Everick Foundation’s Archaeology Field School is a unique resource for the field of archaeology education. The School is offered in both condensed or extended versions, and held in South East Queensland, Australia.
Designed for history and science teachers to complement the National and State curriculum, and for archaeology university students, to complement studies and align with The Australian Archaeological Skills Passport.
Overview
Practical training in archaeological methods, including:
- Tools for site prediction, including register searches, historic aerials, vegetations and soils mapping, site formation processes, and predictive modelling
- Survey techniques, including map reading, GPS and dumpy and ground penetrating radar
- Site grid trench layout
- Hand excavation, sieving for artefacts
- Artefact recovery, cataloguing and photography
- Stratigraphy and section drawing
- Field recording and drawing
- Historical context and overall site interpretation
Learning Outcomes
- Site prediction, historic aerials, ground penetrating radar (GPR), site survey, and mapping
- Designing a testing strategy, laying out a site grid, and excavation principles
- Excavation, sieving, artefact analysis, cataloguing, and photography
- Excavation, recording, artefact analysis, and feature drawing
- Stratigraphy, section drawing, and overall site interpretation
- Significance assessment
Teachers
The course content is designed to complement the National and State curriculum in history and science.
- Chronology, terms, concepts – Years 7/8/9/10
- Historical questions and research – Years 7/8/9/10
- Analysis and use of sources – Years 7/8/9/10
- Perspectives and interpretations – Years 8/9/10
- Explanation and communication – Years 8/9/10
- Historical Knowledge and Understanding
- The ancient past – Year 8
- Ancient to modern world – Year 8
- The making of the modern world – Year 9
- The modern world and Australia
- Digging up the past – Years 11/12
University students
The course content is designed to complement studies and is aligned with The Australian Archaeological Skills Passport.
- Group A Skills
- Principles of field survey and excavation
- Site grid trench layout
- Site plans
- Field skills and technical equipment
- Field recording
- Sample collection procedures and processing
- Artefact recovery and cataloguing
- Stone artefact identification
- Photography
- Group B Skills
- Sample processing
- GIS, spatial analysis and database management
- Significance assessment
- Dating techniques
- Geophysics
Participants
- School content aimed at history and science teachers and university students studying archaeology.
- Maximum of fifteen participants per course.
- No previous archaeology experience is necessary.
- We welcome applications from anyone over the age of 18.
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccinations is required for all participants.
- A general level of fitness is necessary for archaeological excavations, such as walking short distances, walking up and down steps, kneeling, lifting buckets, and sitting on the ground. All activities will occur outdoors. Effort will be made to accommodate all levels of fitness and mobility.
Cost
- $910 – 1 week / condensed school
- $1820 – 2 week / extended school
Inclusions:
- Expert instruction provided by professional archaeologists
- Program activities and training
- Equipment for use
- Teaching material booklet
- Excavation workbook
- Daily lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea
Not included:
- Transportation
- Accommodation
- Daily breakfast and dinner
Location
Ipswich, South East Queensland, Australia.
A significant industrial site related to the early socioeconomic development of the region.
Dates
In 2022
- 20 June to 1 July – 2 week extended school
- 4 to 8 July – 1 week condensed school
- 11 to 22 July – 2 week extended school
- 8 to19 August – 2 week extended school
- 19 to 23 September – 1 week condensed school
- 26 to 30 September – 1 week condensed school
https://www.foundation.everick.com.au/field-school
