[Anthsoc] Mortuary Osteology Field School in Poland

[Colin Wallace]

Hi Anthsoc Members,

Below you will find information on a field school taking place next 
summer in Giecz (Gee-etch), Poland. I attended the last session; one 
month of digging and highly recommend the program. It is like a 
osteology boot camp. You live inside the 10th century AD stronghold and 
excavate the graveyard only a few feet away. Excavation and processing 
of skeletons is distributed so equitably that every person will get 
hands on doing every task. Evening courses imprint more knowledge on 
your experiences during the day. You will be well fed and , on weekends, 
will go on bus trips to nearby cities and archeaological sites. If you  
have asperations in osteology this is an excellent opportunity.

Sincerely,
Colin Wallace

Dear Sir/Madame,

It is my great pleasure to inform you about the *11^th   Field School in 
Mortuary Archaeology* which will be held in Giecz, Poland, in summer 
2009. 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 300 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 are allowed to 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, Ohio State University and the Slavia 
Foundation, Lednica. Excavated bones serve in the laboratory as 
reference material in osteology classes. The field school is worth 6 
academic credits. The language of the Fieldschool is English.

Please find attached a poster of the 11^th   Field School in Mortuary 
Archaeology, Giecz, Poland. We will be very honored if you post it on 
the message board of your Department and spread 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  2009/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
tel.: ++48 614274968
fax.:++48 614275020

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