Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2024 - ARCH 433 D100

Background to Field Work (3)

Class Number: 3841

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 6 – Jun 17, 2024: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 9:30 a.m.–4:20 p.m.
    Location: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    ARCH 282 or 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 provide background information and training related to the lab research program that the students will be undertaking in as part of the 2024 Portugal Forensic Anthropology/Bioarchaeology Labs Field School. Lectures and labs will focus on providing background context for the field research and locations, training in human skeletal identification and analysis, as well as discussions of the principals of bioarchaeological/forensic field research, including excavation and documentation of graves and cemeteries, field and lab processing of human remains, ethics, medico-legal death investigations, public archaeology and other related topics. The course will include one component offered at the University Institute of Health Sciences CESPU –in Gandra, where students will be training in human skeletal identification and forensic lab techniques, and another component at the Municipal Museum of Santarem and the Gambelas campus of the University of the Algarve, where student will training in bioarchaeology lab techniques, including an overview of the archaeological investigations carried out at the village of Cacela-Velha.

This course is being offered for the Archaeology Department's Portugal field school. Students who are not participating in the Portugal field school cannot register for this course. To be taken concurrently with ARCH 436-6.

Grading

  • Written and lab mid-term exam 50%
  • Written and lab final exam 50%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

White TD and Folkens PA. 2005. Human Bone Manual.Academic Press
Other texts/materials will be provided to students

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) 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:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html