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EFFECTIVE INTERPRETATION OF ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
A 5-day interdiciplinary workshop, on site and hands-on, for building effective archeology interpretation programs and projects, utilizing NPS Training MODULE 440.

• !! UPCOMING SERVICE-WIDE TRAINING:

  • Yosemite National Park, California - New tentative dates: May 11-15, 2009 - 5-day workshop
    PointerE-mail questions to: John Jameson, NPS Southeast Archeological Center (tel.: 850-580-3011 ext. 243), John_Jameson@nps.gov;
    Alternative contact:     David Larsen, Mather Training Center, david_larsen@nps.gov


Information on past workshops:

Training Objectives | Internet Resources Links

General Training Objectives:

Upon completion of the training, participants will gain knowledge and skills to:

  • Develop and implement a mission-driven approach to interpretation of archeological resources that incorporates both park management outcomes and audience revelation, both of which lead to enhanced stewardship.

  • Discuss the interpreter's and archeologist's respective roles in facilitating the visitors' experience and relationship to the archeological record.

  • Through knowledge gained of professional standards of archaeological practice and interpretive purpose and techniques, develop a personal foundation of knowledge and skills to develop programs that effectively interpret archeological resources.

  • Identify and appropriately present multiple perspectives, or direct audiences to sources for discovering multiple perspectives.

  • Explain the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork in developing programs and texts about archeological subjects.

Internet Resources/Links:

- Background to shared competency training module
- Module 440: Effective Interpretation of Archeological Resources
- Module 101. Fulfilling the NPS Mission: The Process of Interpretation
- The NPS Interpretive Development Program
- "Archeology for Interpreters" knowledge guide
- "Interpretation for Archeologists" knowledge guide
- 'An Inspiring Guide’ online course (University of Maryland Center for Heritage Resource Studies)
- 'Public Benefits of Archeology' web site
- NPS Archeology essential competencies
- Laws, regulations, and standards affecting archeological resources
- SEAC's Public Interpretation Initiative
- SEAC's Interpretive Arts Initiative
- NPS Harper's Ferry Center onMedia Newsletter
- Other literary and web resources

Charleston, S.C. Workshop, Feb. 2-6, 2004: [Participant web pages]

Charleston field trips:
- HL Hunley Confederate submarine: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-3.htm; Friends of the Hunley: http://www.hunley.org
- Aiken-Rhett House, Historic Charleston Foundation: http://www.historiccharleston.org/museum/arhome.html
- Fort Sumter NM: http://www.nps.gov/fosu/1_Home/home.htm

Charleston focus group sites/topics:
- Aiken-Rhett House, Historic Charleston Foundation: http://www.historiccharleston.org/museum/arhome.html
- Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site: http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/stateparks/parkdetail.asp?PID=725
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/5716367.htm
- Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site: http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/stateparks/parkdetail.asp?PID=1575
- Drayton Hall: http://www.draytonhall.org/
- Middleton Place Plantation: http://www.middletonplace.org/default.htm
- Charles Pinckney NHS: http://www.nps.gov/chpi/
Charles Pinckney Historic Resource Study - Note Chapters 1 and 2 on Archeology: http://www.nps.gov/chpi/hrs/hrs.htm
Charles Pinckney: Mystery of the Lost Plantation: Archeology at Charles Pinckney NHS
Archeology at Charles Pinckney NHS and Snee Farm: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/charleston/pin.htm
- Boone Hall Plantation: http://www.boonehallplantation.com/splash.asp
- Sewee Shell Mound [Ring]:
Notes on South Carolina and Florida Shell Rings, by Michael Russo
Shell Rings of the Southeast US (Information on shell ring formation and the cultures who created them)
Interpretive Trail: http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/fms/rec/seweeshell.pdf
Shell ring study fuels new theory of origins: http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/5194144.htm
Mounds and Rings: National Park Service (Overview of mound and ring building in the Golden Crescent, Georgia and Florida)

Other notable links and sites:
- Low Country Gullah Geechee Culture Special Resource Study: http://www.nps.gov/sero/ggsrs/
- Fort Moultrie NM: http://www.nps.gov/fomo/
- Charleston Museum: http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/
- Historic Charleston Foundation: http://www.historiccharleston.org/
- Chronological History of Charleston: http://www.segetaway.com/Charleston/Histoids.html
- History of Snee Farm: http://www.sneefarmcc.com/sneefarm_history.html

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