May 12-29, 2008

Join Dr. Carolyn Boyd, author of the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos, and Elton Prewitt, renowned Texas archeologist, for three weeks of hands-on training in rock art recording field methods. Students will be immersed in Lower Pecos River prehistoric rock art dating to over 4,000 years old and end each day at the Shumla campus near Comstock, Texas.

Students 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
• Archeology of the Lower Pecos, hunter-gather lifeways, and the foraging adaptation

This  three-week field school in rock art recording is offered through the Department of Extension Studies at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, in partnership with Shumla. Designed for both graduate and undergraduate credit, this class is held between the spring and summer semesters at the Shumla campus in southwest Texas.

Course Credit
Earn 3-6 credit hours through Texas State University.
Undergraduate - ANTH 3375A & ANTH 4360
Graduate - ANTH 5374G

Accommodations
Students will stay at the Shumla campus for the duration of the course. All lodging and meals will be provided by Shumla.

For more information
For more information on the program, including cost  and other expenses see the Shumla website:

Field Methods in Rock Art or contact: Jennifer Ramage jramage@shumla.org (432) 292-4848 www.shumla.org

NOTE: Participation in this course requires that students be able to hike across rugged, steep terrain in high temperatures.