Professional Development

Workshops


Cultural Resource Management | Workshops | Forensic Archeology | Site and Scene Mapping and Cartography | Connor Biography


 

Format: The standard workshop is an eight- hour workshop. The level of the presentation can be adjusted for each workshop after discussion with the workshop

co-coordinator.

 

Facilities needed include a room with an LCD projector and screen. Some workshops have an outdoor component and require a space where students can meet outside (lawn or parking lot).

 

Archaeological Workshops

Forensic Workshops

SECTION 106 REVIEW

    -The Historic Preservation Act and

      what it protects

    - The compliance process

    - Roles and Responsibilities

    - Evaluation

    -The review process

     -Resolution

BASIC BONES

   - Human v. non-Human Bone

   - Evaluating the report from a forensic

      anthropologist

   - Preservation

 (Max 20 students)

 NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS

    - What is the National Register?

    - Criteria for registration

    - Writing the nomination

    - The registration process

     - Appeals

     - What difference does it make??

GRAVE LOCATION

    - Use of witnesses, probes, dogs,

       topography, soils

    - Test trenches

    - Use and misuse of remote sensing

       (GPR, magnetometers, resistivity, etc)

CONTRACTING WITH THE FEDS

 - An overview of federal procurement

 - Contracts v. agreements v. grants

  -Components of a solicitation

 - Components of a least-cost bid

 - Components of a proposal

 - Bid or proposal evaluation

 - Appeals

OUTDOOR SCENE MAPPING

   -Locating the site in the real world (topo

    maps, GPS units)

   -The three norths

   -Baseline mapping

   -Tape and compass

   -When to use electronic mapping

   (Max 20 students)

 

BASIC BONES

   - Human v. non-Human Bone

   - Evaluating the report from a forensic

      anthropologist

   - Overview of excavation Techniques

    (Max 20 students)

 

 

 

Cost: A cost of $110/ student includes instruction, course materials, and refreshment breaks. If a facility is not provided, then the cost of the facility will be added. If the location is over 150 miles from Lincoln Nebraska, then the instructor’s travel costs will also be added.

 


Cultural Resource Management | Workshops | Forensic Archeology | Site and Scene Mapping and Cartography | Connor Biography