ANTH 357 - Archaeological Analysis and Curation

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years, usually in the fall semester

This course provides students with concepts and essential skills used to analyze and curate Native American and Euro¬American material culture of the 17th through 20th centuries specific to Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC). Students will work with a portion of the premier artifact collection recovered from the excavations in this National Historic Landmark. Students will process and catalogue artifacts using methodology developed for this collection. In addition, artifact and collection curation methods utilized by HSMC will be taught. Students will apply these skills and complete an original research project report about their findings using HSMC artifacts and related field data.