POPLAR FOREST ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL
JUNE 5 - JULY 8, 2011

WEEK ONE:
Monday, June 6
8:15-12:00    Announcements
Overview of course requirements
Overview of Thomas Jefferson and Poplar Forest
Lab tour, L. Lee
Overview of 2011 research design/project goals, J. Gary
Field methods and site etiquette, J. Gary
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field Work

Tuesday, June 7
8:15-9:00    “Soils and Site Stratigraphy,” E. Proebsting
9:00-10:30    House and Wing Tour, Travis McDonald
10:30-12:00    Field work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field work

Wednesday, June 8
8:15-12:00    Field Work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field work

Thursday, June 9 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

Friday, June 10
8:15-9:15    Reading historic maps    
9:15-12:00    Plantation and archaeology sites walking tour    
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field work

WEEK TWO
Monday, June 13
8:15-9:30    “What artifacts tell us, an Introduction to the Lab,” L.Lee
9:30-12:00     Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work
Tuesday, June 14
8:15-9:15    “Artifact dating and chronologies, part 1,” L. Lee
9:15-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work

Wednesday, June 15
8:15-9:30     “Artifact dating and chronologies, part 2,” L. Lee
9:30-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work        
    
Thursday, June 16
8:15-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work    

Friday, June 17
8:15-12:00     Field/lab work    
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-2:30    Field/lab work
2:30-4:00    Discuss readings

WEEK THREE
Journals due for interim check
Monday, June 20
8:15-10:00    “The Archaeology of Slavery,” L. Lee
10:00-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00      Field/lab work

Tuesday, June 21
8:15-9:30    “Cookin’ in the Big House,” K. Deetz
9:30-12:00     Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00      Field/lab work

Wednesday, June 22    
8:15 -12:00    Field/lab work
12:00 -12:45    Lunch
12:45-2:30    Field/lab work
2:30-4:00    Discuss readings

Thursday and Friday, June 23-24: Trip to tidewater Virginia sites, Jamestown, Williamsburg.  Detailed schedule TBA

WEEK FOUR    
Monday, June 27
8:15-9:00    “Environmental and Landscape Archaeology” J. Gary, E. Proebsting
9:00-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch    
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work

Tuesday, June 28
8:15-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch        
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work

Wednesday, June 29
8:15-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work

Thursday, June 30
8:15-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/Lab work

Friday, July 1
8:15-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch        
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work     


WEEK 5
Monday, July 4
10:00-12:00    Field work/ interact with public on property for July 4th
12:00-1:00    Lunch
1:00 -4:00    Field work/ interact with public
Journals due at the end of the day

Tuesday, July 5
8:15-9:30    “Preparing Archaeology Resumes,” J. Gary, L. Lee, E. Proebsting
9:30-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00 -12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work

Wednesday, July 6
8:15-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work

Thursday, July 7
8:15-10:00    Discuss readings
10:00-12:00    Field/lab work
12:00 -12:45    Lunch
12:45-4:00    Field/lab work

Friday, July 8
8:15-10:30    Field work
10:30-12:00    Final site updates and interpretations, students
12:00-12:45    Lunch
12:45-        Final discussion session “What have we learned?”
Evaluations