The Cremona Fellows Program was established in 2013 to provide students interested in archaeology and historic preservation hand-on experience. The latest internship/directed research opportunity will take place this fall and will focus on the one remaining slave cabin on the property. The nineteenth century cabin, known as “Sam’s Cabin” after its last formerly enslaved occupant, Find out more »
Archives for 2015
Collections Management Internship/Directed Research Summer 2015
This is designed for Anthropology majors/minors or MUST minors. Currently housed in the Kent Hall archaeology storage facility are several hundred thousand artifacts on indefinite loan from The Gambia. The guidelines for the permits issued by the Gambian National Center for Arts and Culture (NCAC) stipulate that the collections must be made open to other Find out more »
Gender and Violence
(ANTH 352-02) Why do people hurt other people? Stalking is romantic… right? Are women as equally violent as men? Why do victims of sexual assault often freeze up instead of fight back? How does the media normalize gender-based violence? Is pornography harmful or empowering? How does culture influence people’s ideas about violence? Does domestic violence Find out more »
Field School in Archaeological Survey Methods
MAY 18-JUNE 12, 2015 Location: Newtowne Neck State Park Near Leonardtown, Maryland Learn to research in archives; design and implement survey-level testing; use a total station; process and curate artifacts; prepare archaeological site forms; and read historic buildings. Students who successfully complete the four-week field school will have: the opportunity to apply for an additional Find out more »