[Anthsoc] Field School in Poland

[Colin Wallace]

It is my great pleasure to inform you about the *10^th   Field School in 
Mortuary Archaeology* which will be held in Giecz, Poland, in summer 
2008. If you have students interested in excavating human remains, we 
would be grateful for letting them know about this opportunity. __

 

The medieval cemetery at Giecz, Poland (11-12 centuries AD) provides a 
unique opportunity for students to practice* bioarchaeology*  by 
learning archaeological *excavation techniques* and working with *human 
osteological material*. To date more than 230 burials have been 
excavated, and the skeletal collection includes various evidence of 
traumatic injury, infectious, degenerative and genetic disease, 
nutritional deficiency, as well as atypical lesions that have yet to be 
identified.

 

At the site students excavate medieval burials by themselves *_getting 
hands-on experience.  _*The  professional supervision is provided by the 
international team of instructors from Adam Mickiewicz University, 
Poznan and the Slavia Foundation, Lednica. Excavated bones serve as 
reference material in osteology courses worth 6 academic credits. The 
language of the Fieldschool is English.

 

Please find attached a poster of the 10^th   Field School in Mortuary 
Archaeology, Giecz, Poland. We will be very honored if you find a spare 
moment to post it on the message board of your Department and e-mail 
this information about the Field School among the students.

 

You can get more info about this project either at www.slavia.org 
<http://www.slavia.org/> or AIA Bulletin  2008/website or by contacting 
me directly.

 

Thank you for your time and attention,

 

Marek Polcyn

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Dr. Marek Polcyn
Giecz Project Coordinator
First Piasts Museum
Dziekanowice 32
62-261 Lednogora, Poland
tel. 0048 61 4274968
fax. 0048 61 4275020

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