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Department(s): Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences
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Program(s): Geoarchaeology courses are available at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Students in the Applied Archaeology graduate program can complete their thesis using geoarchaeological methods. Students obtain the following: Archaeology BA, Applied Archaeology MA; certification in GIS & Geospatial Technology through the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Environmental Science (https://www.iup.edu/ages/index.html)
Graduate students can undertake various thesis topics related to macro- and micro- geomorphology, archaeological geophysics, and geochemistry. Graduate and Undergraduate students are included in faculty research projects. The Archaeological Services Center (Center) provides funding and professional experience for students prior to graduation in archaeological survey, archaeological geophysical survey and geomorphic assessments. Over the last 15 years the Center has conducted more than $6,000,000 in projects and provided services to agencies as diverse as the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the National Park Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Allegheny National Forest. The center equipped to conduct field and laboratory projects with sub-meter accurate GPS units, a Nikon Total Station; geophysical instruments (including ground-penetrating radar systems, magnetometers, gradiometers, magnetic susceptibility, and electrical resistivity); Eijkelkamp soil auger systems Olympus DELTA pXRF unit; FLOT-tech flotation system, research-grade polarizing microscopes, laser scanner and 3D printer, and ESRI ArcMap and ArcPro, and RockWorks software.
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Faculty/Geoarchaeology Contact: William Chadwick: Geophysical & Geospatial Technologies, Geoarchaeology, Geomorphology; Landform Evolution; Benjamin Ford: Underwater & Maritime Archaeology; Coastal Processes; Historical Archaeology & Historic Preservation; Lara Homsey-Messer: Geoarchaeology, Paleoenvironments, Sedimentology, and Geochemistry; Andrea Palmiotto: Zooarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Forensic Archaeology
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities: William Chadwick (wchadwic@iup.edu): ANTH 413/513 - Archaeology of Coasts, ANTH 488/588 - Geophysical Applications in Archaeology, ANTH 490/590 - Applied Spatial Methods in Archaeology; Lara Homsey-Messer (lmesser@iup.edu): ANTH 470/570 - Environmental Archaeology, ANTH 487/587 – Geoarchaeology; Andrea Palmiotto (apalmiot@iup.edu): ANTH 491/591 - Zooarcheology
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Additional Info: Graduate admission to Applied Archaeology graduate program is open year round. Funding decisions for Fall admissions are made in March. A 6-week North American archaeological field school during or after undergraduate degree is recommended prior to admission to the graduate program. Students are trained with the goal of meeting the U.S. Secretary of the Interior (SoI) Professional Qualifications Standards for Professional Archaeologist and becoming Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA) certified.