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Schedule of events for the 2008 Field School
 JUNE 3 - JULY 4, 2008
WEEK ONE | WEEK TWO | WEEK THREE | WEEK FOUR | WEEK FIVE

WEEK ONE

Monday, June 2
8:15-12:00

Announcements
     Overview of course requirements
     Overview of Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson
     Overview of 2008 research design/project goals, J. Gary
     Field methods and site etiquette, J. Gary
     Lab tour, L. Lee
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 House and Wing Tour
2:30-4:00 

Archaeology sites walking tour

Tuesday, June 3
8:15-9:00 “Soils and Site Stratigraphy,” E. Proebsting
9:00-12:00 Field Work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00  Field Work

Wednesday, June 4

8:15-9:00

 “Understanding Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Landscape,” B. Heath

9:00-12:00 

Switch with architecture field school, T. McDonald
12:00-12:45 Lunch

12:45-4:00 

Field Work

Thursday, June 5

8:15-9:15  Reading historic maps
9:15-12:00 Plantation walk
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field work

Friday, June 6

8:15-12:00 Field Work 
12:15-1:00  Lunch
1:00-2:30 Field Work
2:30-4:00 Discuss readings

WEEK TWO

Monday, June 9

8:15-9:30 "What artifacts tell us, an Introduction the Lab", L. Lee
9:30-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Tuesday, June 10, Trip to Monticello
8:15 Meet at Poplar Forest
9:30-10:00 Arrive at Monticello
10:00-12:00 Tour
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Tour
2:30 Leave to return to Poplar Forest

Wednesday, June 11

8:15-9:30 "Artifact dating and chronologies, Part I", L. Lee
9:30-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Thursday, June 12
8:15-9:30 "Artifact dating and chronologies, Part II", L. Lee
9:30-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Friday, June 13

8:15-12:00

Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:30 Field and lab work
2:30-4:00 Discuss readings

WEEK THREE

Monday, June 16

8:15-10:00 "Archaeological Perspectives on Enslavement in Virginia," B. Heath
10:00-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Tuesday, June 17

8:15-9:30 "The Archaeology of Slavery:  Looking at Portable Material Culture", L. Lee
9:30-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:40-4:00 Field and lab work

Wednesday, June 18

8:15-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:40-2:30 Field and lab work
2:30-4::00 Discuss readings

Thursday and Friday, June 19-20, Trip to Colonial Williamsburg and Tiedwater, VA
Detailed Schedule TBA

WEEK FOUR           

Monday, June 23
8:15-9:30 "Geoarchaeology," J. Windingstad
9:30-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Tuesday, June 24

8:15-12:00  Field and lab work
12:00-12:45  Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Wednesday, June 25

8:15-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:00 "Presenting Archaeology on the Web", M. Freeman, Stories Past
2:00-4:00  Field and lab work

Thursday, June 26

8:15-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:30 Field and land work
2:30-4:00

“Geophysics/Remote Sensing,” E. Ernenwein

Friday, June 29
8:15-10:00  Discuss readings
10:00-12:00 Field work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

WEEK FIVE 

Monday, June 30 , Journals due at the end of the day
8:15-9:30 "Preparing Archaeology Resumes," J. Gary, L. Lee, E. Proebsting, B. Heath
9:30-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Tuesday, July 1
8:15-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Wednesday, July 2

8:15-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-4:00 Field and lab work

Thursday, July 3
8:15-10:00 Discussion of Readings
10:00-12:00 Field and lab work
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:30 Field and lab work
2:30-4:00 Final site updates and interpretations, students
evening Final Party

Friday, July 4

9:00-12:00 Field work/interact with public on the property for July 4th
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Field work/interact with public
2:30-4:00 Final discussion session: "What have we learned?"
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