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Location The Hahn Site is located in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, approximately 2 miles northeast of the Beechmont Levy, 0.6 miles west of the Village of Newtown, and 0.4 miles north of State Route 32 at the far end of Clear Creek Park. It lies on a low terrace within the broad lower reaches of the Little Miami River, a State and National Scenic River. Session Dates Session 1: July 7 – July 11 Session 2: July 14 – July 18 Session 3: July 21 – July 25 Session 4: July 28 – August 1 Cost Museum members and Anderson Township residents: $180 per session Non-members/Non-residents: $200 per session Fees include all instruction, materials, and transportation via Museum vehicle. Registration Registration is limited to 10 participants per weeklong session. A full registration packet and medical release form will be mailed upon request. A $100 per person non-refundable* deposit is required, together with a completed registration form and signed medical waivers to secure your reservation. Deadline for reservations is July 3, 2008. *If the 2008 Hahn Site Field School is cancelled by CMC for any reason, full fees including deposits will be refunded. Payment Schedule The remainder of your balance is due by July 4, 2008. Refunds of any remaining balance, minus the deposit, will be made until this date. After July 4, 2008, no refunds of the remaining balance will be made. Instructions and Questions Registered or interested participants can contact either Robert Genheimer at 513-455-7161 (bgenheimer@cincymuseum.org) or the Museum’s Information and Reservation Office at 513-287-7021 or 1-800-733-2077 (x7021). Participants may travel to the Hahn Site on their own, or join us for free transportation from CMC leaving each morning at 8:00 AM. Participants will return to CMC each evening at approximately 5:30 PM. We look forward to seeing you at the Hahn Site. |
Cincinnati Museum Center 2008 Hahn Site Field School Have you always wanted to participate in a real archaeology excavation? If so, you are in luck. Cincinnati Museum Center presents the 2008 Hahn Site Field School, a series of four weeklong field school sessions at the Hahn Site in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. Join us for a week or longer and experience the thrill of uncovering artifacts and features from this Late Prehistoric village site along the Little Miami River. The Hahn Site is a well-known Fort Ancient period village site located in the broad Little Miami River Valley north of the Beechmont Levy and west of the Village of Newtown. It lies within Clear Creek Park, a recreational park owned and operated by the Anderson Township Park District. Peabody Museum at Harvard conducted preliminary excavations at the site in 1886, uncovering a vast array of flint, stone, bone, and shell artifacts. And, although little was learned of the village layout in those early investigations, subsequent surface collections indicate that it is a circular to oval agricultural village with an open central plaza. Similar village sites have been investigated along the lower reaches of both the Great Miami and the Little Miami rivers in southwest Ohio. Dating from approximately A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1650, Fort Ancient villages exhibit clear spatial patterning of houses, storage pits, and cooking features around the central plaza. Villages may also be surrounded by wooden stockades. Houses are typically constructed of wooden posts in a square or rectangular pattern. Interior posts may be indicative of screens or dividers within the house. Trash-filled storage pits are often found in front of the structures facing the open plaza area. It is within these trash pits that the physical remains of everyday prehistoric life were deposited. The goals of the 2008 Hahn Site Field School include the recovery of diagnostic artifact samples and associated organic materials that will allow for radiometric dating of the site. Test units will be placed in an effort to intercept both house remnants and trash-filled pits. Participants will learn standard excavation and recording techniques, and will engage in all aspects of excavation and screening at the site. Participants will also learn about the late prehistory of southwest Ohio, the development of sedentary agricultural villages, and the importance of the Hahn Site in our understanding of local Fort Ancient-age societies. The 2008 Hahn Site Field School will run for four consecutive one-week sessions beginning on July 7, 2008 and ending the week of July 28, 2008. Field school members will attend a brief class on field methods and local late prehistory, and will participate in a guided tour of major archaeological sites in the lower reaches of the Little Miami Valley. In the event of rain, participants will travel to the Geier Collections and Research Center of the Cincinnati Museum Center to undertake laboratory work associated with the excavations. Robert Genheimer, George Rieveschl Curator of Archaeology at Cincinnati Museum Center will supervise the 2008 Hahn Site Field School. Participants may enroll for any or all of the one-week sessions. A modest program fee will be charged with a discount offered to CMC members and Anderson Township residents. Participants may choose to travel to and from the site on their own, although transportation will be available from CMC’s Union Terminal each morning. The field school is an outdoor activity in July, so participants should be able to perform moderate physical tasks in a hot and humid climate.
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