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Field School in Subarctic Archaeology and Ethnography
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Introduction to ANTH 225 - 2012

 

 

 
The Mirror Creek Valley of the Yukon - Alaska Borderlands
Focal Area for Archaeological Survey and Ethnographic Documentation of History
 
Archaeology and Ethnography in the Yukon!
Yukon - Alaska Borderlands
Field Methods in Subarctic Archaeology and Ethnography

Fieldwork Dates: 6 June  - 18 July  2012

Dawson City Music Festival 20 - 22 June

Return to Whitehorse 23 June

 

 

Sample 2011 REGISTRATION PACKAGE - 2012 Package posted soon
 
 

Excavation of the Little John Site - Stratified Deposits from the Pleistocene to the Historic Period

Regional Survey in Mirror and Scottie Creek Valleys in Yukon and Alaska

Ethnographic Documentation of Upper Tanana Dineh of the Borderlands


FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITIES JUNE thru AUGUST 2012
 
 
YUKON COLLEGE ANTHROPOLOGY 225
Field Methods in Subarctic Archaeology and Ethnography
 Dates: 6 June  - 16 July  2012

Instructor: Norman Alexander Easton
Lecturer in Anthropology and Northern Studies, Yukon College
 









In collaboration with the White River First Nation of Beaver Creek, Yukon, and the Village Councils of Northway, Tetlin, and Tanacross, Alaska, Yukon College offers an exciting and unique opportunity to participate in ethnographic and archaeological research in the Upper Tanana River watershed, location of southeastern Beringia and the region containing some of the oldest human occupation sites in the Americas.

 

During summer 2012, continuing excavation at the Little John site will focus on recovery of the 10,000 to 14,000-year-old Chindadn and Denali Pleistocene levels, further investigations of Northern Archaic Holocene occupations, and documentation of contemporary and traditional land use, language, and culture. The lower levels of the site contain an abundance of Fauna remains. This joint White River First Nation - Yukon College project involves students and local First Nation youth and elders in integrated investigations of the region's history, language, and culture. Community-based archaeology camps with Northway and Tetlin Native Alaskan villages are also planned for August.

Field school students will receive training in all aspects of archaeological excavation, survey, and field laboratory techniques, ethnographic observation through participant observation, developing field notes, and primary analytical techniques. Field lectures will cover a range of topics as detailed in the sample course outline. The outline also contains an sample itinerary of scheduled field activities. The detailed 2012 course outline will be posted in March 2012. 

Students need to bring this Personal Gear.

To Register for the field school, contact the Yukon College Registrar after Jan. 1 and before May 1, 2012.

Download a 2012 Course Outline

Course costs: $2,308.00

- This cost includes Course Registration Fee (6 University Transfer Credits = $648.00), and field activity fee of $1660.00 for in-Yukon field transportation, camp subsistence, museum entrances, and Course Readers.

- NOTE INTERNATIONAL FEES ARE WAIVED FOR THIS COURSE IN 2011 -

Non-credit Research Intern participation is available at $550.00 per week, covering field transport and camp subsistence costs.

Subsidized additional fieldwork opportunities may be available to selected students through the remainder of July and August.

Current passports are required.

For further information on Credit Course Registration and Research Internship opportunities, contact Norm Easton at northeaston@gmail.com

 

ANTH 226

 

Analytical Methods 
in Archaeology and Ethnography

Possible Course Offering Late July - Aug.
 

NEW - NARRATIVE OF THE 2008 FIELD SEASON

To learn a little bit more about the Little John site and previous excavations there, go to:

Excavations at the Little John Site

To access publications related to our work on the Yukon - Alaska Borderlands, go to:

Norman Alexander Easton - Publications

To learn a little bit more about the Principal Investigator of the Scottie Creek Culture History Project, go to:

Meet Norm Easton

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