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Field School Name: Youth eco-camp "Summer School of the Prehistorique Art"
Field school web site: www.dnimidge.lviv.ua

Application Deadline:
Deadline 05/25/2004

Start month: 07/10/2004
End month: 08/15/2004

Multiple Dates: 10 July; 02 August 2004

West Regional Scientific Centre of the Ukrainian Academy of Information
Lviv
Tchernivtcy region
Ukraine

Survey: Yes
Prehistoric: Yes
Periods: Neolothic 7-4 mill. BC

Rural: Yes
Drive to site: Yes

Project Directors: Scientific Director Ph.D. O.Maljuta;
Project Coordinator architect Natalia Syriamina.

Field School Size: 16-25

Minimum age: 20
Manual Mapping/drawing (plan views, profiles): Yes
Total Station/EDM mapping: Yes
Traditional Photography: Yes
Excavation/Survey Techniques: Yes
Lectures: No
Rain days - lab work: Yes
Restricted travel : Yes

Additional information about optional fields: In the region of the Dnister Reservoir you can take part in the research of the Megalithic Complex: Rock and Cave Ensemble (epoch Neolith): the measures of the caves and buildings; the survey of the rock graphic signs and bas-reliefs; the dig and the investigation of the grotto and caves. The site with the Megalithic Complex is situated on the North of the village Komariv, Tchernivtcy region and it is under the responsibility by Natalia Syryamina, Director of the Scientific-Information Agency IMIDGE in the WRSC UAI. The site with the Megalithic Complex is situated on the steep slope under the Dnister (H=105 m) and is occupied the square = 300 hectares. It s include: the cave s ensemble from 6-th caves; the two rock bas-reliefs and the grotto between them; the any dolmens; the rock and plate with graphic signs.

Academic Credit: No

Room and Board Information: The registration: Each participant must fill in one application and return it by post. After that, participant wait for the invitation. The payment for one date of the eco-camp = 140 $. The payment must be carried, as volunteer contribution, on the account of the WRSC of the UAI as from private, so from Institutes. In last case, this contribution is free from income tax. The payment must be realised before the receipt of the invitation.
The participants will be place in the building of the village Komariv together. The nourishment will be make in café, near the building of the place.
For best you feel and for participation in research we advise take for yourself:
- sport-boots;
- wear-clothes for caves;
- bag-clothes or sleep-bag;
- planchette and pencils;
- lantern;
- small sport-sack.

room and board cost: $140 per two week

submitters name: Natalia Syriamina

See web site for contact information

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL CAMPS IN SEMIRECHIE AND SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN

 During the summer and autumn of 2004, ISP (International Scientific Projects) in cooperation with NIPI PMK (State Institute for Scientific Research and Planning on the monuments of Material Culture, Min.Culture,Kaz) are organising five archaeological investigations covering Bronze, Iron and Medieval periods in southern Kazakhstan (region of Otrar and Turkestan) and Semirechie (region of Bishkek, Almaty and Taldykorgan).

The programme of work includes surveys and excavation of settlements, camps and tombs of various nomadic and settled peoples, as well as open-air lectures in the history and archaeology of the steppes and the Silk Road and visits of the local region. Sessions will take place between May and October 2004 and are between 15 days and one month in duration. Volunteers and students of archaeology are welcome to join us. Volunteers and students will be lodged in a student hotel in Almaty and in tents on the field. The individual projects are listed below.

 I. BRONZE AND IRON AGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEXES (PETROGLYPHS, SETTLEMENTS, BURIALS)

 Camp 1: BRONZE AND IRON AGE OF PASTORAL SOCIETIES, ESHKEOLMES ( KOKSU VALLEY ), SOUTH DZUNGARIAN MOUNTAINS , SEMIRECHIE

The site of Eshkeolmes is situated along the Koksu river valley at 30 km at the south of Taldykorgan, 250km north-east of Almaty. The Koksu valley is rich in ecological niches and is covered by several types of surface monuments ranging from remains of Bronze, Early Iron and Turkic cemeteries and kurgans, villages, mining and melting structures, stone circles, petroglyphs, cup-marks, steles and proto-sculptures. Because the abundance and the authenticity of the remains, it represents one of the most important Bronze Age (1400-800 BC) and Early Nomads (800-200 BC) archaeological complexes of Semirechie. During the summer 2003, the earliest Bronze Age agrarian settlement of Semirechie has been found in the alluvial terraces of the river Koksu. It will give more information on the mixed farming societies of the region during the Late Bronze and Iron Age.

