2014 UMass Field School in Building Archaeology
June 9-27, 2014 |
This immersive, 3-week field school equips participants with the skills and tools to evaluate, date, document, and interpret historic buildings and the changes made to them over time. Through an intensive series of lectures, workshops, field trips, and hands-on field work, participants will learn:
- Theory and methods of building archaeology
- Changing building technology from the 17th to the 19th centuries, and how to identify and date the various marks left by the changing tools and methods of construction
- The use of nails as dating toolsPaint analysis as a tool for determining chronology as well as color history
- Methods of field documentation of buildings and sites including photo-documentation, written descriptions, and methods and practice of preparing measured drawings in the field and studio.
All participants will take part in an actual building archaeology and documentation project at the 1752 Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley, Massachusetts, and will work in small teams to prepare drawings and a final documentation report.
For more information and details visit umasshsv.wordpress/field-school or email myron.stachiw@gmail.com
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University of Massachusetts |
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Amherst, MA |
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Myron Stachiw |
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myron.stachiw@gmail.com |
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860-208-6504 |
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