Archaeology Field School

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Starting in September 2014, a field school will be offered by the Department of Anthropology, to take place at the historic site of Maugerville, New Brunswick. The area along the eastern banks of the St. John river, just below Fredericton was settled in 1763 by families from New England known as Planters. The field school offers an introduction to archaeological field techniques through participation in a field research project including safety in the field, systemic approaches to research, site survey, recording, testing and excavation techniques. Transportation to and from the site will be available.

ANTH 3352 Archaeological Field School I and ANTH 3353 Archaeological Field School II are to be taken concurrently.

The archaeological field components of the program (ANTH 3352 and 3353) will allow students to:

  • complete the field school requirement for the UNB Archaeology Interdepartment Program,
  • acquire a field school to fulfil requirements for application to some archaeology graduate programs, and
  • obtain critical training in field techniques, as a background for participation in field programs both regionally and abroad.

Furthermore, through the NB Heritage Conservation Act, archaeology is an important component of the New Brunswick Environmental Assessment process, and represents a critical avenue of future employment for archaeology students. The archaeological field component will satisfy some of the legal requirements that students will need to have to be able to apply for an Archaeological Field Permit and an Archaeological Monitoring Permit within any jurisdiction, including:

  • completion of an upper level archaeological field school, and
  • partial fulfillment of the accrual of a number of weeks of regional field experience.

In conjunction with the field school, ANTH 3342 Archaeological Lab School I and ANTH 3343 Archaeological Lab School II are also to be taken concurrently. The lab school offers an introduction to archaeological analytical techniques (ANTH 3345) through participation in a lab-based research project, emphasizing systemic approaches to research, recognition and cataloguing of archaeological materials and basic data recovery.