Summer 2018 - ARCH 433 D200

Background to Field Work (3)

Class Number: 7123

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jun 26 – Aug 3, 2018: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 9:30 a.m.–5:20 p.m.
    Location: TBA

  • Instructor:

    Iain McKechnie
    imckechn@sfu.ca
    250.728.3301 ext 216
    Office: N/A
    Office Hours: N/A
  • Prerequisites:

    ARCH 372 and permission of the Department. Normally taken concurrently with ARCH 434 and 435.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A general background to field work including discussions of ethnographic and archaeological contexts for field research, project research design, field safety, field camp living, and related topics. Students may repeat this course for credit when the field project is different.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course will introduce students to historical ecology from a coastal archaeological perspective. We will examine archaeological and ecological data from coastal archaeological sites in Nuu-chah-nulth territory on Western Vancouver Island. The course will hosted at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre and in the territory and lands of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations where we will be conducting laboratory analyses of data previously collected from the neighboring territory of the Tseshaht First Nation. We will also conduct new analyses on previously excavated Huu-ay-aht archaeological samples. Students will attend fieldtrips, lectures, labs, and marine station seminars introducing them to Indigenous history and the analytical potential of ecological data obtained from coastal archaeological sites. Students will undertake laboratory and background research as part of independent student projects during the last week of the course. Edited final projects will be presented to the First Nations as well as the Provincial and Federal Heritage agencies and the BMSC library.

Grading

  • Reading Annotations 15%
  • Applied Exercises 35%
  • Group Participation 15%
  • Safety 5%
  • Final Project Outline & Proposal 5%
  • Project Draft 5%
  • Final Project Report 20%

NOTES:

Registration to this course is by permission of the department. Students wishing to take courses at BMSC will be registered upon acceptance. 

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

No required texts. A detailed reading list will be supplied upon enrollment. Readings will be available online or at the BMSC Library.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need classroom or exam accommodations are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Students with Disabilities (1250 Maggie Benston Centre) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.

Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.


Registrar Notes:

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