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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY AND THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
FOUNDATION WELCOME APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2001 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL AT
MARTIN'S HUNDRED

The Department of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley
and the Department of Archaeological Research at the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation will hold an archaeological field school at Carter's Grove Site
10 near Williamsburg, Virginia. The program will last from May 29th to June
29th and will focus on method and theory of historical archaeology with
particular emphasis on paleoethnobotany. Participants will receive training
in archaeological field methods, laboratory procedures, identification of
artifacts, and the recovery and analysis of paleoethnobotanical remains.

This summer will be the third season at Carter's Grove Site 10 which is
part of the later phase of settlement at Martin's Hundred. Site CG-10 is a
late seventeenth-century domestic site showing clear evidence of at least
one substantial structure that was occupied for at least 30 years. While
Ivor Noel Hume stimulated our imaginations with his excavation of early
period sites (1619-1630) at Martin's Hundred, little is known about this
community in the later seventeenth century before it was purchased by
Robert "King" Carter and became the large eighteenth-century plantation
known as Carter's Grove.

Excavations this summer will focus primarily on intact features from the
late seventeenth century. These features include a large refuse pit with
wonderful preservation of seventeenth-century materials as well as
numerous post holes. We will also continue to explore the area surrounding
the dwelling for any additional features.

Students will work Monday through Friday from 8:30a to 4:30p. Field work
will be augmented by lectures, workshops and field trips. Lectures and
workshops will include such topics as ceramic identification,
zooarchaeology and conservation.

Students will be assigned required readings and staff will conduct weekly
discussions of the material. There will be a midterm and a final that test
the practical and theoretical knowledge learned during the course. Required
texts will cost around $25.

Students will receive 6 academic credit hours through the Summer Sessions
Program at the University of California at Berkeley. Tuition and fees will
cost approximately $684.

Students will be housed at The College of William and Mary for the
duration of the session, or may find their own housing in Williamsburg.
Housing costs at the College will be approximately $672. Meal costs are not
included although students choosing to live in the dormitory will have
access to kitchen facilities and may choose to prepare group meals.  If
students find their own housing, costs may be considerably less.

Field school students will also have free access to Colonial Williamsburg
museums and other attractions when not working.

Students will also need to provide for their own transportation to the
Williamsburg area.

Interested students should contact either Kevin Bartoy
([log in to unmask]) or Steve Archer ([log in to unmask]) as
soon as possible to receive further information.  E-mail contact is
preferred, although students may also write to either of the above at:

University of California - Berkeley
Department of Anthropology
Archaeological Research Facility
2251 College Building
Berkeley, CA 94720