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Anthropology
Field Methods in Rock Art
Shumla School

Comstock, Texas
Dates
May 12 - 29, 2008
What You Will Learn
  • How to establish a field research design and field data collection protocols.
  • Rock art recording methods, including photography, mapping, sketching, and written inventories.
  • Laboratory procedures, recordkeeping, cataloguing, and records curation.
  • Rock art data analysis--formulating and testing hypotheses.
  • Current theories regarding the meaning and function of rock art.
  • Archaeology of the Lower Pecos, hunter-gatherer lifeways, and the foraging adaptation.
Course Options
ANTH 3375A
Field Methods in Rock Art
ANTH 4360
Directed Study
ANTH 5374G
Rock Art Field Methods
Cost
Tuition and fees for three hours of undergraduate university credit (one course): $565.
Tuition and fees for six hours of undergraduate university credit (two courses): $1,130.
Tuition and fees for three hours of graduate university credit (one course): $725.

Tuition and fees payable to Texas State University-San Marcos. You must enroll for this course through the Office of Extension Studies, located in Academic Services Building-North, Room 301.

Additional costs that include lodging, meals, course materials, recording equipment, and on-site travel: $1,750, payable directly to the Shumla School. Please contact the Shumla School to make payment.

The registration and a $500 deposit must be received by March 31, 2008. The balance of the fees due Shumla must be paid by May 1, 2008.

For more information on expenses, please e-mail Jennifer Ramage, check the Shumla School Web site, or call 432.292.4848.
Financial Assistance
For detailed information on financial aid, contact the Texas State Office of Financial Aid, located in JCK 220.
Program Director Contact Information
Dr. Britt Bousman, Program Director

Dr. Carolyn Boyd, Program Director
Additional Information