Hello all (and apologies for cross-posting),

Please feel free to share this information with your students, 
colleagues, and anyone else who might have an interest.

The Department of Anthropology, University of North Dakota, invites 
students to attend its Archaeological Field School in May and June, 
2008. The course is being offered in cooperation with the USDA Forest 
Service and the USDI Bureau of Reclamation. The first 2-3 weeks of the 
field school will involve survey work at the Elkhorn/Ebert Ranch in the 
western North Dakota Badlands, where Theodore Roosevelt had a cattle 
operation in the 1880s.  The remaining 3-4 weeks will be spent 
excavating the Fairfield Site (32SN174), a deeply buried, stratified, 
multi-component site in the James River valley of eastern North Dakota. 
Field school students will learn standard archeological field 
techniques, such as proper excavation methods, record keeping, site 
mapping via digital means (GPS, total station) and by paper, profiling 
and soil descriptions, photography, and so on. Students will receive up 
to six semester hours of undergraduate credit in Anthropology 380, Field 
Techniques in Archaeology (one credit hour per week of participation). 
The application deadline is April 15, 2008. Enrollment is limited so 
please apply early.

We are pleased to announce that field school students will be paid 
minimum hourly wages as student interns while working on the Fairbanks 
site excavation. This innovation allows students to earn some income 
while getting first-hand experience in field archeology and earning 
valuable university credits. Basic living expenses (room and board) will 
be provided from field school project funds, and not from student fees. 

UND Anthropology Research anticipates a busy schedule of archeological 
fieldwork this summer after the field school is over. There is a 
distinct possibility that we will be able to hire students to work as 
professionals on various field research projects during the rest of the 
summer.

Please see our website for additional information:

http://www.und.edu/dept/undar/fieldschool/fieldschool.html

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,
Mike Jackson
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Michael A. Jackson, M.A.
Associate Research Archeologist

Anthropology Research
University of North Dakota
Babcock Hall Room 301
236 Centennial Drive Stop 7094
Grand Forks  ND  58202-7094

701-777-4081 (phone)
701-777-2435 (fax)
701-740-1621 (cell)
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www.und.edu/dept/undar
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