LAMP (the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime program based at the St.
Augustine Lighthouse) still has a few spots available for our 3-week
maritime archaeological field school in St. Augustine, Florida, from 8
June to 26 June 2009. We are accepting applications until the class is
filled. To apply, please send an email expressing your interest to
Christine Mavrick at [log in to unmask]

The 2009 LAMP Field School will focus on the testing of an unidentified
ballast pile to make a determination whether it represents the remains of
the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, lost on the St. Augustine bar
in August 1861 after the most successful cruise of the entire war.
Alternate inshore sites will be investigated depending on conditions
offshore. Students will be instructed in scientific diving procedures,
archaeological recording and excavation, the use of hydraulic probes and
induction dredges, marine remote sensing survey and analysis
(magnetometer & side scan sonar), artifact collection and documentation,
and basic conservation laboratory methodology. The field school will also
host an evening lecture series featuring field school instructors and
visiting professionals from various public, private, and academic
institutions throughout Florida.

The field school fee is $800.00 for students taking this course for
academic credit, and $1000 for those who do not wish to receive course
credit . This base fee includes room and board, all diving gear (other
than mask, fins, snorkels, & booties), air fills, local transportation,
and use of LAMP’s research vessels, dive locker, classroom, and
laboratory facilities. Graduate or undergraduate credit may be available
through the sponsoring universities listed below, or through your own
institution if you make these arrangements, at additional expense for
tuition.

This field practicum is supported by:

Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
Plymouth State University, Plymouth, New Hampshire
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

For more information and to download an application form please visit:
<http://www.lampmaritime.org>.
Apologies for cross posting.

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