An interdisciplinary team of geologists and archaeologists will coordinate the 2004 season. It will complete the surface exploration and GIS documentation, continue the record of the petroglyphs, excavations of Bronze and Iron Age houses (Talapty II and Kuigan II) and cemeteries. Volunteers will learn the methods currently used in steppe archaeology through practical fieldwork, survey and tours in one of the most beautiful mountainous regions of Semirechie. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag, a mat, a sweater, some strong shoes, and a flashlight. Further tours can be organized at the end of the fieldwork.

Useful reading: Mariachev A. N. and Rogozhinskii A.E., 1991. ‘ Naskalnie izobrazheniya v gorakh Eshkiolmes ', Alma-Ata ; Goriachev A. A. and Mariachev A. N., 1998. ‘ Nouveaux sites du Bronze recent au Semirechie KZ' . Paleorient 24/1; Articles by Masson, Harmatta, Askarov, 1992. ‘ History of civilizations of Central Asia ' 1; Read in this number of Archaeology Abroad the report of Ch.Hopwood about the camp of last year in Eshkeolmes. 

 Camp 2: BRONZE AND IRON AGE OF PASTORAL SOCIETIES, KULJABASY ( CHU-ILI MOUNTAINS ), SEMIRECHIE

The Chu-Ili mountains are smooth undulations of a maximum altitude 1500m in a semi-desertic landscape south-west of Lake Balkhash . Their springs and oases represented a refuge and a corridor for cultures from Neolithic to ethnographic times, represented archaeologically by cemeteries, houses, stelae and, most predominantly, petroglyphs. From the Middle Bronze to the Turkic periods the area was a crossroads for tribal migrations reflected in the character and range of petroglyphs, which now represent the most important monuments of the area and are among the most important rock art sites of Central Asia and Siberia .

Fieldwork will be directed by specialists from the Institute of Geology ( Academy of Sciences , KZ), and the NIPI PMK (Ministry of Culture, KZ). The camp will be located in the site of Kuljabasy, one of the main petroglyphs sites of Kazakhstan located near Otar at 200 west of Almaty. The objective of the project is to continue the excavations of a Bronze Age settlement, to proceed with the survey and record of the petroglyphs groups and to map the monuments of the region.

Volunteers will be introduced to modern techniques of preliminary geographical study using satellite, aerial photography and detailed maps. Microlight flight will provide the possibility of aerial exploration and photography. Documentation will be provided by traditional and new advanced methods (GIS, digital-video). The ecological features of the landscape (summer-winter camps, march routes, etc. ) will be studied. Tombs and villages will be excavated to investigate any correlation between petroglyph styles and cultural phases. The weather is extremely dry. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag, a mat, a sweater, some strong shoes, and a flashlight. Further tours can be organised at the end of the fieldwork.

Useful reading:

Francfort, H. P. et al ., 1995. ‘Les Petroglyphes de Tamgaly' . Bulletin of the Asian Institute 9; Chippindale, C., 1997. The Archaeology of Rock Art . Cambridge : CUP.

Mariachev A. N. and Rogozhinskii A.E., 2002. ‘Naskalnie izobrazheniya Semirechya' , Almaty.

 CAMP 3: BRONZE AND IRON AGE OF PASTORAL SOCIETIES, ARPAUZEN ( KARATAU MOUNTAINS ), SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN

The valley of Arapauzen is located in the eastern piedmonts of the Karatau mountains near Chulakkorgan, 240 km NW of Taraz. The Karatau range is a young mountain chain rich in mineral resources and prehistoric sites (from early Palaeolithic to lron Age) with many ancient petroglyphs sites located on rocky outcrops in small river valleys.

