Course: Methods in Archaeology - bmc.ARCH.B233.001.F26

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Select section Topics in Archaeological Principles and Methods: Fieldwork

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Topics in Archaeological Principles and Methods: Fieldwork

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- Select activity Welcome to ARCH B233: Topics in Archaeological Principles and Methods: Fieldwork
  
  Welcome to ARCH B233: Topics in Archaeological Principles and Methods: Fieldwork Forum
  
  Over the next week I will be uploading reading materials and course information for the new semester! Looking forward to seeing you in class!
Select section Important (and Useful) Course Documents

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Important (and Useful) Course Documents
- Select activity ARCH 233 Syllabus
  
  ARCH 233 Syllabus URL
- Select activity ARCH 233 Glossary
  
  ARCH 233 Glossary URL
- Select activity Assignment Guidelines
  
  Assignment Guidelines URL
- Select activity General Grading Rubrics
  
  General Grading Rubrics File PDF
  
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- Select activity Referencing (Citations how and why)
  
  Referencing (Citations how and why) File PDF
  
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- Select activity Citation (Examples and Further Resources)
  
  Citation (Examples and Further Resources) File PDF
  
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- Select activity Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
  
  Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology URL
Select section Assignments (Submission Links, Templates and Detailed Guidelines)

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Assignments (Submission Links, Templates and Detailed Guidelines)
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  Assignment 1: Open Book Quizzes 1-10 (25%)-DUE these quizzes should be completed by Mondays at 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Example Class Quiz (for Week 1)
  
  Example Class Quiz (for Week 1)
  
  Example Class Quiz for Week 1. We will complete this together in class on Thursday.
  
  Select activity Quiz 1
  
  Quiz 1
  
  Closed: Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday September 7th, 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Quiz 2
  
  Quiz 2
  
  Opened: Thursday, September 10, 2026, 4:00 PM
  
  Closes: Monday, September 14, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday September 14th, 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Quiz 3
  
  Quiz 3
  
  Opens: Thursday, September 17, 2026, 4:00 PM
  
  Closes: Monday, September 21, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday September 21st, 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Quiz 4
  
  Quiz 4
  
  Opens: Thursday, September 24, 2026, 4:00 PM
  
  Closes: Monday, September 28, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday September 28th, 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Quiz 5
  
  Quiz 5
  
  Opens: Thursday, October 1, 2026, 4:00 PM
  
  Closes: Monday, October 5, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday October 5th, 11.59pm
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  Assignment 2: Class Exercises 1-8 (25%)-DUE the class exercises should be submitted by Mondays at 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Class Exercise 1
  
  Class Exercise 1 Assignment
  
  Opened: Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
  
  Due: Monday, September 21, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday September 21st, 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Class Exercise 2
  
  Class Exercise 2 Assignment
  
  Opened: Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
  
  Due: Monday, September 28, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday September 28th, 11.59pm
  
  Select activity Class Exercise 3
  
  Class Exercise 3 Assignment
  
  Opened: Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
  
  Due: Monday, October 5, 2026, 11:59 PM
  
  Due Monday October 5th, 11.59pm
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  Assignment 3: Final Group Presentation (20%)-DUE in class on December 8th or 10th
  
  Select activity Preparing a Presentation (some handy hints)
  
  Preparing a Presentation (some handy hints) File PDF
  
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  Assignment 4: Final Group Project Proposal (30%)-DUE December 18, 12.30pm
  
  Select activity • Assignment 4: Final Group Project Proposal (30%) – this final group project should be submitted by the end of the exam period, December 18, 12.30pm
  
  • Assignment 4: Final Group Project Proposal (30%) – this final group project should be submitted by the end of the exam period, December 18, 12.30pm
  
  Opened: Saturday, August 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
  
  Due: Friday, December 18, 2026, 12:30 PM
Select section Week 1: Methods and Principles: Fieldwork in the 21st century

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Week 1: Methods and Principles: Fieldwork in the 21st century
- Select activity Slides (Week 1, Class 1)
  
  Slides (Week 1, Class 1) File PDF
  
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- Select activity Slides (Week 1, Class 2)
  
  Slides (Week 1, Class 2) File PDF
  
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  Please read the below for Thursdays class
  
  Select activity Drewett 2011
  
  Drewett 2011 File PDF
  
  Drewett, Peter. 2011. Field Archaeology: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203830871. (Chapter 1 only)
  
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  Select activity Liu 2024
  
  Liu 2024 URL
  
  Liu, Qi. 2024. “Breaking Ground and Gender Norms.” Penn Museum Blog. https://www.penn.museum/blog/how-did-all-the-women-get-here/.
Select section Week 2: Defining Archaeological Sites

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Week 2: Defining Archaeological Sites
- Select activity Slides from Week 2 (Class 1)
  
  Slides from Week 2 (Class 1) File PDF
  
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- Select activity Drewett 2011
  
  Drewett 2011 File PDF
  
  Drewett, Peter. 2011. Field Archaeology: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203830871. (Chapter 2 only)
  
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- Select activity Lucas 2022
  
  Lucas 2022 File PDF
  
  Lucas, Gavin. 2022. Archaeological Situations: Archaeological Theory from the Inside Out. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003098294
  
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Select section Week 3: Archaeology from above at the big scale

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Week 3: Archaeology from above at the big scale
- Select activity Casana 2014
  
  Casana 2014 File PDF
  
  Casana, Jesse. 2014. “Regional-Scale Archaeological Remote Sensing in the Age of Big Data: Automated Site Discovery vs. Brute Force Methods.” Advances in Archaeological Practice 2 (3): 222–33. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.7183/2326-3768.2.3.222.
  
