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CLASS CREDIT FROM FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE
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Possibilities for Class Credit
based upon the following instruction/duties/research, which
will also instructions depend on the time that the student attends
the expedition, e.g., Russell, our bio-anthropologist, will
arrive toward the end to look at skeletal material already excavation.Some
also are contingent upon discovering the appropriate site types,
like habitations dating to certain periods of interest for excavation.
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Students will receive instruction
in the following sets of skills and will practice them in the
field:
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full coverage survey techniques
including systematic field walking and recording of sites
using prepared forms - GIS database design, data entry,
and simple spatial operations
interpreting air photos
and topographical maps
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use of a sighting compass
and GPS unit
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surface collection of sites,
including sampling techniques for artifact scatters
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small scale test excavation
and recording in units of 1- 2 meters square - planning
surface features, especially stone covered burials and ritual
constructions
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field preparation, sorting,
and simple analysis of ceramics, lithics, and small finds
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lithic and ceramic technical
drawing
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collecting samples for radiocarbon
analysis
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Students have the option of receiving
training and participating in:
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mortuary excavation and
recording
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soil flotation methods and
heavy fraction sorting
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simple faunal analysis for
genus-species and age
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basic bio anthro description
and identification of human skeletal samples
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surface geomorphological
evaluation and soil coring
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Topics of seminars will include:
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An overview of Mongolian
history, archaeology, and periodization
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Site types and identification
with emphasis on the ceramic chronology and lithics types
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The design and implementation
of field surveys as part of a broader archaeological research
design
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Issues in Northeast Asian
archaeology that pertain to the research project and/or
are of interest to research staff including models for the
rise of regional steppe confederations, comparative approaches
to interregional interaction, and the transition to pastoral
economies
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