The Department of Anthropology at Wichita State University is delighted to announce the opening of applications for our TWO archaeological field schools for Summer 2023! These two field programs will expose students to different archaeological materials, methods, and cultural experiences. Both field schools will be held in the month of June, 2023 for 4 credit hours of graduate or undergraduate credit.
Located near the mouth of the Walnut River at Arkansas City, Etzanoa is a protohistoric Wichita town that contained about 20,000 residents in 1601. This year we will have two main activities. One is ground-truthing selected features detected by the NPS Remote Sensing Workshop, which will be held in the last week of May. The other is to continue excavating a cluster of features that reflect a work area associated with a cluster of houses. Old storage pits used for trash disposal have yielded numerous artifacts. Etzanoa yields pottery, finely crafted chipped and ground stone artifacts, bone tools, and faunal remains. Students will learn how to handle them, including specimens selected for microfossil and other residue analysis. We occasionally find Spanish artifacts as well. Etzanoa is the focus of a major public archaeology project that involves a local conservancy, the town, a local community college, the local school district, Wichita State University, and of course the Wichita Tribe. As a result, and students will participate in a public event at the end of the season. Students have a single room in the college dorm, with private shower, for $10 a night. We dig in the shade.
Etzanoa Website: https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences/anthropology/archaeology/etzanoa_field-school.php
Second Field School at Boxed Springs: https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences/anthropology/archaeology/boxed_springs_fieldschool.php
More information: crystal.dozier@wichita.edu
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