Aloha, FYI-- following is an announcement of this summer's underwater archaeology field school in the beautiful state of Hawai'i. At the end you will find contact information for official inquiries. For unofficial answers to "unofficial" questions, please feel free to contact me. As an active participant in the course for the past two offerings, I am a veritable fountain of fiddly bits of info. :-) Komol tata, Ceil Maritime Archaeology Surveying Techniques Course University of Hawaii at Manoa, June 16 - July 18, 1997 Field School Update (1/3/97) Tuition: residents $786 ($131/credit), non-residents $900 ($150/credit) Institute Fee: $700 Term Fee: $14 Following is an update on the 1997 Maritime Archaeology Surveying Techniques Course offered by the University of Hawaii Marine Option Program and the Department of Anthropology through Summer Session. Detailed plans for the field school are presently being made. The overview of the course provided here could change slightly. The course is offered for six graduate credits. Undergraduates are encouraged to apply. The instructor, Mr. Hans Van Tilburg, will consider accepting students who are not scuba divers or who are not able to qualify for University of Hawaii scientific diver status as defined by the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS). Participants who are not divers will not be able to participate in diving activities (except snorkel diving). However, they will be able to assist in the diving surveys in a non-diving capacity. The five-week course is scheduled for 16 June - 18 July 1997. Week one of the course (June 16- 21) will be held on the island of Oahu at the main campus of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Participants must make arrangements for short term housing and food for week one. Short term and inexpensive housing is available in University dorms and dorms operated by the East-West Center, located adjacent to campus. Contacts for both housing options are listed below. Week one of the course will include classroom lectures, a field trip on Oahu, library work and a check out dive with the University of Hawaii Diving Safety Officer, Dave Pence. On Sunday, June 22 the entire class will relocate to the island of Hawaii, known locally as the Big Island. The flight from Oahu to the Big Island (and return) is included in the Institute Fee. Dorm-style housing from 22 June - 18 July, 1997 is also included in the Institute Fee. The current plan is to stay in condominiums located in Kailua-Kona on the west coast of the Big Island. The accommodations will be dorm-style as several people will be sharing rooms and bath facilities (approximately 4/room and bath). You must provide your own bedding. Meals (breakfast, lunch {in the field}and dinner) from dinner on June 22 through breakfast on 18 July) are also included in the Institute Fee. However, Sundays will be "off" days and meals will not be provided. Participants will have several options for meals on Sundays (do your own shopping and cooking, or plan to eat out in Kailua-Kona). Cooking and cleaning duties will be shared by and rotated among the dive teams made up of participants in the field school. Field school staff will make up menus (with input from the participants) and handle grocery shopping duties. No alcohol or other drugs will be tolerated during the field school. During week two (approximately 23-27 June), participants will be taking part in underwater archaeology training exercises at Mahukona Harbor on the remains of an early 1900s shipwreck, S.S. Kauai. The shipwreck is at a depth of approximately 30 ft., in protected waters where coral reefs flourish and visibility is usually 75+ feet. Access to the site is from shore. During week three (approximately 28 June - 2 July) the class will survey a traditional Hawaiian fish trap located offshore from the Kaloko-Honokohau National Park, just north of Kailua-Kona. The fish trap is located from the shoreline to a depth of 20 ft. Surveys and mapping exercises will be conducted by diving and snorkeling. Week four (approximately 3 July - 10 July) will be spent conducting remote sensing and scuba diving surveys in Kealakekua Bay, the site of Captain James Cooks death, located just south of Kailua-Kona. Students will have an opportunity to learn first-hand operation of a towed magnetometer and side-scan sonar. Diving surveys will also be made in Kealakekua Bay. Week five (approximately 11-18 July) will be spent preparing maps and writing reports. Dive teams will also make presentations on various aspects of work conducted during the field school at a mini-symposium at the end of the field school. The Institute Fee includes the following: airfills used during the field school surveys and training use of scuba tanks ground transportation from campus to airport on 22 June all ground transportation associated with the field school while on the Big Island round-trip inter-island flight (Honolulu/Kailua-Kona/return) dorm style, shared housing from 22 June - 18 July 1996 meals (from dinner 22 June - breakfast 18 July) excluding Sundays all course materials and handouts use of field equipment boat charters University of Hawaii campus housing: Gail Char phone: (808) 956-8177 Internet: [log in to unmask] Student Housing 2555 Johnson Hall A Basement Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 East-West Center Housing Office 1711 East-West Rd. phone: (808) 944-7805 Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 Internet: [log in to unmask] Application deadline: 1 April 1997 Inquiries: Steve Russell, Educational Specialist, Marine Option Program phone: (808) 956-8433, fax: (808) 956-2417 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************* * Will Smith Marine Option Program * * http://www2.hawaii.edu/mop * *******************************************************************