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DOCUMENT Citation Only Hanna Marie Pageau.

This paper is an education and curriculum development perspective on hands-on research, including the process of evaluation of learning outcomes. Field Schools are an integral part of education in the field sciences, and particularly in archaeology where field identification of artifacts and features is not reproducible in other contexts. Field schools in general are targeted toward advanced undergraduate students,those already in graduate school, and students able to pay thousands of dollars to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth Cook.

This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Archibald Blair Site at Colonial Williamsburg, used for DIG!: Kids, Dirt, and Discovery since 2015, offered as many research questions as it did opportunities for participants to engage in experiential learning. Through a stroke of luck, the National Institute of American History and Democracy (NIAHD) at the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kimberly Pyszka.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "At Stake in the Quad: Archaeologies on/of Campus", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Prior to its 1967 founding, the lands of Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) were agricultural fields cultivated by enslaved laborers, and later tenant farmers. Maps, photographs, and above-ground features have led to the identification of three mid-20th century residential sites. By using our campus as an outdoor classroom,...