MAY 19-JUNE 16, 2013

 

Schedule (tentative)

Dates: May 17 – June 14, 2012

NOTE: The schedule below serves as a guideline only and may be changed at anytime in the field due to weather conditions, unforeseen issues, and/or at the Project Director’s discretion.

Field Work Schedule:....................Sunday – Friday

Laboratory Schedule:....................Rotation Schedule (TBA)
           
Visits to archaeological sites:..........Half a Day on Saturdays

Calling home:............................Saturdays (morning or afternoon,
                                                         depends on the rotation schedule)

Lecture Schedule:.......................TBA (usually Monday through Thursday
                                                         by the Project Director and other field researchers).
                                                         Lectures are mandatory for all HSU students.

May 17

• We will meet at the Belize City International Airport (BZE) for pick up and transport to the archaeology camp facilities. I will be at the airport all day.
• Upon Camp Arrival  (around 6:00PM):
• Room assignments
• Unpack
• Dinner
• Brief tour of the camp
• Brief overview of rules and regulations of the field school. 

May 18

• Repetition of rules and regulations of the field school
• Finish Unpacking 
• PfBAP Background Information
• Introduction to the camp/field staff
• Hands-on exercises:

• Survey Procedures
• Tape and Compass Mapping Exercise
• GPS
• Total Data Station
• Excavation Set-up
• How to set up a Test Unit
• Lot Forms Overview
• Laboratory Procedures
• Forms
• Artifacts
• Sorting, bagging, and cataloguing

May 19:

• Camp Chores Assignments
• Linda Vista Store Trip:
• Call home and buy personal items

May 20:

• Field Work:

• Dos Hombres Site Tour
• Field rules and regulations
• Overview of the research goals for the Dos Hombres to Gran Cacao Survey Transect Project
• Survey procedures in the field

May 21 - May 26:

• Field Work
• Evening Lectures
• May 27: First Paper Due
• Field Journal collected after dinner on Friday, May 27

May 27:

• No Field work
• Medicinal Trail Archaeology Site Tour
• Trip to Linda Vista, a convenience store, where students can buy calling cards and call home.

May 28 - June 2:

• Field Work
• Lab Rotations begin this week
• Evening Lectures
• June 3: Second Paper Due
• Field Journal collected after dinner on Friday, June 3

June 3:

• No Field work
• La Milpa Site Tour
• Trip to Linda Vista to call home

June 4 - June 9:

• Field Work
• Mandatory Laboratory Hours
• Evening Lectures
• June 10th: Third Paper Due
• Field Journal collected after dinner on Friday, June 10

June 10:

• No field work
• Lamanai: rented bus for the archaeological site tour
• Trip to Linda Vista to call home

June 11 – June 13:

• Field Work
• Mandatory Laboratory Hours
• Evening Lectures

June 14:

• No field work
• Assist with cleaning and packing equipment
• Trip to Linda Vista to call home
• Begin packing
• Hand-in field journals to class instructor

June 15:

• Departure from Belize City (unless previous arrangements have been discussed and approved by Dr. Marisol Cortes-Rincon)

June 23:

• ANTH 306: Final Paper Due,