Fieldwork will be directed by specialists from the Institute of Geology ( Academy of Sciences , KZ), and the NIPI PMK (Ministry of Culture, KZ). The camp will be established in the site of Arapauzen, one of the main petroglyphs sites of Kazakhstan . The objective of the project is to continue the excavations of a Bronze Age settlement, to proceed with the survey and record of the petroglyphs groups and to map the monuments of the region.

Volunteers will be introduced to modern techniques of preliminary geographical study using satellite, aerial photography and detailed maps. Microlight flight will provide the possibility of aerial exploration and photography. Documentation will be provided by traditional and new advanced methods (GIS, digital-video). The ecological features of the landscape (summer-winter camps, march routes, etc. ) will be studied. Tombs and villages will be excavated to investigate any correlation between petroglyph styles and cultural phases. The weather is extremely dry. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag, a mat, a sweater, some strong shoes, and a flashlight. Further tours can be organised at the end of the fieldwork.

Useful reading:

Mariachev A. N., 1994. ‘ Petroglyphs of South Kazakhstan and Semirechie' , Almaty.; Maryashev A. N., Goryachev A. A. and Potapov S.A. ,1998. ‘ Repertoire des petroglyphes d'Asie Centrale' . Memoire de la Mission Francaise en Asie Centrale , t.V, Paris. ; Kadyrbaev M.K. and Maryashev A.N., 1977. ‘Naskalnye izobrazheniya khrebta Karatau' , Alma-Ata.

II. IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OF THE SILK ROAD OASES OF SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN (OTRAR, TURKESTAN )

CAMP 4: GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE OTRAR OASIS

The volunteer camp is organized within the context of a three-year INTAS project aimed at the reconstruction of two millennia of water use and man-land interaction in the oasis of Otrar. The site, a 10x10 km territory, situated in a semi desertic and lacustrine landscape at the confluence of the Syrdaria and Arys rivers, is literally covered by majestic remains of medieval towns, villages, cemeteries and several layers of irrigation works. A UNESCO-managed conservation project is also being carried out at the site.

Changes of palaeoclimates, of rivers behaviour and course, processes of eolian and alluvial sedimentation, pedological problems and salinization, all interacted with social and cultural events in determining the evolution of the site. All historical periods are represented from the Palaeolithic to ethnographic times, but the research will focus on the end of the first millennium BC to the late Middle Ages when Otrar city was abandoned (18th century AD). The study requires strict cooperation between specialists from different earth disciplines - laboratory analysts, computer specialists and archaeologists from several Institutes of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences (Geology, Soil Sciences, Archaeology), CNR Italy, Oxford and Southampton Universities .

Volunteers will be taught all the successive phases and methods of geo-archaeological investigation. They will undertake a survey (with the help of satellite images, aerial photos, maps, mini-van, microlight flights for detailed documentation), take part in a geo-morphological, sedimentary, pedological and paleobotanical preliminary study of the site, collect samples for detailed laboratory analyses, excavate trial-trenches and uncover cultural monuments of strategic importance for dating or sampling purposes and undertake advanced computerized documentation techniques.

Accommodation will be arranged in very comfortable country houses of Uzbek style. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag, a mat, a sweater, some strong shoes, and a flashlight. The surroundings offer facilities for excursions to the Syrdaria river, the desert, the Karatau mountains, the medieval towns of Turkestan and Sauran; for camel riding and hot springs . Further tours could be organized at the end of the fieldwork (the Aral lake and Samarkand are just five hours away).

Useful reading:

Groshev , V., 1996. ‘ The ancient irrigations in South Kazakhstan ', Almaty (in Russian).

Andrianov, B., 1969. ‘ Ancient irrigation systems in the pre-Aral region', Moscow (in Russian).

Akishev, K., Erzakovich, L., and Baipakov, K., 1972. ‘ Ancient Otrar (topography, stratigraphy, perspectives)', Alma-Ata (in Russian).

Baipakov, K., 1992. ‘ Les fouilles de la ville d'Otrar' . Archeologie Islamique, 3, 87-110.

CAMP 5: GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE TURKESTAN OASIS

The volunteer camp is organized within the context of a three-year INTAS project aimed at the study of the medieval water use system in the region of Otrar and Turkestan . In the region of Turkestan , the specific water supply system is known as karez (line of wells excavated in the underground water).

