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The Alma College Archaeological Project: Toward A Community-Based Pedagogy, Kristin Landau
The Alma College Archaeological Project: Toward A Community-Based Pedagogy, Kristin Landau
Journal of Archaeology and Education
The turn toward community-based research in archaeology is “transforming” the discipline. No longer can we show up with screens and trowels wielding government permits and expect to start digging. Community-based archaeological projects may never even get to the excavation phase if local collaborators are uninterested or have other priorities. Now that collaboration with local populations has become standard archaeological practice, it is imperative to begin incorporating community engagement into traditional field schools. Today’s archaeology requires grassroots organizing, cultural awareness, and sensitive listening skills, in addition to digging square holes and drawing tree roots to scale. In this paper, I incorporate …
Incorporating Field Excavations In Introduction To Archaeology, Rebecca M. Dean
Incorporating Field Excavations In Introduction To Archaeology, Rebecca M. Dean
Journal of Archaeology and Education
Most archaeology students first experience field work during a field school aimed at upper-division undergraduate majors. An excavation component in an Introduction to Archaeology class, however, can create an unequaled educational experience for students at all levels of experience and interest in archaeology. Excavations help students to master basic field methods, understand the nature of archaeological inference, recognize the strengths and limitations of archaeological data, grapple with archaeological ethics, and foster a sense of archaeological stewardship. This paper explores the outcomes of providing a field experience in the introductory class at the University of Minnesota Morris, the liberal arts campus …