Date(s): May 13 - May 17, 2002

Course: Recent Archeological Prospection Advances for Non-destructive Investigations in the 21st Century.

Location: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 612 East Reserve Street, Vancouver, WA 98661-3897

Tuition: $475.00

Details: This workshop is designed to provide a practical application of geophysical equipment and aerial photographic techniques available for the identification, evaluation, and ultimately, the conservation and protection of cultural resources. The field exercises associated with the course will concentrate on the application of these techniques to archeological investigations. Instruction will be given in the use of and the interpretation of data from magnetometers, conductivity meters, resistivity meters, ground penetrating radar, metal detectors, and magnetic susceptibility and their applications to non-destructive subsurface investigations. The major emphasis of the training will be on the field use of the equipment. Instruction will also be offered in the use of and interpretation of aerial photographic techniques, and in the use of low altitude large scale aerial reconnaissance.

Closes: March 29, 2002

Contact: Application form available from Steven DeVore at the Midwest Archeological Center, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3873, phone: 402-437-5392, ext. 141, E-mail: steve_de_vore@nps.gov