Old Dirt – New Thoughts

December 5, 2008

Lab Class Projects

Filed under: Aniakchak, Lab Work, Teaching — Brian @ 1:37 pm and
Stacy and Tamara identifying meso shell Stacy and Tamara identifying shellfish.

The students in my lab class are pushing hard to finish their projects. They’re all working on materials from Aniakchak – mostly the 2007 collections. They’re producing the first real data from these materials. I have students analyzing shellfish, mammal bones, chipped stone waste flakes, chipped stone tools, and bone tools. Other students are working on the catalog data and illustrations. It’s my favorite part of the class. I have 16 research assistants – all generating data and addressing questions. It’s a blast.

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