Cross Bar Management Area Archaeological Field School
This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESU's are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance and education. The recipient will carry out field work to collect data, through excavation and survey and conduct analysis and evaluation. Work may include field visits, site recording and excavation, soil sample collection, mapping, laboratory analysis and data interpretation. Objectives shared by the BLM and the recipient are to connect minority school and college students to careers in natural resources, science and archaeology using BLM field sites and partner facilities to conduct archaeological studies. The program will engage students in projects to understand the cultural resources of the Texas Panhandle in the Amarillo and Oklahoma Field Offices. Modules would be created to teach core concepts in archaeology in the field and laboratory to address research questions regarding local natural and cultural resources. Public lands will be used to sample materials, monitor environmental conditions and to connect these observations to nearby archaeological sites. The project will create information that will assist the BLM in its mission to preserve, protect and manage archaeological and heritage resources. This agreement will create a partnership to provide educational opportunities for students throughout Texas. The recipient will work with the BLM to conduct archaeological studies. Texas is woefully underserved in its opportunites to teach archaeological inventory, recording and excavation techniques on public lands to students. The Cross Bar Management Area in Amarillo, has a great abundance of archaeological resources to provide this type of training which only helps to foster interest in protecting archaeological properties on federal lands.
Office: Bureau of Land Management
csaiz@blm.gov
