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2007 Training Program for Volunteers
2007 Training Program
for Volunteers
The Arkansas Archeological Survey and
Arkansas Archeological Society will cosponsor a Training Program in Archaeology
June 9-24, 2007, at the Jones Mill Site (3HS28) in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
The annual Training Program and excavation has been conducted at various
sites throughout Arkansas since 1972. The 2007 Training Program will be an
investigation of Archaic Period novaculite stone tool manufacture and exchange.
The Jones Mill Site, which is listed on the National Register, may have served
as a home base during Middle and late Archaic periods for local groups of
hunter-gatherers who worked novaculite from nearby quarries. The excavation will
be important for studying Archaic-period lifeways in the middle Ouachita River
valley and for documenting the role that novaculite tool production played
locally and regionally.
No experience is necessary to participate, and
both adults and children as young as 8 (accompanied by an adult) are welcome.
Participants receive hands-on instruction in field methods and have the
opportunity to enroll in week-long seminars on a variety of archeological
topics. Minimum length of stay is 3 days. Fees and expenses vary depending on
length of stay. Registration costs are estimated to be about $45-$65, and
participants cover their own costs of room and board. Participants need to send
in a registration form by May
11 to avoid late fees.
For more
information, contact Barbara Scott at bhscott@uark.edu, or 479-575-3556.
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