Location: Antigua, BWI
Session dates: June 21-July 19, 2008
Cost: $2,160; including room and board, ground transporation, and insurance. Course credit is optional, but students have the option to sign up from 1-3 units of course credit for archaeological fieldwork as ANTH 398 (undergraduate) or ANTH 689 (graduate).

Project Director: Dr. Georgia Fox

Betty's Hope, which is being considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, is located on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Betty's Hope is a former British sugar plantation that operated from 1651 until its sale by the Codrington family in 1944; the plantation operated continuously for almost 300 years, pre- and post-emancipation, thus allowing for long-term historical continuity in one place.

The main focus of the field school is to provide hands-on training in archaeological field work, which includes:

• excavation
• mapping
• surveying
• analysis and processing of archaeologically recovered materials

The field school will comprise of:

• field archaeology
• lectures on Antigua's history
• plantation archaeology
• weekend fieldtrips
• trips to the beach

Working on the island will also allow students to experience contemporary Caribbean culture.

Room and Board arrangements:

Accommodations and meals are provided by the field school. Living accommodations will be in cottages that are fully furnished and located in the quiet residential area of historic Nelson's Dockyard National Park at English Harbor. The houses are set on a hillside, and are cool and spacious, with adequate workspaces and a great scenic view of the sea.

Three delicious meals a day are provided by our own fabulous cook. Everyone will meet at the main house for meals. All meals are varied, well balanced, and delicious. Breakfast is light - fresh fruit, cereal and toast; lunch is a brown bag sandwich affair to be eaten in the field during the week, with a warm lunch being served on weekends; dinner is a full hot meal. Meals can be supplemented with snacks that are available at local shops. Students are not permitted to cook in the accommodations houses. All students will be expected to assist with kitchen duties on a rotational basis.

Note: Due to logistical constraints, it is not always possible to provide meals to individuals with dietary restrictions (i.e. strict vegans) since all students must be on the group meal plan, please contact instructors if you have dietary restrictions.

Contact information
Dr. Georgia Fox
Department of Anthropology, CSU Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0400
(530) 898-5583
(530) 898-6143
gfox@csuchico.edu