Field Schools (that don’t have to be in Ontario)

• McMaster Univeristy – Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton. Email Meghan Burchell for more information
• McMaster University – Italy. Email Dr. Tracy Prowse for more information
• Laurentian University – Simcoe County and Sudbury
• University of Calgary – Blackfoot Crossing Historic Park, Alberta
• Trent University – Minaha, Guatemala. Email Margaret Long for more information.
• Trent University – Ka’Kabish Archaeological Research Project – Belize.
• Valdosa State University – Roman Baths at Carsulae.
• San Gemini Preservation Studies – Italy and Greece.

Feb 8: Field School Talk

Are you interested in getting some hands-on experience in anthropology or archaeology?

The MAS is hosting a field school talk where Meghan Burchell will speak about McMaster’s own archaeology field school, and Dr. Tracy Prowse will discuss her bio-archaeology field school. We will also have information on field schools offered by other Canadian universities, the details of which will find the way to this blog afterward.

If you get hungry, we’ll be having pizza in the hallway after! (… we can’t eat in the lab.)

Tuesday, February 8, 2011
KTH B122 (Archaeology Lab)
2:30-4:30pm

Ancient DNA Training Program at Lakehead University

While this isn’t a McMaster-run program, it will probably be of interest to a number of you. Lakehead is offering a summer course in their Paleo-DNA Laboratory!

The Paleo-DNA Laboratory at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada is offering students the opportunity to participate in our annual Ancient DNA Training Program. This year we are delivering the course May 9 to 27, 2011.

During this hands-on laboratory and lecture program, students are taught various extraction, purification, and amplification methodologies and provided instruction in data analysis. They will work on their own blood, buccal, and hair samples and will generate their own nuclear DNA profile, determine their own mitochondrial haplotype, and learn sex identification. The methodology will include Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), multiplex PCR, sequencing, and gel and capillary electrophoresis. Students will practice preparing samples from a number of different tissue types such as bone, teeth, hair, blood residues and mummified tissue.

Students will learn to recognize the use of genetic analysis and its potential in archaeozoology, palaeopathology, archaeology, forensic science, palaeobotany and palaeontology. Lectures by experts in the fields of archaeology, genetics, ancient DNA, forensic science, palaeopathology and more are integrated with the laboratory sessions.

If you would like registration forms or further information, please visit our website at www.ancientdna.com or feel free to contact me direct at kmaa@lakeheadu.ca.