Presented by: J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

NEW: Bioarcheological Field School in Egypt

Tenative Dates: Spring Break 2008 (March 14-April 6, 2008)

Applications available soon!

Program Description

Spring Course Offerings/Descriptions

Faculty

Eligibility

Further Information

Program Description

Since the late 1980s Dr. Jerome Rose has been excavating and conducting osteological analysis in Egypt.  While he usually takes one or two students with him to Egypt, this year he is branching out and willing to take up to seven students during the Spring semester, approximately March 14th-April 6th.  Students would be involved in excavating the commoners cemetery at Tell Amarna, which has wonderful skeletal preservation and numerous bones. Students would enroll in a three hour class for the Spring Semester, which would allow them to participate in the three-week site visit during the UA Spring Break and for two weeks thereafter.

Spring Course Offerings/Descriptions

6 hours of undergraduate or graduate credit

ANTH 4256 Archeology Field Session

ANTH 561V Field Research in Archeology

Students would take a three hour class meeting every week up to spring break, then the fieldwork of three weeks, followed by data analysis for three hours each week to the end of the semester.

At the site, the students would take turns working with two very experienced excavators at the cemetery.  Otherwise they would be working in the laboratory collecting the osteological data. In addition to learning how to do a general osteological project each student would collect some specialized data for their own research project. 

Faculty

Professor Jerome C. Rose, University of Arkansas

Eligibility: Applications available soon!

Students must have completed a minimum of 24 hours by the beginning of the program with a cumulative GPA of 2.6 or better. One recommendation by a faculty member or academic advisor is required.  Applicants must also  have as pre-or co-requisites ANTH 3033 Egyptology and ANTH 3423 (3421L) Human Osteology. Graduate students could substitute ANTH5413 Bioarchaeology Seminar for Osteology.

Further Information

For  assistance with applications, costs, travel arrangements, etc., contact:

Laura Moix
UA Faculty Led Short Term Programs
Office of Study Abroad and International Exchange
lmoix@uark.edu 
479-575-7582

For addition  information about courses or program content, contact:

Dr. Jerry Rose
Dept. of Anthropology
MAIN 330
or by e-mail at emailto:jcrose@uark.edu
visit http://www.uark.edu/~jcrose with reports of previous seasons, held in Irbid, Jordan.

The University of Arkansas reserves the right to alter program costs or content, or to cancel the program should extraordinary circumstances require it.

Last Updated: 08/29/07