Boxed Springs
Archaeological Field School
Summer 2023
We are excited to open the first full archaeological field school at the site of Boxed
Springs, located in East Texas! This important Early Caddo (~800-1200 CE) site has
been heavily looted and altered in terms of the four earthen mounds and associated
cemetary, but recent magnetometry work by Wichita State indicate a high likelihood
of domestic features such as house footprints still remain. Students enrolled in the
archaeological field school at Boxed Springs will learn excavation, artifact identification,
curation, and flotation.
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Logistics
Field school will run Monday, June 5th through Saturday, July 1st 2023. We will stay in east Texas for the duration of the field school. Transportation to the site will be provided from Wichita State campus. The research team will be working out of a ranch house for the duration of the field school. Students are expected to bring their own tents and sleeping gear, but will have continous access to full indoor, air-conditioned, wifi-enabled facilities including full bathrooms, kitchens, and TVs. Bathrooms will be shared between 3-4 individuals. All food will be provided, which we will cook as a team on-site. Weekends will be off, with local travel to cultural, historical, and archaeological sites provided, such as to the Gregg County Historical Museum and to Caddo Mounds State Park.
Students should expect a hot and sticky summer; with a focus on unit excavation, we'll have moveable shade tents but no permanent shade. We highly recommend starting the heat and movement acclimation process early in the spring to be used to the physical demands of fieldwork.
Costs
Students are required to register for field school under ANTH690 for 4 credit hours
under Dr. Dozier. Scholarships are available to accepted Wichita State students to
cover cost of tuition; accepted guest WSU students from other universitys may also
qualify if funding allows. Otherwise, guest students will follow the usual tuition structure, which includes discounted tuition for many students along the I35 corridor.
Food and excavation equipment provided, students are expected to bring their own tent.
Apply Today!
Fill out an application here. Review of applications will begin Monday, January 27th, after which all applicants will be emailed for further information. Accepted students
will have until April 15 to register for the course, at which time we will open for
students on the waitlist. Limited to 11 students, graduate and undergraduates welcome!
The same application is used for the Boxed Springs Archaeological Field School and
the Etzanoa Archaeological Field School.
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