Boxed Springs Archaeological Field School – Texas Summer 2023 – Scholarships Available
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.
We are excited to open the first full archaeological field school at the site of Boxed Springs, located in East Texas! This important Early Caddo (~800-1200 CE) site has been heavily looted and altered in terms of the four earthen mounds and associated cemetery, but recent magnetometry work by Wichita State indicate a high likelihood of domestic features such as house footprints still remain. Students enrolled in the archaeological field school at Boxed Springs will learn excavation, artifact identification, curation, and flotation. The research team will be working out of a ranch house for the duration of the field school. Students are expected to bring their own tents and sleeping gear, but will have continuous access to full indoor, air-conditioned, wifi-enabled facilities including full bathrooms, kitchens, and TVs. Bathrooms will be shared between 3-4 individuals. All food will be provided, which we will cook as a team on-site. Weekends will be off, with local travel to cultural, historical, and archaeological sites provided, such as to the Gregg County Historical Museum and to Caddo Mounds State Park. Scholarships are available to accepted students to cover cost of tuition. Food and excavation equipment provided, students are expected to bring their own tent.
Second Field School at Etzanoa: https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences/anthropology/archaeology/etzanoa_field-school.php
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