ISLAND ARCHAEOLOGY
1 week option: JUNE 11 – JUNE 18, 2012
1 week option: JUNE 18 – JUNE 25, 2012
2 week option: JUNE 11 – JUNE 25, 2012
Total cost of room and board:
$1,441/person/7 days (double occupancy)
Prerequisite: NO previous experience in archaeology required; this is a non-credit program open to all, 18 years of age and up!
2012 Registration Form (download, complete and send to Shoals).
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The Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine (New England) has a long history of human settlement from the late 16th century. Early communities were based on fish processing. Students will take part in ongoing archaeological research on the site of a fish processing station on Smuttynose Island, located adjacent to Appledore Island's Shoals Marine Laboratory. In this course you will learn about the past human communities that lived on the island (1650 to the late 19th century) and about marine organisms that were present in the environment during those periods. Participants live at the Shoals Marine Lab and commute to Smuttynose Island by boat each day. Course work will include documentation, reporting and completion of architectural, historic and prehistoric site survey and excavation forms suitable for historic preservation submission. Training in field logistics, scheduling, ethics, and public relations are also part of this course. The Register of Professional Archaeology Standards and Practice will be used as a guide.
Research objectives of this project include:
Identifying the past size and geographic and temporal distribution of marine species:
• warm water marine species such as swordfish, scallop, and quahog over time which can be compared to marine temperature changes apparent in foraminifera records.
• extinct species such as sea mink and great auk.
• invasive species by documenting spatial occurrence over time.
Faculty:
Dr. Nathan D. Hamilton, University of Southern Maine
Dr. Robin Hadlock Seeley, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell University
Photos of artifacts: SeacoastNH.com
Report on the 2010 Archaeology project at Shoals on Smuttynose:
Seacoastonline.com
SeacoastNH.com
Reports on the 2009 Island Archaeology project at Shoals on Smuttynose:
Cornell Chronicle
SeacoastNH.com
ISHRA in the news
Reports on the 2008 Island Archaeology course at Smuttynose:
Cornell Chronicle
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