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PIXE: Data Analysis Seminars
PIXE stands for Particle Induced X-ray Emission, or in our case, Proton Induced X-ray Emission, and is a non destructive method of elemental analysis.
In "PIXE: Data Analysis" we will explore how the data from one of our typical PIXE runs is created, what information it contains, what it can and cannot tell us about our samples, and how we extract from the data the basic information of elemental abundances using the GUPIX sofware. Additionally, we will explore the interpretation of the data, touching on topics such as eigenvector and principle component analysis.
For additional information on seminar times and lecture abstracts, please visit: http://isnap.nd.edu/html/academics_archaeology.html.
Fifth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference
Saturday, October 10, 2009
In addition to many theoretical and methodological contributions, historical archaeology in the Midwest has been marked by sustained and active engagement with students through field schools, long term research projects, internships through State Museums and SHPOs, and employment in cultural resource management firms. Students have been important collaborators in most projects contributing both intellectual energy to ongoing research and acting as the public face and site interpreters for archaeological projects throughout the Midwest. This year's conference seeks to give students a chance to define Midwestern historical archaeology through research and practice. The conference will include a poster session and two panel discussions.
MWHAC 2009 highlights undergraduate and graduate students’ contributions to Midwestern Historical Archaeology both in research and in engaging the public. The conference is student-centered.
Financial support for the Fifth Annual Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference was generously provided by the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Office of the Dean of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame.
The Poster Session will be comprised of posters authored by students. Topics for posters are open, but must reflect ongoing independent and collaborative original research focused on archaeology in the Midwest during the historic period.
The two panel discussions will be a conversation that includes academic contexts as well as Cultural Resource Management, museums, not-for-profit, and public entities – the full spectrum of contexts in which students might do field work in historical archaeology in the Midwest. We are interested in sharing experiences – good and bad, best practices, how different opportunities (internships, field school, independent study) shape different research experiences, dissemination of research results, how formative these experiences are in shaping professional development.
This conference was made possible in part by support from the Henkels Lecture Series and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame.