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Students
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Student
Research Bulletin Board |
Upcoming Opportunities |
Summer 2004
Jessica Lester's in Costa Rica!
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| Junior anthropology major Jessica Lester departed for Costa Rica on Monday, May 17. She will be conducting an ethnographic study of race and the family. Check out Notes from the Field for updates! |
Past Experiences |
February 26 2004
Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association Annual Meeting
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| Millsaps students participated in the 35th annual meeting of the AMSA. Eleven students presented research papers they had written during the previous year, and junior anthropology major Doc Billingsley won first place and $50 for the undergraduate paper competition. Find out more here. |
January 31 2004
Sunflower County (Mississippi Delta) Excavation Opportunity!
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| We are planning another weekend of excavation at the Walford site in Sunflower County (just outside of Cleveland) for January 31 - weather permitting. This site is scheduled for land leveling and we are trying to salvage as much as possible before the leveling starts. A number of features from the Late Woodland and Mississippian periods (A.D. 400-1500) have been identified including a stockade wall, wall trench houses, and pits.
We will be working out the details next week, but I wanted to give some advanced notice so those who are interested could make plans. Please let me know if you are interested and I will send details as they develop.
Please feel free to forward this message to others who may be interested.
Hope to see you there.
Cliff Jenkins
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Spring Break Rescue Archaeology
March 12 - 21, 2004 |
Like Archaeology?
The Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship is looking for several people interested in archaeology to come help study an African-American farmer's tenement cabin in northwestern Virginia.
Experience would be nice, but is definitely not necessary.
What we'll do:
-A surface survey/collection of artifacts in and surrounding the cabin
-Excavation of several test pits in the area
You'll also have the chance to see other historic and archaeological sites in the area (Civil War Battlefields and Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, for example), explore the 1000 acres and 12 miles of trails that the Blue Ridge Center has to offer, and visit Washington, DC.
The best part: it's (almost) FREE ! Gas to and from Virginia will be paid for, you'll stay at Bears Den Hostel (http://www.bearsdencenter.org), and good food will be provided.
And, of course, you'll get to hang out with nice people over spring break and do other break related things.
What you need to do:
- Write a 1 page essay on the following topic: “Why I want to spend Spring Break in Virginia doing archaeology. "
- Submit the essay to Tim Parsons at the Blue Ridge Center, at tparsons@brces.org, by January 30, 2004. Applicants will be notified one way or the other early in the week of February 2.
For more info contact Doc Billingsley (billidm@millsaps.edu) or Millsaps grad Tim Parsons (tparsons@brces.org, 540-668-7640), and check out the Blue Ridge Center website at http://www.brces.org. |
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Summer 2003
Here at Millsaps College
In connection with a Hearin fellowship and a Millsaps Faculty
Development Grant, Brian Wallace, a sophomore anthropology
major at Millsaps, assisted Julian Murchison in his research by compiling an annotated bibliography concerning religious conversion
stories. This project sprang from Brian and Julian’s
shared interests in religion. Brian has recently completed
an ethnographic project on religion in the southern United
States, and Julian’s research focuses on the intersections
of religion and health in East Africa. Brian’s work
will mesh with Julian's analysis of his own ethnographic data
and comparison of religious conversion stories with life histories
that Julian has collected from traditional healers in Tanzania.
Julian and Brian also plan to work toward joint presentations
of the results of their research. |
Summer
2002
Vésztö, Hungary
Sophomore anthropology major Doc Billingsley was selected
to participate in the Körös
Regional Archaeological Project in southeastern Hungary.
Along with eight other undergraduates from around the country,
Doc received free travel and living expenses for the six-week
course. Apart from helping with excavations in Block
2 of the copper age site, Doc worked with Dr.
Mike Galaty to produce a soil chemistry survey of the
site. He presented his results at the 68th
annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
There's really nothing like a fresh stew made from wild
hog -- the WHOLE wild hog. |
Doc wishes to thank all the lovely Hungarian ladies
who helped him to produce one of the greatest photographs
EVER. |
Getting the right angle is essential when taking photographs
of excavations -- even if you need a boost! |
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Loudoun County, Virginia
Six Millsaps students participated in the 2002 field season
at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in Loudoun
County, Virginia. Hannah Guthrie, Tom Pitt, Brooke Evans, and
Doc Billingsley got their first taste of archaeological fieldwork
during excavations at a colonial farm house on the property.
Caroline Ficara returned to help as a teaching assistant and
conducted her own ethnohistorical interviews with local townspeople.
Her work will provide valuable details about the history of
the BRCES property and how it was affected through time by various
occupants and construction projects. |
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