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UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Department of Anthropology
2002 Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology
5 JUNE - 10 JULY 2002
University
of Texas at Austin is offering an archaeological field school from
June 5 through July 10, 2002.
Excavations will examine late nineteenth-century urban life in downtown Dallas, Texas. The major research objective will be to study the historical, cultural, and social development of African-American communities within Dallas from 1870 into the early twentieth-century. Our excavations will focus on abandoned house lots in an area of the city once settled by ex-slaves, free blacks, and their descendants.
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Students will acquire
a comprehensive background in field methodology and historical archaeology.
This includes laying out grid systems, excavation documentation (including
photography), mapping and point proveniencing with a total data station
and transit. Fieldwork will be augmented by lectures (ranging from artifact
identification to topics relating to the African
Diaspora), laboratory work, and field trips to nearby historical sites
and museums.
Housing arrangements
have been made at a very reasonable rate, and field crew are expected
to reside in Dallas for the field school term.
The deadline for both applications and deposits to ensure a slot in the field school is April 15th, however, interested students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Enrollment in the course will be limited, and students will be accepted on a first come - first serve basis. Students enrolling with a transient status (i.e. non-UT Austin students) must have all application materials to the UT Admissions Office by May 1, 2002.