WIENER LAB FIELD SCHOOL
The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science in collaboration with the American School’s Agora Excavations offers a full week-long Field School on Site Formation, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology in the Athenian Agora.
The course will take place from May 21-28, 2022.
DEADLINE for applications is Feburary 15, 2022.
Description
The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science (ASCSA) in collaboration with the ASCSA Excavations at the Athenian Agora offers a full week-long Field School on Site Formation, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology in the Athenian Agora. Dr. Panagiotis (Takis) Karkanas, Director of the Wiener Laboratory, and Dr. Paul Goldberg, Senior Visiting Professor, Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie (INA), University of Tübingen, will supervise the intensive field school. Registered students will be involved in interdisciplinary field research in the Athenian Agora primarily focused on archaeological context, geoarchaeology, and material sciences. Through field observations, laboratory analysis, and lectures, students will receive instruction in the study and analysis of archaeological sediments and deposits, as well as gain experience in the recording of stratigraphy, and the understanding of site formation processes.
Please note that some accepted participants from the postponed 2020 season will be part of the 2022 program. Therefore, a maximum of 5 additional students will be accepted for the course. Preference is given to advanced students and post-docs with a background in archaeology, and preferably some exposure to the natural sciences as well.
Textbooks: Reconstructing Archaeological Sites 2019 by Panagiotis Karkanas and Paul Goldberg (Wiley Blackwell), Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology 2006 by Paul Goldberg and Richard I. Macphail (Blackwell) (new edition expected in early 2022) and Microarchaeology 2010 by Stephen Weiner (Cambridge University Press).
A syllabus will be emailed 3 weeks before the start of the field school.
For more information: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/international-field-school-on-archaeological-science
