WEEK-LONG COURSES
All week course fees, including subsistence:
£225 waged; £195 student/unwaged, £150 part facilities
There is an extra £30 fee for UEA accreditation - optional for courses marked #

ALL Week courses run from 8.30am Sunday to 5pm Friday

Basic Excavation and Recording Techniques#
Archaeology of Human Remains 1: Introductory (HR1)#
Further Studies in the Archaeology of Human Remains (FSHR)
Artefacts and Ecofacts: Post-excavation Analysis in Context (A&E) #
Researching Archaeological Finds (RAF) #
Investigating archaeological landscapes (ILA) #

Basic Excavation and Recording Techniques #
Holly Holman

Giving a basic grounding in the principles and techniques involved in field archaeology, this course is aimed at those who have never dug before, whether they are 'A' level students, undergraduates or those of any age who just have a fascination with the past. The course will cover a wide range of subjects involved in the archaeological process, from the aims of archaeology and the terminology used on site to the specifics of tool use, excavation, finds and environmental processing and the creation of the drawn, written and photographic record. The course will be taught by a combination of short informal on-site seminars in which everyone is encouraged to actively participate, and on-site practical experience where students will participate fully in the day-to-day progress of our main Boneyard excavation.

This course is compulsory for volunteers who wish to participate in the Project's excavations and who have not previously completed a basic excavation course or who have less than three weeks' on-site experience. SHARP cannot guarantee that, during the course, Basic Training students will be able to get hands-on experience of all aspects of the course as work is dictated by the needs of the site; however, supervisors endeavour to ensure as much experience on site as possible. SHARP highly recommends that all students stay on for a week beyond the end of their course to consolidate their learning and experience.

2007 dates: All Sunday to Friday

8th– 13th July	15th – 20th July #	22nd – 27th July # FULLY BOOKED
29th July – 3rd August #	5th – 10th August #

UEA accredited on weeks marked #

IMPORTANT
Volunteers wishing to participate in the Project's excavations, who have not previously completed a basic excavation course or who have less than 3 weeks' excavation experience MUST enrol for the Basic Excavation and Recording Techniques course.

Archaeology of Human Remains 1: Introductory (HR1) #
Lorraine Horsley, Susannah Baldry & Sophie Beckett (1st Course) (COURSE FULL)
Lorraine Horsley, Martin Hatton, Ray Baldry (2nd Course) (PLACES AVAILABLE)

Further Studies in the Archaeology of Human Remains (FSHR)
Martin Hatton, Zannah Baldry, Charlotte Burrill and Hilary Snelling
COURSE NOW FULLY BOOKED

Back by Popular Demand!

If you have attended the SHARP introductory course on human remains, or an equivalent course elsewhere, you have probably worked on reasonably complete skeletons with bones in good condition. In reality, skeletons are often truncated and incomplete: disarticulated, commingled and fragmentary bones often constitute a large proportion of recovered bones. In this highly practical course you will develop skills in the identification and recording of fragmentary remains, in the differentiation of animal from human bone and in the recognition of human developmental changes from neonate to adult. You will also learn about techniques for ageing and sexing beyond those covered by the Standards and take part in experiments to test these techniques against the Standard methods. The course will also include the study of burial practices, particularly those relating to the middle Anglo-Saxon period currently being excavated at Sedgeford.

NB: For this course you MUST have prior knowledge of basic skeletal anatomy and the archaeology of human remains from the SHARP introductory course or an equivalent course elsewhere. For 2007 this course does NOT offer UEA accreditation.

Sunday 22nd – Friday 27th July 2007

This course introduces students to the ways in which archaeologists use finds and environmental evidence.  Sophisticated recording, identifying and collating techniques will be covered using material from Sedgeford, including some newly excavated. The course includes many hands-on sessions and is mainly based around the excavation site so a fully inclusive working environment is achieved. Although subject to change, course content may include the recording and analysis of: pottery, metal finds, coins, iron, human remains, animal remains, pollen and others. This course is ideal for anyone with a general interest in a variety of artefacts and how they are dealt with on a typical  archaeological site. It is also useful to those who study, or are interested in studying, artefacts in a more formal setting, archive or museum.

Sunday 29th July – Friday 3rd August 2007

Investigating Archaeological Landscapes (ILA) #
Bill Wilcox and Alice Larter
COURSE NOW FULLY BOOKED

A new course at Sedgeford for 2007

This course will investigate how to explore archaeological landscapes using map deconstruction and regression techniques, using Sedgeford as an example. Following an introduction to Landscape Archaeology, the earliest estate map of Sedgeford will be analysed for evidence along with evidence from aerial photographs. Calibrated and targeted hedgerow dating will be used to verify and quantify the findings. The course includes trips to the Norfolk Record Office and Norfolk Landscape Unit and will involve some walking. Please note that there is a small overlap with the Introduction to Landscape Archaeology day school.

Sunday 12th August – Friday 17th August 2007