Dear Colleagues:
I'd like to announce to list members interested in the Andes of South America y that we have scheduled an intensive 1-week course in Andean Zooarchaeology this June 1-5 at the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials at the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
This five-day course is designed for archaeologists either planning a field program in Andean South America or approaching an existing zooarchaeological collection. The basic research questions in zooarchaeology will be related to field practices for sampling, recovery, and conservation. Participants will practice the major tasks of sorting, identification, dental description, and bone metric recording using hands-on material and CAAM comparative collections, backed up with material from the Academy of Natural Sciences. Surface modification and histology will be used to reconstruct taphonomic pathways and life history variables. Sampling and interpretation of molecular zooarchaeology data (aDNA and isotopes) will be discussed and sampling protocols demonstrated.
The link for more information:
https://www.penn.museum/learn/penn-students/caam/caam-intensive-courses
The application materials are due by March 31.
In addition to the Zooarchaeology course, other courses this summer will include Field Archaeobotany (taught by Teaching Specialist Chantel White), Ceramic Petrography (taught by Teaching Specialist and Laboratory Director Marie-Claude Boileau), and Archaeogeophysics (taught by Teaching Specialist Jason Hermann).
Please let us know if there are any questions,
best wishes,
Kate Moore
KATHERINE M. MOORE, PH.D.
Practice Professor, Department of Anthropology
Undergraduate Chair
Mainwaring Teaching Specialist
Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials
PENN MUSEUM
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