Description
The 2010 Archaeological Field School focused on pre-contact and historic period studies at Harvard University’s Long Term Ecological Research program at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The Harvard Forest consists of over 3000 acres of land, and is one of the oldest and most extensively studied forest landscapes in North America. The goal of the field school is to apply archaeological methodologies to research questions concerning pre-contact and historic period land use and forest ecology.
The five-week field school included intensive training in New England Native history, historical archaeology, archaeological survey techniques, excavation, laboratory methods, artifact analysis, and archaeological interpretation and was informed by paleoecological and environmental history studies conducted by Harvard researchers.
The field school took place on July 12 - August 13, 2010 at an 18th-19th century tannery site in Harvard Forest. Read our blog to learn more.
