4 Credits
Summer Session I: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Friday, July 11, 2025
Class will meet in person as follows: Weeks 1-5: Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. (Butts Hill Fort in Portsmouth, RI) Weeks 6-7: Monday -Friday, 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (Stonehill College campus, Easton, MA)
Students will learn and master GPR (ground penetrating radar), metal detection, photogrammetry, 3D scanning, and mapping field methodology at Butts Hill Fort in Portsmouth, RI. Students will be taught best archaeological practice, ethics, and community outreach along with CRM (cultural resource management) at this National Historic Landmark. Lab component education in intake, cleaning, cataloguing, interpretation, and analyses techniques. Research questions will follow the battle between French, U.S., and Hessian forces, fort construction and use, and lifeways of occupants (Northern and Southern Batteries).
Stock number:
2458757
Price:
$2,576.00