Volunteers
are invited to participate in the 2017 Kansas Archeology Training
Program (KATP) Field School June 1-15 at the Quixote Site (14JF420)
near Valley Falls, Kansas. The Quixote site is a Late Plains
Woodland habitation that promises to provide insight into human
adaptations in northeast Kansas around A.D. 500-1000.
This
year marks the 42nd
anniversary of the KATP Field School, which provides a hands-on
opportunity for the public to work alongside professional and
avocational archeologists in the field and in the laboratory. No
experience is necessary, just a desire to learn. Volunteers may
participate for one day or the entire 15 days. Participants may
assist archeologists in strategic test excavation of the site and/or
help with cleaning and cataloging artifacts in the lab. Archeology
technique courses are offered and may be taken for college credit or
simply for personal enrichment.
Participation
fee for the KATP field school is $20 for members of the Kansas
Anthropological Association (KAA) or Kansas Historical Foundation
(KHF). Nonmember fee is $80. After May 1st the participation fee
increases to $30 for members and $90 for nonmembers. Children must
be at least 10 years old and accompanied by a parent or responsible
adult. The registration packet and further details are available on
the KSHS website,
including forms for KAA and KHF membership. For more information call
Virginia Wulfkuhle at 785-272-8681, ext. 266.
Project
headquarters for classes and the artifact processing lab will be at
the Valley Falls School, 700 Oak Street. While field school is in
session, visitors are welcome to visit the excavation site and the
lab to see artifacts being processed; visitor hours are 9am to
11:30am and 1:30pm to 4pm. Classes offered include Archeological
Fieldwork, Archeological Site Survey, Cultural Reconstruction, and
Architectural Buildings Survey.
A
full schedule of evening programs will be free and open to the
public; the schedule is posted on the KSHS website
(click on “2017 KATP Evening Programs”). Please note: the
schedule of evening programs is incomplete at this time, and the
website will be updated periodically over the coming weeks as
additional programs are confirmed.
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