[Anthsoc] Volunteers needed for archaeological lab work

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*From: *"Robert W. Park" <rwpark at uwaterloo.ca <mailto:rwpark at uwaterloo.ca>>
*Date: *September 8, 2008 11:21:00 AM GMT-04:00
*To: *"anthsoc-artslist.uwaterloo.ca" <anthsoc at artsserv2.uwaterloo.ca 
<mailto:anthsoc at artsserv2.uwaterloo.ca>>
*Subject: **Volunteers needed for archaeological lab work*


I am seeking up to three additional student volunteers to help process 
the archaeological finds from my excavation this summer on Baffin 
Island. The finds consist of stone tools, flakes, and animal bones from 
the Dorset and Pre-Dorset cultures, so they are between 1000 and 3500 
years old. The bags containing the finds need to be inventoried but much 
of the work will involve washing and counting the stone tools and 
flakes, cleaning the animal bones, and then putting all of the finds 
into new bags with proper labels. The volunteers will gain hands-on 
experience in archaeological recording and handling procedures, as well 
as familiarity with flaked stone artifact and debitage typology.

- Volunteers should have taken ANTH 201 (Principles of Archaeology)
- Volunteers must be willing to commit to at least one hour of work per 
week for this term
- The work must take place during the hours when the Anthropology 
Department office is open (Mondays to Fridays from 8:30 until 4:30)
- Training and feedback will be provided

Parenthetically, if there is a third or fourth-year student who is 
interested in animal bones from archaeological sites, part of the 
assemblage would be ideal for an honours essay or for a two-term reading 
course. This site is the first inland Dorset culture site to be 
extensively excavated so very little is known about Dorset inland 
adaptations. Much of the faunal assemblage is from just one 
species--caribou--and so identifications will be relatively easy. 
However, I will only have this assemblage here at UW for the next few 
months so all of the identifications would have to be completed between 
now and sometime in March. A student who has completed Dr. Liston's 
"Osteology for Archaeologists" course would be ideally equipped to do 
this but I would be willing to consider training someone in the context 
of a reading course.

Students who are interested in volunteering or in the faunal analysis 
should contact me by email.
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Dr. Robert W. Park
Department of Anthropology
Office: PAS 2016 (or PAS 2032)
(519) 888-4567 ex 35016  FAX (519) 747-9149
http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/park.html
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