ANTH 381 (6 credits)
Archaeology Field Methods
Rapa Nui Archaeological Field School
University of Hawai`i
Summer 2006, Dr. T. Hunt

Above all, I ask for your understanding in our need to be flexible. To the best of our ability we will plan and schedule our activities. However, weather, local contingencies, etc., make detailed or rigid planning somewhat difficult, even counterproductive. So please think: Flexibility. With that in mind, your T.A.s and I will devise a rotation schedule for your activities at the locations where we will be working.

We will normally work Monday-Friday, take Saturdays off, and plan group field trips for Sundays. Work days begin with breakfast at 8:00 am and departure by 8:45 am (so be ready to go before you sit down to eat breakfast). Our field trips will include the Orongo site complex, Rano Raraku statue quarry, Anakena and Ahu Nau Nau, and multiple ahu sites (e.g., Te Peu, Vinapu, Tongariki). On “rain” days we will alter our plans accordingly (but let’s be optimistic).