A National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates:
Multidisciplinary Training for Students in Environmental and Social
Sciences through Archaeological Research
“Warfare & Demography on the Late Pre-Columbian Prairie Plains”
June 1st to July 31st, 2015
2014 NSF REU Fellows
Mississippian-era
Lawrenz Gun Club Village
Regional Map
Lawrenz Material Culture
The Depts. of Anthropology and Earth Sciences at IUPUI and the Indiana Geological Survey
and Dept. of Geological Sciences at Indiana University-Bloomington are pleased to offer the
third year of their National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU) program. This eight-week program in June and July of 2015 will include four weeks of
fieldwork that will examine the archaeological correlates of warfare and demographic
change at a Mississippian-era (AD 1050-1450) village located in the central Illinois River valley. Building upon the research conducted during Years 1 and 2 of the REU, Year 3 participants can anticipate examining the spatial and temporal relationships of demographic change
and warfare on the Prairie Plains of west-central Illinois with climate & environmental factors, regional settlement patterns , subsistence practices & diversity, and the ecological impacts of agriculture to landscapes. For more information on the site & this REU’s educational
programming, go to:
https://www.indiana.edu/~angelreu/cms/
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Dr. Jeremy Wilson
Phone: 317-274-5787
E-mail: [email protected]