute. Student activities will involve surface survey, mapping and subsurface testing in native prairie settings, conduct of archaeological impact assessments for mock pipeline and well pad exercises, and excavation of stratified deposits with a focus on the Avonlea to Old Women's Phase transition. There will also be opportunities to learn from and work with Treaty 7 ceremonialists and to visit significant nearby sites such as the Majorville and Sundial Medicine Wheels, and to interact with members of the general public through "Stones & Bones" collection events. Learn more about the field school settings at: Rangeland Research Institute, University of Alberta .
Bear Tracks registration for the 2019 archaeological field school will open in February 2017. Instructor permission is required for registration.
Prior to enrolling in the 2019 field school you will need to complete the on-line application form and provide a letter of reference. The link below takes you to the on-line form:
2019 On-line Application Form, ANTHR 396, Archaeological Field School
Note that the deadline for on-line applications is February 4, 2019.
More field school information is available in the .pdf files listed below.
Updates @UofA_IPA
For More Information Contact:
Dr. Jack Ives
Institute of Prairie Archaeology
Department of Anthropology
University of Alberta
Tel: 780-248-2082
jives@ualberta.ca
Jack Ives (right) and the late Allan Pard (left) at Onoka Katzee, Sundial Medicine Wheel, a site we will visit during the 2019 field school.