Gotland Archaeological Field School Summer courses 2009

Course description
29 June – 8 August
The course is interdisciplinary and comparable with university studies in archaeology. Most of the lectures, as well as teaching of investigation techniques are carried out by personal from universities. For those who plans to use the course for getting credits at home university, a written report about some part of the investigation should be carried out, accomplish with a certain study of literature.

The aim of the courses is to give the participants:
• A general knowledge of archaeological and human geographical methodology and
documentation of prehistoric sites.
• A practical and circumstantial cognisance of archaeological excavation methods and artefacts
via an investigation of a Viking Age site.
• A basic knowledge about Viking Age and Early Middle Ages artefacts and the handling of
them
• Knowledge about Viking Age Gotland.

The course runs eight hours a day, five days a week, broken into two parts, one hands-on excavation, and another daily session of registration work, exercises, classes, conferences and excursions. Some of the weekends will be devoted to excursion on the island.

Directed at
Directed at students, professors, teachers, and anyone that would like to increase their knowledge of archaeology and Viking Age history. Previous experience in archaeology or excavation is not required. The course will be limited to 30 participants per turn.

Application
Application to the field courses should be done before the 15th of May 2009. In connection to the application, the registration fee of SEK 700 should be paid to Gotland Residential School for adult education. Full payment must be made 3 weeks before the course. For further details about accommodation, costs etc, see the following page.

Information on courses:
If you want information of the courses, contact Associate Professor Dan Carlsson:
Email: dan@arkeodok.com
Phone: +46-703118032.

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