Archaeological Field School August 2025

Codrington Renewal & Reconciliation Project

On Location at Codrington College

Week One: August 5 to 11, 2025 with Dr. Brian Whiting

Unit 1: Equipment Usage, Survey Basics, Intro to Processing and Interpretation

1. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) basics and survey design, drone photogrammetry introduction

2. Field GPR survey

3. Demonstrate processing and interpretation

4. Review survey results and propose an excavation programme

Week Two: August 12 to 15, 2025 – With Dr. Matthew Reilly

  1. Using geophysical data to ground-truth potential archaeological features
  2. Laying out systematic excavation units
  3. Carefully excavating identified stratigraphic layers according to cultural depositions
  4. Sifting soils and identifying archaeological artifacts
  5. Recording excavation information and systematically documenting the context of archaeological finds
  6. Recording and drawing profiles of excavation units and associated features
  7. Gathering and collecting material culture with archaeological provenience

Post In Person Field School – 2 weeks virtual

Unit 2: Refining survey design and processing

Unit 3: Further Processing, Interpretation and Presentation

All necessary equipment will be provided by the CRRP

Lunch and liquid refreshments will be provided for participants

KEY WORDS: reparative justice / ancestral grounds / capacity building