[ShovelBums.Org] 3rd edition – April 16th 2015 – ShovelBums Comprehensive International Archaeology, Anthropology and CRM Field School Directory [1 Attachment]
Folks,
Please share on your personal social networks. The 3rd Edition of the 2015 ShovelBums Comprehensive International Archaeology, Anthropology and CRM Field School Directory is now out! You can view all the field schools via www.ShovelBums.org (and if you did not receive a PDF
summary you can download it it
here.)NOTE: Black Friary Community Archaeology Project Season 6 Excavations has a deadline of April 25th!. Plus there is updated information on the free field school in the Philippines and a few new featured field schools.
Attached is the 3rd edition of the 2015 Comprehensive International Archaeology, Anthropology & CRM Field School Directory. About 80 new field schools have been added in the last two weeks bringing the total to 154 field schools so far. So if you have not included yours yet, now is a good time! The next directory will go out in a few weeks.
Schools this year range from Olduvai to Ohio, Japan to Jordan, Bermuda to Bulgaria and Australia to Arizona – you get my drift? These schools are everywhere except Antarctica (and we need to fix that, there is some cool historic stuff there that needs good documentation 😉
Students: You know the drill. Open the attached file. Browse the field schools, and then choose your future in Archaeology & Anthropology. Don’t know the drill? Then read the middle part of this message.
Professors: Are you interested in posting a field school for the ridiculously low price of $25 to reach 16,000 eager archaeologists by e-mail and have your field school displayed on one of the highest traffic archaeology themed web sites in the world? And if one of those 16,000 archaeologists isn’t right for your field school, it is likely they know someone who is and with a click of the mouse, they can forward your school onto that person! Want more info? Read the lower part of this message.
If you have troubles opening the attached PDF just visit http://www.ShovelBums.org and you can see the growing list of the field schools in all their glory or click on “Newsletter” to download the current version as a PDF.
NOTE: I have migrated the field school directory to a new domain, ShovelBums.net, since I was spanked by my host because the field school directory on ShovelBums.org server was using up to much bandwidth. So if you notice your URL bouncing around between .net and .org, its all good.
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For Students: A Little Info About Archaeology and Anthropology Field Schools (and why this is important to you):
If you are just getting started with your career in archaeology/anthropology it is important to realize that a field school is imperative to your future career! A field school will not only open your mind first hand to the wonders of archaeology but it will also lay the ground work for building relationships that will span your whole career. Case in point: At the SAA’s in Memphis I hooked up to share a room with a buddy, Dr. Joel Palka, from my field school twenty six years ago in Copan, Honduras. I can’t emphasize enough that right now you are at the *start* of your career. Archaeology and anthropology are small fields and everyone you interact with today will somehow affect your career tomorrow. At a field school that effect is magnified because field schools function as the 1st level of vetting following choosing a major in anthropology. Think of it like this. Everyone who declares a major in anthropology is not going to become an anthropologist. Of those anthropology majors those who take a field school are showing a dedicated interest in the field and recognize that to become an anthropologist you need to have a field school. So again while not everyone who takes a field school is also going to continue on in anthropology, the relative percentage of people who will is greatly increased over the general population of majors.
So go out and find a great field school and have the best experience of your life! You have this one rare opportunity in your life and your new career to hand pick which one, of some of the most interesting sites that are currently active anywhere in the world, that you want to work on. Trust me when I tell you this opportunity is golden.
It helps everyone out if you take a minute to forward the attached PDF to your professor and friends or post the link http://www.shovelbums.net/index.php/view-field-schools on your own personal social network. If you are on facebook, Google+ or one of the last seven people on MySpace I would genuinely appreciate it if you could add a link to the field schools on your page (and if we are connected on there feel free to tag me in your link). ShovelBums has has always worked by word of mouth (and the handy forward button) so your help is always appreciated!
NOTE (seriously, I would love to hear from you so I can add some new stuff below! 🙂: If you are a former student who has found a field school through ShovelBums drop me a note and let me know how this has helped your career. I would like to use your comments in future mailings. If you are affiliated with a program that has used ShovelBums I would love to include some quotes as to how ShovelBums has helped you fill your roster, etc… Along with your quote I will include a reference to your field school in future mailings. You can respond to me at rjoe@shovelbums.org.
If your institutions program is not included in the directory yet, be sure to forward the relevant information below to the powers that be.
PS Already attended a field school? Then check out the ShovelBums Gear Store and show you know your stuff!
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********Please Forward********
********Please forward, post in your dept. reading room, copy to any relevant listserv, slide under your professors door, bring up in class to earn brownie points, etc… the following info********
I am R. Joe Brandon; founder of the 16,500+ member www.ShovelBums.
