The Experimental Archaeology Site was created in 1998 to provide students with the opportunity to gain first-hand experience with archaeological methods and pursue their own research projects. The site is located adjacent to the Archaeology Laboratory in Mahar Hall, making it easy for exercises in survey, mapping and excavation to be carried out during class periods. Each semester new sites for excavation are created by participants in Anthropology 230. The construction of these sites is recorded on videotape for viewing by the following semester's students after they have completed their excavations and formulated their interpretations. Work on the site is complemented with a "virtual" dig of a prehistoric site on the computer and a range of laboratory exercises that cover topics such as classification of artifacts, dating methods and faunal analysis.

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