Reflections on My First Summer of Fieldwork

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

While what can be learned in a classroom is important, putting skills to use and testing one’s abilities in the field helps growth and understanding of archaeology on a different level. This year I was fortunate to get my first job in archaeology. I worked with the Umatilla National Forest out of the Pomeroy Ranger District to survey and reevaluate sites following the Lick Creek Wildfire, which burned roughly 80,000 acres. Before this opportunity, I had taken archaeology and anthropology classes (lectures and labs), which gave me a decent understanding of archaeology and its basic concepts. Fieldwork improved my understanding of how and why we do archaeology.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37573.0