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2001 Colorado Coal Field War Summer Archaeological Field School
University of Denver

Dates: Two overlapping sessions:  June 11- July 30, 2001
                                  June 25- August 3, 2001

The 2001 Colorado Coal Field War Archaeological Field School is a joint
collaboration between the University of Denver, Fort Lewis College, and the
State University of New York at Binghamton. It will be held at the Ludlow
Tent Colony, a National Historic Register site associated with the Ludlow
Massacre Memorial. The Ludlow Tent Colony is located 15 miles north of
Trinidad, Colorado.

On the morning of April 20, 1914 Colorado National Guard troops opened fire
on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow,
Colorado. The miners were striking for better pay and working conditions. An
exchange of gunfire continued into the evening, when the colony was set
aflame. When the smoke cleared eighteen to twenty of the colony's
inhabitants were dead, including two women and eleven children. The Ludlow
Massacre was the most violent and best known episode of the 1913-1914
Colorado Coal Field Strike, and a seminal event in U.S. labor history. The
deaths of women and children shocked the nation, and led to several reforms
in labor relations that turned corporate management policies away from
direct confrontation with strikers to more negotiated settlements. Today the
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) maintain the Ludlow site as a monument
to the struggle of organized labor in America. Although many historical
works exist about the Coal Field Strike, little is known about the everyday
lives of the striking miners and their families. The archaeological research
at Ludlow is dedicated to understanding these everyday lives.

The field school will run in two overlapping sessions: June 11-July 30, and
June 25-August 3, 2001.  The field school is open to undergraduate and
graduate students; there are no prerequisites. Enrollment is limited to 8
students per session.

The field school will be directed by Bonnie Clark of the University of
California at Berkeley.  Contributing to the teaching of the field school
will be Dr. Dean Saitta (University of Denver), Dr. Philip Duke (Fort Lewis
College), Dr. Randall McGuire (SUNY-Binghamton), and Mark Walker (University
of Denver and Project Director of the Colorado Coal Field War Archaeological
Project). Students will learn excavation and survey techniques, mapping,
photography, laboratory analysis, and other skills. All field equipment will
be provided by the project.

Four previous seasons at Ludlow uncovered the remains of tent platforms and
cellars, a possible privy, and many artifacts relating to everyday life in
the colony and the day of the massacre.   The Field School will take
advantage of Trinidad's well-preserved late-19th/early 20th century downtown
to establish a historical context for our studies. Local museums and
memorials will be used to consider issues in the public representation and
commemoration of the past.

Credits and Tuition: The Summer Field School is offered through the
University of Denver.  Students enroll in ANTH 3990, Summer Field School in
Archaeology, for 4-6 credits.  Fewer or more credits can be arranged.
Tuition is $557 per credit hour.

Room and Board: Field School participants receive free room and board
courtesy of a Colorado Historical Society grant to the University of Denver.
Students will be housed and fed in dormitories at Trinidad State Junior
College in Trinidad. Transportation between Trinidad and the field sites
will be provided.

Volunteers: Persons not seeking course credit are invited to participate in
the fieldwork.  Free room and board requires a six-week commitment in one of
the two sessions.

Direct Inquiries To: Dean Saitta, Department of Anthropology, 2000 E.
Asbury, Sturm Hall, 146-S, University of Denver, Denver CO 80208;
303-871-2680; [log in to unmask]

This announcement, the application form, and links to additional information
are on-line
at http://www.du.edu/~markwalk/fieldschool.html./
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--Mark Walker--
The Colorado Coalfield War Project
Department of Anthropology
University of Denver
Denver, CO 80208-2406
(303) 871-7681
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http://www.du.edu/~markwalk/fieldschool.html
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