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ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL AT DISHKAKET: AN HISTORIC ATHABASKAN AND MINING
SETTLEMENT
ANTH 495-262 Archaeology field school will be held July 8-August 16 at
Dishkaket, ALASKA. In this six credit field school, students are
introduced to archaeological field methods, including site surveying,
mapping, controlled excavation, data recording, material culture
identification, and laboratory analysis. Informal lectures include the
ethnography of the Holikachuk Athabaskans, and the history of the
Euroamerican presence in the upper Innoko Region.
Excavations will concentrate on the Athabaskan and Euroamerican
structural remains of the site, and recording of site composition.
Enrollment is limited and early registration is encouraged.
Permission from the instructor is necessary to enroll.
This historic Dishkaket site is located in the Innoko Wildlife
Refuge. Students will be working in a very remote area of ALASKA.
Transportation to the site is by floatplane, and flat-bottomed motorboats.
For additional information and an application form contact:
Mary Ann Sweeney, Instructor
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Department of Anthropology
310 Eielson Bld.
P.O. Box 757720
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7720
(907) 474-7288 (phone)
(907) 474-7453 (fax)
E-MAIL [log in to unmask] or
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This field experience is possible only through the assistance of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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