Grant Dunham

"> 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 NEW - Film Trailer: Little John Country

Little John Site - Stratified Deposits from the Historic to the Pleistocene

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 2010 YUKON COLLEGE ANTHROPOLOGY 225 Field Methods in Subarctic Archaeology and Ethnography Dates: 2 June - 19 July 2010
Instructor: Norman Alexander Easton Lecturer in Anthropology and Northern Studies, Yukon College

Grant Dunham

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 2010, continuing excavation at the Little John site will focus on recovery of the 10,000 to 14,000-year-old Pleistocene levels with faunal remains from the site, further investigations of Holocene occupations, and documentation of contemporary and traditional land use, language, and culture. 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 2010 course outline will be posted in March 2010.

Students need to bring this personal gear.

To Register for the field school, contact the Yukon College Registrar after Jan. 1 and before April 29, 2010.

DOWNLOAD A REGISTRATION PACKAGE.

Course costs: $2,000.00

- This cost includes Course Registration Fee (6 University Transfer Credits x $75.00 = $450.00), and field activity fee of $1550.00 for in-Yukon field transportation, camp subsistence, museum entrances, and Course Readers.

- NOTE INTERNATIONAL FEES ARE WAIVED FOR THIS COURSE IN 2010 -

Non-credit Research Intern participation is available at $600.00 for the first two weeks, $25.00 per day thereafter, covering field transport and camp subsistence costs.

Dependent on grant funding, a limited number of bursaries may be available to eligible students to assist in offsetting the course activity fee. Additional fieldwork opportunities available 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
(July 20 -

August 3)

Analytical Methods
in Archaeology and Ethnography

Course details soon.

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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