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- Select activity Orengo et al. 2020
  
  Orengo et al. 2020 File PDF
  
  Orengo, Hector A., Francesc C. Conesa, Arnau Garcia-Molsosa, et al. 2020. “Automated Detection of Archaeological Mounds Using Machine-Learning Classification of Multisensor and Multitemporal Satellite Data.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (31): 18240. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2005583117
  
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- Select activity Rayne et al. 2017
  
  Rayne et al. 2017 File PDF
  
  Rayne, Louise, Jennie Bradbury, David Mattingly, Graham Philip, Robert Bewley, and Andrew Wilson. 2017. “From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa.” Geosciences 7 (4): 1–31.
  
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Select section Week 4: Mapping archaeological features

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Week 4: Mapping archaeological features
- Select activity Armstrong 2026
  
  Armstrong 2026 File PDF
  
  Armstrong, Gabriella. 2026. “Unmanned Aerial Systems and an Archaeology of Accessibility.” Advances in Archaeological Practice, 1–14. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2026.10160.
  
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- Select activity Aerial Archaeology in Jordan
  
  Aerial Archaeology in Jordan URL
  
  The Aerial Archaeology in Jordan Project. n.d. “The Aerial Archaeology in Jordan Project.” EAMENA Project Blog. https://eamena.org/aerial-archaeology-jordan-project.
- Select activity Aerial Archaeology in Jordan Flickr Collection
  
  Aerial Archaeology in Jordan Flickr Collection URL
  
  APAAME. n.d. “APAAME’s Collections on Flickr.” https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/collections. Please all select at least two photos from an APAAME collection to discuss in class.
Select section Week 5: Fieldwalking and landscape methods

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Week 5: Fieldwalking and landscape methods
- Select activity Fentress 2000
  
  Fentress 2000 File PDF
  
  Fentress, Elizabeth. 2000. “What Are We Counting For?” In Extracting Meaning from Ploughsoil Assemblages, edited by Riccardo Francovich and Helen Patterson. Oxbow Books.
  
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- Select activity Plekhov et al. 2025
  
  Plekhov et al. 2025 File PDF
  
  Plekhov, Daniel, Linda R. Gosner, and Jessica Nowlin. 2025. “Effects of Land-Use Intensity on Archaeological Survey.” Advances in Archaeological Practice 13 (4): 496–513. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2025.10103.
  
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- Select activity Wilkinson 2003
  
  Wilkinson 2003 File PDF
  
  Wilkinson, T.J. (2003) Archaeological landscapes of the Near East. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press. (chapter 3)
  
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Select section Week 6: Geophysical methods and seeing below

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Week 6: Geophysical methods and seeing below
- Select activity Drahor and Berge 2024
  
  Drahor and Berge 2024 File PDF
  
  Drahor, Mahmut Göktuğ, and Meriç Aziz Berge. 2024. “The Place of Archaeo-Geophysics in Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Site Investigations in Turkey.” In World Archaeo-Geophysics: Integrated Minimally Invasive Approaches Using Country-Based Examples, edited by Carmen Cuenca-Garcia, Andrei Asăndulesei, and Kelsey M. Lowe. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57900-4_17.
  
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- Select activity Francis-Allouche and Grimal 2014
  
  Francis-Allouche and Grimal 2014 File PDF
  
  Francis-Allouche, Martine, and Nicolas Grimal. 2016. “The Maritime Approaches to Ancient Byblos (Lebanon).” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 4 (2–3): 242–77. (particularly pages 248-274)
  
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- Select activity Digital Documentation at Ebenezer and Mt Zion AME Cemeteries, Pennsylvania
  
  Digital Documentation at Ebenezer and Mt Zion AME Cemeteries, Pennsylvania URL
  
  Herrmann, Jason. 2023. “Digital Documentation at Ebenezer and Mt Zion AME Cemeteries, Pennsylvania.” Online Talk https://youtu.be/Q8DZY2D3fQk?si=9KrsqUaMX_6ukkcJ&t=1317
Select section Week 7: Fall Break (No Class)

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Week 7: Fall Break (No Class)
Select section Week 8: Why and where do we dig?

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Week 8: Why and where do we dig?
- Select activity Fieldwork Reports
  
  Fieldwork Reports Folder
Select section Week 9: How do we dig and record?

