FIELDSCHOOL AT SYLVESTER MANOR, SHELTER ISLAND, NEW YORK

This summer the Department of Anthropology in conjunction with the Andrew
Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of
Massachusetts Boston will sponsor an advanced field school in historical
archaeology at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York.  Sylvester Manor
was established in 1651 as a plantation for provisioning two sugar
plantations in Barbados, originally encompassing all of Shelter Island.  The
current 270 acre estate encompasses the core of the first plantation.
Research conducted to date has confirmed the presence of both Native
Americans and Africans working at Sylvester Manor.  The focus for the 2001
field season will be large-scale excavation and remote sensing, in areas
determined to be associated with both 17th century plantation structures and
also late prehistoric/Contact period Native American occupation areas.

The fieldschool runs June 4-29, 2001.

The fee for the six credit program is $1,575 (undergraduate) or $1,675
(graduate).  Students in the field will be provided with housing and meals.

Contact: Kathy FitzPatrick, Division of Corporate, Continuing, and Distance
Education, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston,
MA, 02125-3393, tel. 617.287.7913, email [log in to unmask]