NATIVE AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN VIRGINIA

William & Mary's Anthropology Department will offer an Archaeological Field Methods course this summer focusing on Native American archaeology (section 2).

The course, under the direction of Dr. Martin Gallivan, introduces students to archaeological field research while they participate in the excavation of a Contact-Period Powhatan village dating to the early 1600s. The site represents the village Werowocomoco, the Powhatan political center circa 1607 and the scene of early inter-cultural contact involving Jamestown colonists. In addition to archaeological field methods, students will learn Native American culture history, research design, artifact identification, and laboratory analysis.

The class meets eight hours a day, Monday through Friday and entails field excavation, lab work, lectures, and visits to other sites. Students have the option of living on-site in a field camp with the field school staff. Alternatively, students may elect to live off-site and provide their own transportation. The site is located in Gloucester County, one hour from Williamsburg.

Registration begins in April. Registration instructions may be found on-line at the William & Mary Registrar's web site: http://www.wm.edu/registrar/.
Students interested in learning more about the class should contact Professor Gallivan (mdgall@wm.edu), 757.221.3622.