Submitted
by

Mark B. Garrison
Trinity University

This application seeks funds to continue the development of the ACS Excavation Project (Survey and Excavation in the Elmali Plain, Turkey), which is funded under the ACS Consortium Teaching and Technology Initiatives. The applicant is the director of this project. The funds would be used in the spring of 1999 to purchase workstations which ACS students will be using in the summer 1999 archaeological practicum to collect data in the field in Turkey. The exact platform of the workstations will be determined after the testing of several options this summer (1998) in Turkey.

In the summer of 1998 faculty from six ACS institutions will meet in Emali, Turkey, to begin preparations for an archaeology course to be offered to the ACS consortium in Spring/Summer 1999. This course will consist of on-line lectures and discussions in the Spring of 1999, followed by a summer archaeological practicum in the Summer of 1999 (for a preliminary syllabus of the online course in the spring 1999 semester, see http://www.trinity.edu/~mgarriso/HM/ExcavationSyllabus.html). The course with its on-line weekly sessions and the following field practicum will be the first of its kind for the ACS. I shall coordinate the administration of the course, but faculty from multiple schools in the ACS consortium will assist in its preparation, participate in the class sessions and give lectures. The course is designed to give students a basic introduction to: 1) archaeological field method and technique and survey method and technique as preparation for actual excavation and survey in the summer archaeological practicum; 2) procedures of recording archaeological data using information technology such as: data management programs (FileMakerPro and Oracle), geographic information systems (ArcView, geographic data collected with GPS [global positioning systems] and total stations [electronic theodolites]), computerautomated drawing programs (MicroStation and AutoCAD), computer-aided photographic programs (Adobe PhotoShop, digital images collected using digital cameras), remote storage of data, web servers and web interfaces; 3) the history and material culture (architecture, sculpture, painting, epigraphy, etc.) of Western Asia from the Paleolithic to the Roman period, concentrating upon ancient Lycia (the area in which the archaeological practicum will take place). This background will then serve as the foundation upon which the summer archaeological practicum will build. While in Turkey, the students will participate in actual archaeological survey and excavation in the Emali plain using, and expanding, their knowledge of the methods and technology which were presented in the on-line course. The archaeological project in the Elmali plain is directed by myself and Dr. ILknur Ozgen of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.

ACS faculty members will play active roles not only in the pedagogical aspects of the project, but also in the research and publication of the results of our work. Currently six ACS faculty members are participating in the project as part of the research team.

A critical intellectual component of the project is the Web publication. Publication of The results of the excavation and survey will be on the Web. This summer we shall develop the web interface and then begin the process of uploading data to a server in the USA. Our goal here is the rapid dissemination of the results of our work; as much as possible, we shall be striving to update our Web site daily while in the field. We intent to make available over the Web both synthetic summaries of our work as well as the core data. This core data will be in electronic form, allowing the user to search and download material as he/she desires. Students from ACS institutions will play a key role in this aspect of the project as well, thus enabling them to participate not only in the collection of data, but its publication.

The development of the course and the archaeological practicum in many ways is ground-breaking. Its significance extends well beyond the circle of schools in the consortium. Its significance is both scholarly and pedagogical. The project will:

• serve as an example of how the consortium, by pooling its resources, can make available a course which supplements and enriches the offerings of all the schools in the consortium. It provides students and faculty at different institutions the opportunity to meet and engage with a wider variety of students and faculty than is available in any one school (this is especially desirous in small departments in the Humanities). The ACS Excavation Project provides a collaborative teaching and research initiative which allows for full participation by all members of the consortium. In this sense it may serve as a model for future collaborative endeavors of this type. In addition, it requires almost no administrative overhead.
• be interdisciplinary, appealing to students and faculty of both the humanities and sciences. We are especially concern to explore ways in which information technology may stimulate cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• provide opportunities for faculty to explore ways to move toward a more interactive relationship with students. This will occur both in the on-line course and in the field. Currently several faculty in the ACS are designing specific "mini-projects" under the umbrella of the ACS Excavation Project. The "mini-projects" will allow faculty to develop initiatives where teaching and research are intimately bound together, providing the students with unique learning experiences.
• will exploit many of the potentials of information technology, both for pedagogy and research. The on-line class and technologies used in the field actively move computer-based resources into the classroom. The project is tailor-made for technology related initiatives, both those directed specifically to students and those directed toward faculty development.
• increase the visibility of the ACS consortium in the academic community. The project is international in its scope and provides the possibility for wide-spread public exposure of the ACS and its members.
• create possibilities for joint research ventures with faculty from schools in the ACS consortium. Research potentials exist for colleagues in anthropology and sociology (both ancient and modern), history, geology, climatology and computer science (to mention only a few of the disciplines in which research projects exist and could be started almost immediately).

Dr. Mark B. Garrison, Director of the ACS Excavation Project, Co-Director of the Archaeological Project in the Emali Plain
Trinity University - Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies.

Dr. Ilknur Ozgen, Co-Director of the Archaeological Project in the Elmali Plain
Bilkent University - Chair, Department of Archaeology and Art History.

Dr. Gary Reger, Epigraphic Specialist
Trinity College - Associate Professor, Department of History.

Dr. Pedar Foss, Field Survey and Computer Information Specialist
University of Cincinnati - Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics.

Dr. Neel Smith, Information Technology Specialist
College of the Holy Cross - Assistant Professor, Department of Classics.

Dr. Deniz Kaptan, Ceramicist
Bilkent University - Department of Archaeology and Art History.

Dr. Jean Ozturk, Field Director
Bilkent University - Department of Archaeology and Art History.

Dr. Kenny Morrell, Information Technology Specialist
Rhodes College, Associate Professor, Department of Classics

Dr. Suzanne Bonefas, Information Technology Specialist
Associated Colleges of the South

Dr. Ira Katz, Information Technology Specialist
Trinity University, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science

Dr. Jeannette Rundquist, Faunal Specialist
Birmingham-Southern College, Professor, Science and Math Division

Dr. Rebecca Schindler, Architect
University of Cincinnati - Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics.

Dr. Halford Haskell, Ceramicist
Southwestern University, Professor, Department of Classics

Dr. John Galicki, Geologist
Millsaps College, Department of Geo-Physical Sciences

Dr. Elise Friedland, Museologist
Rollins College, Department of Art