ARCH8002 is run as an intensive field course which aims to provide students with experience in excavation, stratigraphic recording, site planning, artefact recording and an understanding of the complex relationships between sites and the landscapes in which they occur. Emphasis is on learning and refining high level technical skills and understanding how these can be applied to better understand archaeological site formation processes and environmental management issues at the site scale, working in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Due to logistical limitations, this course has a maximum enrolment of 10 students. These students will be selected based on short written statements submitted as part of the application process.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Varies depending on the specific topic offered and will be described in the Other Information section for each new class when it is added.

Additional Course Costs

Students are expected to pay for their flights to and from Australia to Vanuatu. A nominal $200.00 is charged to cover accommodation and food for the three weeks on Aniwa Island.

Required Resources

Reading required:

Bedford, S., and M. Spriggs 2014. The archaeology of Vanuatu: 3000 years of history across islands of ash and coral. In E. Cochrane and T. Hunt (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of

Prehistoric Oceania. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199925070.013.

Bedford, S. 2006, Pieces of the Vanuatu Puzzle, pp. 105-132. Terra Australis 23. Pandanus Press.

Wilson, M. and C. Ballard 2014. Guide to Chief Roi Mata’s Domain. World Heritage Vanuatu. Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Publication Series No. 1.

Recommended Resources

Wilson, M., C. Ballard and D. Kalotiti 2011. Chief Roi Mata’s Domain: Challenges for a World Heritage Property in Vanuatu. Historic Environment 23(2): 5-11.

Kirch, P.V. 2017. Lapita and Austronesian Expansion. In P.V. Kirch, On the Road of the Winds. An archaeological history of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, pp. 74-106. California: University of California Press.

Bedford, S., M. Spriggs, H. Buckley, F. Valentin, R. Regenvanu and M. Abong 2010. A cemetery of first settlement : Teouma, South Efate, Vanuatu. In C. Sand, and S. Bedford (eds), Lapita: Ancêtres océaniens/Oceanic Ancestors, pp. 140-161.

Bedford, S. 2018. Modified canines: Circular pig’s tusks in Vanuatu and the wider Pacific, pp. 125-141. In M.C. Langley, M. Litster, D. Wright and S.K. May (eds) 2018. The Archaeology of Portable Art: southeast Asian, Pacific, and Australian Perspectives. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-23776-6

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• Written comments
• Verbal comments
• Feedback to the whole class, to groups, to individuals, focus groups

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Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Field school - Winter course: archaeology; cultural heritage.This fieldschool will be investigating a newly discovered colonising settlement on Efate Island, in central Vanuatu. This phase relates to what is known as the Lapita period, beginning some 3000 years ago. Initial investigations at the site indicates that settlement in the area continues for at least 1600 years following later pottery traditions recorded across the site. Preliminary excavations have confirmed that huge mound features at the site represent midden dumping by large numbers of people over a short time. They compose of shellfish, bone, pottery and other discard. The fieldschool will investigate these mounds and the wider landscape, defining the period of initial arrival and tracking transformation in material culture and settlement over time. We expect to recover substantial collections of Lapita and later pottery, terrestrial faunal remains including extinct species along with abundant fishbone and shellfish. Visits will be undertaken to other important sites on Efate, including the Roi Mata UNESCO World Heritage site and the National Museum. A day visit to attend the opening of the Melanesian Arts Festival is also planned.	Assessment will include participation in a pre-fieldwork class (5%), key issue review paper/research project (4000 words) (35%); portfolio of data, field drawings, site recording forms, images, maps to a professional archive standard and self-reflective digital or written diaries of daily field experiences following field activities/discussions (55%); and group participation/OH&S assessments (5%). There will be an introductory lecture and then the workload will be primarily the field school itself that will comprise 19 days outside Australia, all of which will be on Efate Island. On site hours are 8am to 4pm (7 hrs a day with an hour for lunch), 6 days a week. A post-fieldwork research essay of 4000 words completes the program

Tutorial Registration

There are no tutorials

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Learning Outcomes
Pre-fieldwork seminar participation	5 %	2,5
Fieldwork portfolio	55 %	1,2,3,4,5
Research project	35 %	1,2,3,4,5
OH and S assessments and group and community collaboration	5 %	1,3

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

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Assessment Task 1

Pre-fieldwork seminar participation

Attend a fieldschool planning workshop/seminar on the ANU campus. Participate in team discussions on research strategy and planning.

Assessment Task 2

Fieldwork portfolio

Field dairy. Recording in the field, interpretation of archaeological sites

Portfolio of data, field drawings, site recording forms, images, maps to a professional archive standard and self-reflective written diaries of daily field experiences

following field activities/discussions. Complete on the 25th of July.

Assessment Task 3

Research project

Detailed understanding of an aspect of research identified in the field

A key issue review paper/research project (4000 words). The student identifies a particular area of interest related to the research in the field and completes a research project. To be completed by the 30th of August.

Assessment Task 4

OH and S assessments and group and community collaboration

Preparedness in the field

This aspect of the field program provides teaching in relation to Occupational Health and Safety in the field and working with local communities.

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