CCI Internship with Pteah Archaeological Project
Project Directors: Alison Carter (University of Oregon) and Miriam Stark (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa)
December 15, 2023 – January 26, 2024
Applied archaeology requires a wide range of skills, including laboratory expertise and community engagement. Our Summer 2024 Cambodia-based internship concentrated on post-fieldwork documentation techniques for materials recovered from the 2023 Pteah Cambodia field season at Prasat Baset (Battambang Province), but also included a community archaeology day focused on the presentation of excavation results from the Pteah Cambodia Project at Baset Temple. CCI candidates Sophearun Sea and Chan Dariya Nguon worked with Pteah Cambodia crew members from the Battambang Department of Culture and Fine Arts (Keo Dy, Narith Tuon), the Royal University of Fine Arts (Vutha Um), the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Sreyniet Teav, Phola Phan), Archaeology students from the Royal University of Fine Arts (Chhornlyly Keo, Sieng Panha), and students from the University of Oregon (Tiyas Bhattacharya, Zachary Dierks, Gabby Shaffer, and Marly Howell). Dr. Carmen Sarjeant (Campus Associate, University of Oregon; Senior Archaeologist, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc.) provided ceramic technology and typology training.
The internship activities included the following tasks:
- Training in Pteah Cambodia ceramic typology, processing, and photographic documentation;
- Exposure to basic soil flotation for macrobotanical analysis;
- Running Archaeology stations during our Dissemination of Archaeological Research Results Day (18 July 2024) for c. 100 attendees, including Baset villagers, Ta Pon Secondary School students, and students and faculty from the University of Battambang.
