Western students spent three weeks in Nevis as part of an archaeology field school run by Neal Ferris. (L to R) Garrett Davies, Grace Glinoga, Michael Bagnall, Anna Riberdy and Hanne Anderson. (Hanne Andersen photo)
Western students spent three weeks in Nevis as part of an archaeology field school run by Neal Ferris. L to R ) Garrett Davies, Grace Glinoga, Michael Bagnall, Anna Riberdy and Hanne Anderson. (Hanne Andersen photo) When Western professor Neal Ferris led an archaeology field school on the small Ca r ibbean island of Nevis this summer, his goal was to teach students how to use their skills in service of community heritage work. "It's about being part of that community, rather than being researchers parachuted in, and then leaving," he said of the three-week journey to Saint Kitts and Nevis. Six undergraduate students and a graduate student were part of the field school, which provided foundational skills in archaeology, such as identification, excavation, and handling artifacts when they're recovered. The group worked closely with the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society. " We can connect all that material culture to the historical record. We have written records to augment the archaeological records and then, for the more recent past, we have oral history," Ferris said.
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