The Field School and Its Staff

Students in the 2018 Field School at Feltus will recover artifacts and reveal traces of the activities that took place before, during and after the mounds were constructed at the site. Participants in the field school will earn six hours of college credit that fulfill the new experiential education requirement and also fulfill a requirement of UNC's new Major in Archaeology.

Field school students will learn the basic techniques of archaeological excavation, as well as mapping, surveying, photography, and artifact identification. Although some classroom and laboratory instruction will be given, most of the students' time will be spent actually excavating.

The course will be taught by Dr. Vin Steponaitis, with additional instruction from graduate assistants.

Students who successfully complete the course will be prepared for a variety of future research and employment opportunities, including paid positions on other archaeological projects.