Last season, the research teams worked in the area of the medieval town of Sauran and has discovered several dozens of unknown karez lines.

Sauran was several times the most important town of South Kazakhstan and the capital of the White Horde during the XIV and XV AC. According to historical sources, the karez technique was imported at the beginning of the XVI AC but the recent investigations lead to an older and probably aboriginal sophisticated technology.

The work of the coming season will consist of surveying, mapping the karez lines of the region and excavating selected wells. The team will also investigate the ancient settlements and land use of the region.

The study will be made in strict cooperation between specialists from different disciplines - laboratory analysts, computer specialists and archaeologists from several Institutes of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences (Geology, Soil Sciences, Archaeology), CNR Italy, Oxford and Southampton Universities .

Volunteers will be taught all the successive phases and methods of geo-archaeological investigation. They will undertake survey (with the help of satellite images, aerial photos, maps, mini-van, microlight flights for detailed documentation), take part in a geo-morphological, pedological and paleobotanical preliminary study of the site, collect samples for detailed laboratory analyses and undertake advanced computerized documentation techniques.

Accommodation will be arranged in very comfortable local farm houses. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag, a mat, a sweater, some strong shoes, and a flashlight. The surroundings offer facilities for excursions to the Syrdaria river, the desert, the Karatau mountains, the medieval towns of Otrar and Turkestan; for camel riding and hot springs . Further tours could be organized at the end of the fieldwork (the Aral lake and Samarkand are just five hours away).

Useful reading:

Groshev , V., 1996. The ancient irrigations in South Kazakhstan , Almaty (in Russian).

Barthold V.V. 1963 History of the irrigation of Turkestan (Istoriya orosheniya Turkestana). In: Complete works, t.III, p. 225 sq. (in Russian)

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Field School Name: Archaeological Field School on Mo'orea (French Polynesia)
University, Company, Institution: University of California
Country of field school: Mo'orea, Society Islands, French Polynesia

Application deadline month: 05 day: 15
Start month: 06 day: 23 year: 2004
End month: 08 day: 15 year: 2004

Excavation: Yes
Survey: Yes
Prehistoric: Yes
Periods: Late Prehistoric (1200-1700 AD)

Remote: Yes
Short walk to site: yes
Long hike to site: Yes

Project Directors: Jennifer G. Kahn, Department of Anthropology, University
of California, Berkeley

Field School Description:

The 2004 Archaeological Field School will be held on the beautiful island of
Mo orea, which neighbors Tahiti. Our field research will be conducted at
ancient ceremonial and residential sites in the  Opunohu Valley. Field
research will involve detailed reconnaissance survey and site mapping. A
smaller field component will involve test excavations at select ceremonial
sites and habitations, and laboratory processing of recovered artifacts and
samples. We will work directly with several Tahitian students who will be a
part of our field crew. The class will fly to Tahiti on 6/29 and then
transfer to Mo orea by ferry. Field survey and mapping will focus on the
Amehiti sector of the 'Opunohu Valley, where a high density of prehistoric
sites, including ancient temple complexes (marae), agricultural terraces,
and house sites, cover the surface with well preserved dry stone
architecture. These sites will be located in the dense rainforest, cleared
of their vegetation (with the aid of our Tah

Field school web site: http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~oal/research/research.tm
(click on the research link)

Field School Size: 1-15
Minimum age: college freshman
Experience: some ability to speak French is preferred

Academic Credit: Yes
Number of Credits: 6
Tuition: 1020.80$
Institution offering credit: UC Berkeley Summer Session, Dept, of
Anthropology

Room and Board Information: We will be living in the spectacular coastal
locale of Cook s bay in simple shared hotel accommodations with cold water
showers. Students will be housed 2-3 to a bungalow. Each bungalow will have
a sitting area, shower, and kitchenette. Each student will pay in money for
weekly meals. We will cook for ourselves in weekly shifts. We will be living
c. 2 minute walk from the beach adn the ocean.Weekends will be spent
visiting other archaeological sites around the island and participating in
various local community/cultural events.

Room and board cost: c. 200$ week, see web page for details

Reading: Kirch, P.V. On the Road of the Winds  chapter on the Society
Islands 2000

Reading: Green, R.C, K. Green, R.A.