Rhodes Archaeology Field School

A fragment of a clay pot, intricately decorated with black line drawings.
A fragment of a clay pot, intricately decorated with black line drawings.

2023 ARCHAEOLOGY MAYMESTER

Excavate Native American & 19th Century Sites in Tennessee

May 14-June 2, 2023

Or ARCE 450: Archaeology Field School (4 F11 Credits)

Room & Board + Class = $2680

This course and lab focus on understanding life on historic plantations through field research in household and environmental archaeology. Students will participate in archaeological fieldwork and laboratories to learn methods used in excavation, survey and mapping, site recording, artifact analysis, and scientific approaches to studying archaeological materials.

Summer Field School Application

For more information, contact Prof. Jeanne Lopiparo

ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology
(F7 and F11 Credits) 

ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology (F7 & F11) This course and accompanying lab focus on a scientific understanding of the biological and geological methods and theories that are relevant to human/environmental interaction in pre-historic and historic sites of human occupation. Research areas include: 1) environmental change and human activity; 2) plant and animal domestication and exploitation; and 3) methods for dating artifacts. The class and lab are held at the Ames Plantation in Tennessee. Enrollment is limited; students must apply for acceptance through the chair of the Archaeology Program.

Or ARCE 450: Archaeology Field School (4 F11 Credits)