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Week 9: How do we dig and record?
- Select activity Drewett 2011
  
  Drewett 2011 File PDF
  
  Drewett, Peter. 2011. Field Archaeology: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203830871. (Chapters 6 and 7)
  
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Select section Week 10: Processing artefacts from fieldwork

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Week 10: Processing artefacts from fieldwork
- Select activity Drawing Archaeological Pottery
  
  Drawing Archaeological Pottery URL
  
  Banning, Edward B. 2021. Drawing Archaeological Pottery. The Archaeologist’s Laboratory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md4aBIrDRCw. As we won’t be tackling complete or reconstructed vessels, I suggest watching the first section up until 20:00 Reconstructed Vessel Drawing and then resuming the recording at 44:33 Scanning and Digital "Inking". Feel free, of course, to watch the whole video.
- Select activity Quick Guide to Pottery Illustration
  
  Quick Guide to Pottery Illustration URL
  
  Hoyle, Mark. 2019a. Quick Guide to Pottery Illustration. Episode 1. Archaeological Illustration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT4GG9P6eR0.
- Select activity The Rim Angle Explained
  
  The Rim Angle Explained URL
  
  Hoyle, Mark. 2019b. The Rim Angle Explained. Archaeological Illustration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGy84VCwU9c.
- Select activity Orton and Hughes 2013
  
  Orton and Hughes 2013 File PDF
  
  Orton, Clive, and Mike Hughes. 2013. Pottery in Archaeology. Second edition. Cambridge Manuals in Archeology. Cambridge University Press. (Appendix 1)
  
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Select section Week 11: Representing and interpreting artefacts from fieldwork

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Week 11: Representing and interpreting artefacts from fieldwork
- Select activity Kurnick 2023
  
  Kurnick 2023 File PDF
  
  Kurnick, Sarah. 2023. “Photographic Insights from Engaged Archaeology: Yucatan and Beyond.” Cambridge Archaeological Journal 33 (1): 39–53. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774322000166.
  
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- Select activity Güler 2023
  
  Güler 2023 URL
  
  Güler, Berna. 2023. The View Through the Camera. Photography in Archaeology. https://www.dainst.blog/daistanbul_blog/2023/05/12/the-view-through-the-camera-photography-in-archaeology/.
- Select activity Morgan et al. 2021
  
  Morgan et al. 2021 File PDF
  
  Morgan, Colleen, Helen Petrie, Holly Wright, and James Stuart Taylor. 2021. “Drawing and Knowledge Construction in Archaeology: The Aide Mémoire Project.” Journal of Field Archaeology 46 (8): 614–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1985304.
  
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Select section Week 12: Databases, spreadsheets and archaeological data

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Week 12: Databases, spreadsheets and archaeological data
- Select activity Banning 2020
  
  Banning 2020 File PDF
  
  Banning, Edward B. 2020. “Compilations: Designing and Using Archaeological Databases.” In The Archaeologist’s Laboratory: The Analysis of Archaeological Evidence, edited by Edward B. Banning. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47992-3_4.
  
  (pages 43-58, Compilations: Designing and Using Archaeological Databases)
  
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- Select activity Gupta et al. 2023
  
  Gupta et al. 2023 File PDF
  
  Gupta, Neha, Andrew Martindale, Kisha Supernant, and Michael Elvidge. 2023. “The CARE Principles and the Reuse, Sharing, and Curation of Indigenous Data in Canadian Archaeology.” Advances in Archaeological Practice 11 (1): 76–89. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2022.33.
  
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Select section Week 13: Reconstructing and reimagining archaeological sites

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Week 13: Reconstructing and reimagining archaeological sites
- Select activity Croucher et al. 2026
  
  Croucher et al. 2026 URL
  
  Croucher, Karina, C. R. Bates, O. Booker, et al. 2026. “Place, Identity and Wellbeing: Bradford and Beyond.” Internet Archaeology 73. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.73.4.
- Select activity Kamash 2017
  
  Kamash 2017 File PDF
  
  Kamash, Zena. 2017. “‘Postcard to Palmyra’: Bringing the Public into Debates over Post-Conflict Reconstruction in the Middle East.” World Archaeology 49 (5): 608–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2017.1406399.
  
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Select section Week 14: From field work to field report

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Week 14: From field work to field report
- Select activity Tuesday Class To Do
  
  Tuesday Class To Do Checklist
  
  Prior to class each person should have selected a physical copy of a project volume from the library. We will spend Tuesday’s class in Carpenter Library (Carpenter 17) reviewing what makes a good field report/project volume. You should bring the project volume to class with you and be prepared to discuss what you think works well about the volume and what doesn't. As we will be in Carpenter Library for today's class there is no need to check out the volume (unless you want to) and we will return the volumes to the shelves as soon as we have finished class.
Select section Week 15: Final Presentations

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Week 15: Final Presentations