Hello!
I'm Mary and I'm a senior at Western Michigan University and this is my first year as a field school student! I'm studying Anthropology and Political Science. I enjoy all anthropology sub-fields, but I'm especially interested in evolution and archaeology. On Thursday June 30th, we kicked off our two-day orientation for this summer's field school! We've been able to have zoom meetings and exchange emails, but this was our first time meeting in person as a group. We started by going over the course packet and what to expect this summer. Then we learned about the history of Fort St. Joseph and look at maps of the site. This helped us see where we are going to be digging this year and where previous artifacts and features had been found. Next, Erika and Chloe taught us about how we excavate and story the artifacts that are taken from the site. On Friday, we were shown how to properly stake and measure our units, use compasses, how to use total stations, and other skills we'll need during our excavations this summer!
I found orientation to be extremely helpful! We learned a lot about the site and the history of it, research design, tools we'll be using this summer during our excavations, how proper excavations work from start to finish, and of course- got to know our new field school classmates!
Stay tuned this summer for more updates on this year's WMU field school findings!
Mary
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