Hey everyone; We are gearing up for the Field School Presentation coming up on November 8th (4-6pm), Hawthorn Hall – 103. We are looking forward to seeing many of you there, and especially looking forward to hearing about some of the fantastic experiences our fellow students and faculty had over the summer. Below is just a taste of what is to come… let the excitement commence!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Eric James: My name is Eric Doffin. I am a senior undergraduate student at IUN. I am currently pursuing my Bachelors of Arts Degree with a Major in Anthropology and a Minor in History. In the Summer of 2013 I was a student at the Field School at Badia-Pozzeveri in Medieval Archaeology and Bio-archaeology. The program is approximately six weeks in duration during which time students from across the globe come together to participate in the excavation of a Medieval Monastery near the town of Altopascio in Tuscany, Italy. Student Hope Kessinger: My name is Hope Kessinger, I am a senior in Anthropology, originally from Louisville, Kentucky. After I graduate from IUN, I plan to attend graduate school in England to get my masters in Archaeology. I attended the Courson Archaeological Field School in Perryton, Texas for 2 weeks as a field tech, working on a prehistoric Indian site, where I excavated, mapped and wet screened. I returned for 6 weeks as a paid lab-tech intern where I washed, counted, cataloged artifacts, floated soil samples, surveyed and examined private artifact collections. Student Cyndal Mateja: Cyndal Mateja is majoring in anthropology and pursuing a future in archaeology. This past summer, she attended a field school in southern Illinois, helping uncover Cahokias religion. This large group of people built over a hundred mounds in the Mississippian Bottom, including Monks Mound, the largest pre-Columbian monument in North America. They thrived until the 1200s, populations then slowly declined until they mysterious disappeared. Professor Michelle Stokely: Received her PhD in Anthropology from Oklahoma University in 2003 This summer, Dr. Stokely worked on a project of Native American Facial Portraits in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute. Before the advent of photography, European and American artists made plaster cast molds of their subjects to aid in the production of statues and busts. Many of these objects were exhibited in art galleries, while some were placed on display at events intended to celebrate important achievements such as the winning of the American west, the opening of the Panama Canal, and the commemoration of Columbus voyages to the New World. The Smithsonian Institutions Physical Anthropology collection includes thousands of plaster molds and busts capturing the essence of many diverse ethnic groups, including hundreds of Native Americans. A new project hopes to identify the various indigenous people who sat for these creations, building a biographical component to compliment the physical object. This presentation will identify and discuss the beginning stages of this large and complex project.
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