by Melanie Heizer | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
Two summers ago I was a student in the first running of the field course (we were awesome Guinea pigs). I was paired with two other students to do fieldwork with, and we decided to do our final project on the use of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) on...
by Brittany Walker | Feb 5, 2017 | Blog
In 2015, I was fortunate enough to be part of the Heritage Archaeology field course with the University of Victoria. Our main focus, at the time, was mapping the Emanu-El Cemetery in Victoria, B.C. while learning about monument assessment and conservation. In the two...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog
Are You Prepared for your Time in the Field? 3 Things I learned from a Month of Cemetery Field Work. #1: Never Underestimate the Elements: Cemetery work is not like other types of archaeological work where you might be in remote areas and unfamiliar settings with no...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 27, 2016 | Blog
On Tuesday of this week, students in ANTH395 were subjected to a field quiz, to see how well they understood the fieldwork they were conducting. Here are Maya and Vanessa’s thoughts on the quiz… Our first out-of-classroom quiz: How to tackle a field quiz...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 26, 2016 | Blog
Across the Pond: On Different Projects and Meaningful Ideas A Blog Post for Anth 395 Blog posts in general are an important source of knowledge in our field. They allow for people, not just academics, to have access to the work that is going on in today’s research....