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Archaeology:
Education and Training
The Department of Archaeology& Historic Preservation sponsors a variety of training opportunities for both the professional and non-professional. Topics include workshops and classes on cultural resources management, field archaeology, architectural history and general historic preservation.
Below are a list training opportunities that may be of interest to you. Please check back as the schedule often changes.
Training Opportunities for Preservation Professionals
Year-long schedule, variety of topics at various locations.
South Puget Sound Community College
Archaeological Field School
June 23 to August 25th, 2008
National Park Service’s 2008 Archaeological Prospection Workshop
The National Park Service’s 2008 workshop on archaeological prospection
techniques entitled Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for
Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century will be held May
19-23, 2008, at the Kelly Inn, Fargo, North Dakota. Lodging will be at
the Best Western Kelly Inn with the meeting room at O’Kelly Event Center
at the Kelly Inn. The field exercises will take place at the
Biesterfeldt Site (a protohistoric village site on the Sheyenne River).
Co-sponsors for the workshop include the National Park Service, the
Archaeological Conservancy, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, and the
State Historical Society of North Dakota. This will be the eighteenth
year of the workshop dedicated to the use of geophysical, aerial
photography, and other remote sensing methods as they apply to the
identification, evaluation, conservation, and protection of
archaeological resources across this Nation. The workshop will present
lectures on the theory of operation, methodology, processing, and
interpretation with on-hands use of the equipment in the field. The
workshop this year will have a special focus on the soil magnetism and
on the effects of plowing on geophysical signatures and site integrity.
There is a tuition charge of $475.00. Application forms are available
on the Midwest Archeological Center’s web page at:
http://www.nps.gov/history/mwac/.
For further information, please
contact Steven L. DeVore, Archeologist, National Park Service, Midwest
Archeological Center, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall
North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3873: tel: (402) 437-5392, ext. 141; fax:
(402) 437-5098; email: steve_de_vore@nps.gov.
The federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is pleased to announce it's "Section 106 Essentials" course which explains the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), which applies any time a Federal, federally assisted, or federally approved activity might affect a historic property listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
This introductory course is designed for people who are new to Section 106 review and those who want a refresher on its basic operation. The course focuses on the steps in the ACHP's regulations implementing Section 106, "Protection of Historic Properties" (36 CFR Part 800), and the roles and responsibilities of the various participants. It also offers practical advice on how to make Section 106 work smarter and more efficiently to resolve conflicts between development plans and historic preservation values.
A selected bibliography on books specifically about archaeology in the state of Washington.
Volunteer Opportunities
There are many opportunities to participate in archaeological field research. Currently, the largest program operating in Washington is the Passport in Time (PIT) program. This volunteer program is sponsored by the USDA Forest Service. PIT provides opportunities for the public to work with professional Forest Service archaeologists and historians on national forests across the nation. PIT projects include a wide variety of archaeological research, survey, excavations, oral history, laboratory work, and historic structure's restoration. There is no registration fee. For more information contact:
Passport
in Time Clearinghouse
PO Box 31315
Tucson, AZ 85751-1315
(505) 896-0734
(800)281-9176 voice, TTY
(520) 298-7044 FAX
Email: pit@sricrm.com
Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation
1063 South Capitol Way, Suite 106
Olympia WA 98501
Phone: 360-586-3065
Fax: 360-586-3067