Archaeology Courses and Announcements
| Archaeological Field Methods: Native Americans on the Bard Lands - ANTH 111 |
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Professor: Christopher Lindner The Field Methods course offers an introduction to prehistory by basic hand excavation, using GIS technology (Geographic Information Systems) to situate our discoveries, and through laboratory processing of artifacts. This season we will continue test excavations from last fall that discovered a 1500-year-old site, with spearpoints and pottery sherds along the Hudson River shore. Nearby, chipped stone projectile points or knives have come to light in past explorations that indicate foraging activities nine millennia in the past. This year we also hope to find more evidence of the Esopus Indians, who camped not far away after their wars with the Dutch of Kingston around 1660. A few artifacts in our area of focus, the Locust Point site, indicate the presence of the first settlers from the Old World on the Bard lands, ca. 1725, the Van Benthuysen family and their slaves of African ancestry. Lunchtime discussion will contextualize our findings with archaeological and ethnohistorical comparisons. Limited to 12, by permission. Interested students should contact Professor Lindner prior to registration. |
| Historical Archaeology: Early Inhabitants of the Bard Lands and Environs, 1650-1850 - ANTH 212 |
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Professor: Christopher Lindner Field trips on campus and in neighboring towns provide first-hand contact with diverse groups who left their vestiges here: Native Americans, African-Americans, German, and British settlers. The class will work with their artifacts and faunal remains in the lab and visit excavations after reading background material on their history, culture, and archaeological interpretation. Limited to 15, by permission of instructor. Contact Prof. Lindner prior to registration. |