Spend a summer in the Americas: Field schools 2018
During the summer months of 2018 Nexus1492 and the Caribbean Research group and at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University will be conducting several exciting field schools across the Americas. We are looking for enthusiastic students to join our team! Read about the projects here and apply now!
Fieldwork Project 1: Surveys and Excavations in the Dominican Republic
20 May – 20 July 2018
15 spaces for BA/MA students
The Caribbean Research Group of the Faculty of Archaeology, led by Corinne Hofman and Menno Hoogland, will conduct a field school in the northern Dominican Republic.
As part of NEXUS1492, we will excavate and conduct surveys in the northwestern Dominican Republic (along the Ruta de Colón). This is an excellent opportunity for BA and MA students to gain experience in the field of Caribbean Archaeology, especially in settlement archaeology, survey techniques, and artefact processing. Students must have successfully finished their BA 1 year.
Check out this video for a taste of the field school!
Fieldwork Project 2: Tacora Archaeological Survey in Arica, Northern Chile
9 July - 3 August 2018
3-4 spaces for BA/MA students
Between July 9 and August 3, 2018, Noa Corcoran-Tadd will lead an archaeological survey project in the highlands of Arica (northern Chile). Located at an altitude of 4200m above sea level and on the famous ‘ruta de plata’ that connected the silver mines of Bolivia with the Pacific, the field site is being targeted to understand transforming patterns of mobility and connectivity during the late prehispanic and colonial periods.
Forming part of the NEXUS1492 program, the project is a unique opportunity for BA and MA students to learn about Andean archaeology and acquire key skills in pedestrian survey, site mapping, and remote sensing. Students must have successfully finished their BA 1 year.
Fieldwork Project 3: American Southwest - Landscape of History
21 May – 22 June 2018
Spaces for 4 BA/MA students
Lewis Borck (Department of World Archaeology) will lead an excavation, in association with Nexus1492, at an Ancestral Pueblo dispersed pit house village on Wild Horse Mesa in northern New Mexico near the Rio Chama Wilderness, in the North American Southwest (USA).
Fieldwork will include opportunities for students to learn excavation and field techniques from an Americanist landscape perspective that focuses on situating sites within a regional Indigenous context. Site assessments, artefact analysis and processing, community outreach, and collaborative discussions with local Indigenous communities about the nature of our fieldwork and its future directions will all be incorporated.
