Archaeology Field School
Application Material for the 2013 Field School
(Due by March 1)
Watch videos from the field school:
Summer 2009 Field School
CAHOKIA MOUNDS, EAST PALISADE
SIUE FIELD SCHOOL
SUMMER 2008
Summer 2006 Field School
Summer 2002 Field School
Image Gallery from 2010 Field School
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|  Shell bead found during surface collection.
|  Beginning excavations in the plow zone.
|  Classic through-the-screen shot.
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|  One digging, five screening.
|  Learning to map with a total station.
|  Excavations getting a little deeper.
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|  The corn eventually grew over two meters tall.
|  Carefully cleaning a floor.
|  Visitors from the Early Childhood Center.
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|  Bailing units after a heavy rain.
|  Visitors: Anthropology Chair Julie Holt and Dean Al Romero.
|  More bailing.
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|  The crew.
|  Taking a deep core to look at stratigraphy.
|  The Mississippian pit excavated.
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|  A Woodland pit. Small excavators are useful.
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A stone hoe from the Mississippian house.
|  The crew visits Cahokia.
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|  More mapping - lots of mapping.
|  Taking a much-deserved break.
|  Storm clouds in the American Bottom.
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|  Excavating a Mississippian pit.
|  A burnt post at the corner of a Mississippian house.
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