Education/Pedagogy (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In the last decade, scholars in the fields of archaeology and history have come to appreciate the potential of digital tools for transforming how we excavate, organize data, and share it with the world. As these various approaches become more integral to these disciplines, instructors have also been working on improving the digital literacy of their students....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sofia Fonseca. Jorg Lindstadter. Décio Muianga. João Cascalheira.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeology in Mozambique: Current Issues and Topics in Archaeology and Heritage Management" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Onlaah platform is formed by a consortium of institutions and partners, from Africa and around the world, such as the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), the University of Namibia (UNAM), the University Eduardo Mondlane (Angola), the ICArEHB (Algarve University, Portugal), the Autonoma...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amber-Marie Madrid.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Increased living costs, inflation, and student debt; declining enrollment in higher education; and significant changes in cultural heritage laws have radically changed archaeology as a profession in evolving ways. Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, in California this has resulted in recent declines in training opportunities, livable wages, local...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ben Ford.

This is an abstract from the "The Future of Education and Training in Archaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since 2009 the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Applied Archaeology MA program has prepared students for archaeology careers outside of the academy. Through constant contact with employers and alumni, as well as an advisory board of archaeology professionals, the IUP program has been responsive to changes in the job market. The...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Taylor Hummel.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Haudenosaunee Three Sisters agriculture involves the intercropping of corn, beans, and squash. In this system, each crop supports and reinforces the other. This poster demonstrates how Three Sisters gardens on university campuses across New York state serve as a pedagogical tool, fostering a more inclusive and holistic perspective on past and present...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Evilsizer.

This is an abstract from the "Outreach and Education: Examples of Approaches and Strategies from the Pacific Northwest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Having a public that is knowledgeable about, and interested in, archaeology benefits us all. However, achieving that goal requires we learn from each other to better serve our mission and build communities. The Montana State Historic Preservation Office (MT SHPO), which is part of the Montana...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emma Ljung.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. How can a site where postdepositional processes problematize analysis even for a trained professional be used to teach field archaeological methods to beginners? This paper presents an overview of the pedagogical innovations and approaches taken on the Santa Susana Archaeological Project in the central Alentejo, Portugal. There, a Roman villa has seen...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ross Owen.

Despite there being more applicants with graduate degrees than there are jobs, the CRM industry suffers from the number of people holding graduate degrees but lacking experience conducting archaeological surveys for Section 106 compliance. Additionally, conducting archaeological surveys is cost-prohibitive and can be a burden on state agencies on projects where federal funds are not involved. These two issues in the field of compliance archaeology prompted the creation of the PennDOT Highway...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jessica Moss.

Photogrammetry can be used to reconstruct the excavation process in a way that aids in both interpretation and education. By peeling back the layers of each excavation level, three-dimensional documentation of the excavation process reveals both the archaeological materials and their context at various stages of excavation. This interdisciplinary tool can also be georeferenced with GIS and used within 3D modeling programs to extend its visualization applications into virtual or augmented reality...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Katie V. Kirakosian.

This paper outlines how this open textbook moved from an idea to a reality over the past year. As a non-traditional project in archaeology, the infrastructure for such a project had to largely be framed from scratch, including a social media and marketing campaign as well as a process for co-authoring and reviewing chapters. Although the textbook is not yet completed, lessons learned along the way will be offered with the hope that sharing our model will inspire more open textbooks in our field.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Vitória Estrela. Rosicler Silva.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Social-cultural changes and the growth of digital media have lead to new broadcasting methods in archaeology and public archaeology, using computer games, gamefication and virtual reality, as these encourage the user to solve problems and construct social relations that enable personal development and reflections on the past. The purpose of this paper is to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph Garcia-Fox. Jesse Ballenger.

This is an abstract from the "Community Matters: Enhancing Student Learning Opportunities through the Development of Community Partnerships" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Finley and Sally Richards collection represents the largest and most complete collection of projectile points documented from the remote corners of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The collection, donated to the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Connolly. Elizabeth Cruzado. Natalie Kramm. Dominique Giosa.

This paper evaluates the efforts to create and implement a diversity of cultural heritage educational programs over a four-year period in the Ancash Region. The initial impetus for the development was in large part viewed as a means for obtaining community support for archaeological research projects and an increased commitment of local stewardship for cultural heritage resources. Over the four-year period, we made a decisive shift from an approach of creating products for the community to one...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Freeman. Jeanne Moe.

