Project Journals
Online Journals like those shown below offer the public an opportunity to see how professional archaeologists are trained and conduct their research. This feature started in 2006 with East Carolina University’s (ECU) fall field school. Since that time we have followed a second ECU field school and one with Flinders University in Australia. Indivudual project journals from graduate students Michelle Damian,and Ben Ford provide a glimpse of the processes and procedures of archaeological research ranging from Japan to the Great Lakes.
Invasion Beaches Survey
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on the Island of Saipan is attempting to inventory their submerged cultural resources so they can manage and work to interpret their underwater sites for the growing dive industry. They are making this project journal available as part of their public outreach efforts.View the Journal
This UNESCO training-of-trainers course is designed to prepare a Sri Lankan Team for their future role as lead trainers in future training programmes for trainees coming from participating Member States in the Asia-Pacific region. View the Journal
This project examines the archeology of the shore in order to understand how people and goods moved from land to water and back again. The project will focus on how people interacted with the water along Lake Ontario’s shoreline between 5000 years before present (BP) and 1900. View the Journal
This project record the process of examining ship construction and roles of Japanese vernacular watercraft as depicted in late Edo-period (1603 – 1867) art. View the Journal
East Carolina University's Program in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology conducts Summer and Fall graduate field schools. As part of their training in public out reach students contribute to these online journals.
2007 Summer Journal
2006 Fall Journal
The Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Field Schools provide students with an introduction to the techniques of underwater survey, position fixing, mapping, photography, recording, excavation and conservation.
View The 2008 Journal
View The 2007 Journal