ShovelBums is the easiest way to announce your field school to the worlds largest community of archaeology/anthropology students and archaeology practitioners in the shortest amount of time. The process is simple, visit http://www.shovelbums.net/index.php/add-your-archaeology-field-school to submit your field school information and photos. I then manually approve the entries which are hosted on the popular ShovelBums.org family of websites. Your entry can be as detailed as you want and include links to your own web site if your project has one. About twice a month through the spring season I send the continually updated field school directory to the 16,000+ members of ShovelBums.
Why Use ShovelBums?
So why should you use ShovelBums.org to announce your field school? Because the field schools in this directory go out by e-mail* to all 16,000+ members of Shovel Bums LLC as well as being posted on www.ShovelBums.
Quote’s from some users of ShovelBums Comprehensive Archaeology/
- The shovelbums field school directory has been an invaluable resource to me. I teach two university-sponsored archaeological field schools, both of which were facing cancellation after several summers of low enrollment. That all changed when we started advertising on shovelbums. The field school directory allowed us to reach students whose own institutions did not offer field schools, as well as students with interest in our specific geographic region or archaeological time period. In addition to boosting our enrollments, the diverse mix of quality students gained from shovelbums advertising resulted in some of the best field-school dynamics I’ve ever had the pleasure to experience.
- Tamira Brennan: Southeast Missouri State University Archaeological Field School
- “Shovelbum” (from the Old English words scofl = shovel/an excavating tool and American English Bum = with no settled residence) is a term used by some archaeologists in the United States to refer to the professional excavators on Cultural resource management projects. Aside from our formal listing with the AIA, ShovelBums has been our participant’s turn-to location to learn more about the American Institute for Roman Culture, its conservation projects and its field school opportunities in Rome Italy. Since 2008 their advertisements of our excavation and conservation initiatives have been of invaluable help in getting the world out to the archaeological public about the Institute’s missions and programs.
- Lynda Albertson: Ostia Antica – Marina Summer Archaeology Field School
- Shovelbums is a wonderful resource for advertising academic field schools. We are a small college in North Carolina, and by using Shovelbums we were able to expand our reach dramatically and recruit students from all over the country. In addition to increasing our number of participants, this also helped us to be more selective and to increase the quality of the students. We receive inquiries for the field school from other online sites as well, but students definitely seem drawn to the Shovelbums site and they are the source of most of our non-local contacts.
- Vinnie Melomo: Peace College Archaeological Field School, Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson, NC
- Prior to websites, such as ShovelBums, we had to mail out field school flyers to anthropology departments around the country and have them post these around their department. With the founding of ShovelBums it makes it much easier to reach a wider range of not only students, but also non-students that are interested in attending a field school. We always ask individuals how they found out about our event when they contact us requesting additional information and at least 50% say that they found our listing on your website. As such, ShovelBums has obviously helped us a great deal in making initial contact with potential field school participants.
Since many field schools advertise their events through ShovelBums I think it allows students/participants to use a single source to locate and compare potential field schools. As a result, the site serves as an important source for perspective field school participants. ShovelBums allow participants to be smart, well informed shoppers.
Lastly, unlike other sources of advertisement that we use, ShovelBums enables us to provide much more detailed information about our field school. This is really important for potential field school participants. We have found that because they are investing their hard earned money (or Mom and Dad’s) and several weeks of their life on a field school, that they want to obtain as much information as they can about the event before they commit. - Scott D. Brosowske: Courson Archaeological Research Field School
- ShovelBums is a fantastic source for spreading the word about archaeological excavations. Many of our past students at the necropolis of Pintia learned about the program through ShovelBums.
- Iron-Age Necropolis and City Walls of Pintia
- The Shovel Bums web site listing for our program has proven to be our principal recruitment resource, providing exposure to students from around the world.
- N.A. Easton: Field School in Subarctic Archaeology and Ethnography, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
- Shovelbums Field School Directory has become my principal means to attract students online. I have found a significant number of students from across the country who have significantly enriched our program. There is really no other comparable website.
- Richard Boisvert, NH State Archaeologist: Survey and Test Excavations at the Jefferson VI Paleoindian Site
- Maya Research Program wanted to thank you for producing the Field School Directory. Shovelbums’ directory is a valuable resource for students and volunteers and we greatly appreciate your time in putting it together. It has definitely made more people aware of our program – about 1/5 of MRP’s website’s traffic comes from Shovelbums. Our students are very aware of it – in fact – you would be hard pressed to find a student who has not heard of Shovelbums (or doesn’t own an awesome SB t-shirt ). Thank you again for producing such a great resource!
If your institutions program is not included yet be sure to forward the relevant information below to the powers that be.
Best,
R. Joe