Project Archaeology is a comprehensive national archaeology education program, jointly sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and Montana State University, which uses archaeological inquiry to foster understanding of past and present cultures; improve social studies and science education; and enhance citizenship education to help preserve our archaeological legacy. To date it has reached more than 15,000 educators with curriculum guides, activity guides, and professional development. These...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Elliot Schultz.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeologies of the Eastern Jemez Mountain Range and the Pajarito Plateau: Interagency Collaboration for Management of Cultural Landscapes" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As budgets for resource preservation and protection are outpaced by increases in visitation, managers in many parks, monuments, and protected areas depend on public interpretation as a cost-effective strategy to safeguard sensitive cultural and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Olivia Jones. Megan Leight.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeology to Transform and Disrupt: Teaching, Learning, and the Pedagogies of the Future" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Students studying anthropology and art history at West Virginia University (WVU) have not always had access to experiential learning and laboratory training experiences. However, recent initiatives by early career faculty have boosted student engagement and prompted career success. In this...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Justin Pargeter.

This is an abstract from the "From the Lab to the Field: Pioneering Approaches to Undergraduate Mentoring in Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper reflects on a multi-year technical training and capacity-building program at Boomplaas Cave in South Africa's southern Cape region. Boomplaas is one of Africa’s flagship Middle and Later Stone Age archaeological sites and provides a unique environment to train students in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kirby Farah. Benjamin Luley.

This is an abstract from the "Pedagogy in the Undergraduate Archaeology Classroom" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper reflects on an archaeological field methods course designed for Gettysburg College and taught in fall 2021. This course, which we will continue to teach in coming years, represents a new offering at the college and meets a growing need to train anthropology majors who wish to focus on archaeology as a career. Students...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca Gibson.

This is an abstract from the "What Have You Done For Us Lately?: Discrimination, Harassment, and Chilly Climate in Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. While workplace affecting disabilities are covered by the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), oftentimes universities struggle with how to accommodate faculty with disabilities. When conversations between faculty and chairpersons occur, they may cover only the bare minimum that must be...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ethan Mofidi.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A common complaint amongst employers and recent graduates is how anthropology students, particularly those focusing on the sub-field of archaeology, are not prepared to meet the demands of the positions available. While there are debates as to who is to blame for this, the primary focus should be on how both Cultural Resource Management firms and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sadie Whitehurst. Tad Britt. Diana Greenlee.

This is an abstract from the "New and Emerging Geophysical and Geospatial Research in the National Parks" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The National Park Service’s Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) facilitated a workshop for archaeologists in May 2023 at the Poverty Point National Historic Landmark/World Heritage Site as part of an ongoing effort to research human remains detection (HRD) dogs for nondestructive...

DOCUMENT Citation Only F. Scott Worman.

For at least the past decade, college campuses have been inundated with buzzwords like active learning, flipped classroom, metacognition, and learning-centered teaching. While these concepts and the related pedagogical techniques can be highly successful there are many barriers to effective implementation, particularly in large introductory-level classes. Two of the most significant barriers are enculturation of both students and instructors to expect certain forms of classroom interaction and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Louden Ferguson.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Experiential learning is often held as the “gold standard” of public education. Unfortunately, this is often not possible within the limitations of elementary education. Archaeologists can provide an important benefit to public school teachers by introducing students to the archaeology of their local area; however, this generally takes the form of a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Shannon Boomgarden. Ian Farrell. Jenna Foster. Duncan Metcalfe.

This is an abstract from the "Experimental Pedagogies: Teaching through Experimental Archaeology Part II" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ten years ago, the archaeological field school at the Range Creek Field Station explicitly embarked on a new direction of research. Students continue to receive training in excavation and survey techniques but actualistic experiments were added to the curriculum. The experiments are designed to calculate the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Edward Gonzalez-Tennant. John Dysart. Taylor Collore. Rachel Thompson. Alex Nalewaik.

This is an abstract from the "Heritage Sites at the Intersection of Landscape, Memory, and Place: Archaeology, Heritage Commemoration, and Practice" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Ocala National Forest is the largest in the southern United States. Its 400,000 acres is home to 14,000 years of human history. In 2019, authors Dysart and Gonzalez-Tennant developed a multiyear project centering on an iterative approach to predictive modeling,...