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That's an exhaustive list of topics. Something that you might consider adding is the study of bones while they are still in the ground. We tend to begin our analysis once we have a sample of bones on the bench, but there can be useful information to be gained about deposit formation by noting the density, disposition, matrix and so on of the bones when they are first encountered during excavation. Terry O'Connor > "Dawn M. Novak" wrote: > > I am teaching a week-long seminar entitled "Excavation and Analysis of > Animal Bone" at the Arkansas Archeological Society's annual field > school next month. The field school is geared toward training amateurs > in order to have a base of well-trained volunteers to call upon when > needed. I have been putting together my syllabus and lecture notes, > and planning the lab and field excercises that I plan to include. The > class meets for five days in four-hour blocks. My class includes > interested amateurs and college students, some of whom are archaeology > majors. These seminars are very intensive (I've taken a few!) My goals > are to present as much useful information as possible in the time > allotted without either overwhelming or boring my students. I would be > interested to know what topics the members of this list consider > important for such a group to be familiar with. The topics on my > tentative list so far include: > > What can be learned from animal bone? > The vertebrate skeleton: anatomy and terminology > The deer (I include this as an example of vertebrate anatomy and it is > the animal they are most likely to encounter at any archaeological > site in the region from any time period) > Systematics > Mammals > Birds > Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians > Invertebrates > Data Recording and Quantification > Excavation Techniques and Lab Processing > Taphonomy > Bone modification > Faunal material at historic sites > An overview of zooarchaeological research in Arkansas > > I'd be interested in any suggestions anyone has to offer. > > Dawn Novak > Doctoral Student > Environmental Dynamics Program > University of Arkansas > Fayetteville, Arkansas > [log in to unmask] >