{"id":22,"date":"2013-02-21T22:18:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T22:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/fayesparentgroupblog\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2022-11-23T11:10:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T19:10:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/coastalfieldarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the home page for the UVic Archaeology Field School in Barkley Sound<\/a><\/strong>, a six-week academic course and research effort run by\u00a0the UVic\u00a0Department of Anthropology,<\/a>\u00a0Tseshaht First Nation<\/a>, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve<\/a>, and the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre<\/a>.\u00a0 The field school takes place is hosted in the lands and territories of Tseshaht<\/a>\u00a0First Nation\u00a0on southwestern Vancouver Island. The first half of the field school (ANTH 343) is focused on excavation in\u00a0Tseshaht territory in the Broken Group Islands in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The second half of the course is based out of the the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in Huu-ay-aht territories (ANTH 344). We are particularly grateful to the Tseshaht for welcoming us\u00a0and supporting this work. We are also grateful to\u00a0Parks Canada<\/a>, the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre<\/a>,\u00a0and the Hakai Institute<\/a> for assistance.<\/p>\n

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This site will feature\u00a0periodic updates and news\u00a0about the course. To learn details of the application process visit the ‘apply to the field school’ tab on the left or<\/em> click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOTE Despite a global pandemic, we were able to offer the field school for the 2021 field season and are back in 2022. Many thanks to all those who continue to support us in offering this course. We will be taking a year\u00a0hiatus in 2023 to work on the material recovered.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please do click on\u00a0the tabs above to find out more about this collaborative project. If you would like to learn more about this course please be in touch with the instructor Iain McKechnie<\/a> by following this link<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or email iim (at) uvic [dot] ca<\/p>\n

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Map of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and First Nations territories on western Vancouver Island. The Broken Group Islands are in the centre. Source: Parks Canada<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Please watch this 3-minute promo video from UVic featuring footage from the Hakai Institute and Ian Sellers from 2016.<\/p>\n