Dr. Robert Wheelersburg, associate professor of anthropology, will present the findings of this year’s archaeology field school during a brown bag lunch at noon on Oct. 2 in the Winters Alcove in the High Library.
Items from this year’s dig will be on display at the event, including signs of a peace ritual between Susquehannock Indians and European colonists. Wheelersburg will provide his insight on the artifacts and their historical significance.
Since the 1990s, students from Elizabethtown College who are interested in archeology have engaged in hands-on learning during a three-week summer course—archeology field school.
Field school offers students … the opportunity to see change over time and the impact of contact between cultures.”
“Field school offers students from multiple disciplines the opportunity to see change over time and the impact of contact between cultures,” said Wheelersburg. “It is a true real-world learning experience.”
Even non-sociology/anthropology majors find the experience interesting and educational. Katie Owens, a senior chemistry major, found parts of her discipline applicable to the experience.
“Archaeology field school was definitely not something I had ever envisioned myself doing for a month out of my summer” said Owens. “But it was actually really fun and interesting.”
The lecture is free and open to the public. Attendees are permitted to bring their lunch if they so desire. However, library staff respectfully requests that food be limited to a brown bag or lunchbox. No cafeteria trays permitted.
Contact Louise Hyder-Darlington at 361-1454 or email hyderl@etown.edu with any questions.
For more information about the archaeology field school, read “Putting the Pieces Together” from the fall 2013 issue of Elizabethtown.