WALNUT CREEK ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL

July 14 - July 25, 2008

Join us for a two week field school in the beautiful Walnut Creek area of the Prescott National Forest, 40 miles north of Prescott, Arizona. We offer you a learning environment and fun with new firends while learning new skills at a pace geared for everyone.

PROGRAM

Walnut Creek Archaeology Field School's Survey Techniques curriculum is designed to prepare the students to be able to participate in Professional archaeological survey projects throughout the southwest. The student will receive a minimum of 20 years in the classroom with field archaeologists along with 60 hours of hand-on field experience.

The two week long session will provide an unusually excellent opportunity for learning professional archaeological field techniques including:

• Field Survey
• Initial Artifact Idnetificaiton
• Site Mapping
• Equipment Use
• Site Identification
• Data Control
• Professional Note Taking
• Current Mapping Tools
• Sampling Methods
  

Yavapai Community College will offer two credit hours for this experience. Fee structure will be mailed to you upon receipt of your reservation.

Facilities

Walnut Creek Archaeology Field School, a 250 acre campus is located 40 miles northr of Prescott at what was once a U.S> National Forest service Ranger Station. It probably should be referred to as a primitive camp since the only buildings present are the Center Director's house and a large barn-like building that houses the office, classroom, and a bunk house. A small camp ground ,with water, provides accommodations for small RV's and tents natural gas is used of the electric generator. Solar panels have been installed for the classroom but offer only minimum illumination. A propane refrigerator for student use is located in the classroom. The cooking area consist of a Ramada shelter and propane stoves.

For Information

We will mail you full information

For Further information contact:

Paul V. Long, Jr., MA, RPA, Director

Walnut Creek Archaeology Field School

415 West Gurley St.

Prescott, AZ 86301 or e-mail

sandy@sharlot.org

WCAFS NEWS

Yavapai College has agreed to offer WCAFS summer field school as a credit course. Mike Ruddell will spend some time reviewing the program as it is-and then see how he can tie it into a required "lab" type class to be added to their Archaeology theory class.

We also have funds to purchase some field equipment for next summer. The advisory committee will be ask to give their recommendations.

---ADVISORY COMMITTEE SELECTED----

On December 1, 2007 WCAFS principles selected an advisory committee for Walnut Creek Archaeology Field School . These individuals will be responsible for the professional operation of the field school and will be ready to advise us on any and all aspects of the operation of the school.

They are:

Andrew L. Chistianson PhD. Consultant
Neil Weintraub, MA. South Kaibab Zone Archaeologist
Lynn A. Neil, MA RPA, Vice President EnviroSystems Management, Inc.
Sandy Lynch, PhD. Curator of Anthropology, Sharlot Hall Museum
Elaine Zamora, MA Chino District Archaeologist, Prescott National Forest
Kerry Keith, AB, Program Director, Walnut Creek Center for Education and Research

Welcome and thank you for your time and energy!

Walnut Creek Archaeology Field School

Several institutions are in the process of committing their support to the Walnut Creek Archaeology Field School. It is hoped that with their interest, the field school will be able to continue operating from Walnut Creek Center for Education and Research, Walnut Creek, AZ.

An advisory board has been recruited who will help to develop a strong curriculum for the school and to aid in the acquisition of materials and equipment to make this a first class training center for archaeological field survey.

Students from around the southwest will be invited to spend quality time ,with instructors in the classroom and in the field, learning the most current techniques for inventorying and recording archaeological sites.