Field Schools

Excavation
Continental Europe
Students, Volunteer
May 19, 2010 - June 23, 2010
Full session

The archaeology faculty and staff of the College of DuPage and Masaryk University (Brno) invite you to join our joint excavations at this exceptional site in the southeastern corner of the Czech ...Read more

Excavation
Oceania: Australia and Pacific Islands
Students, Volunteer
June 26, 2010 - July 25, 2010
4 weeks

This summer, discover an ancient South Pacific culture! The Marquesas Field School project, sponsored by AFAR (Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research), is a once-in-a-lifetime ...Read more

Excavation
Africa
Students, Volunteer
July 17, 2010 - August 21, 2010
Full session

Participate in cutting edge research into West Africa's pre-colonial urban history by joining the Abomey Plateau Archaeological Field School. Situated in a ‘wet savanna’ zone approximately 100 ...Read more

Excavation
Central Asia
Students, Volunteer
August 15, 2010 - September 18, 2010
Full session

Merv, one of the largest cities in the world in the 10th century CE, was also one of the greatest cities on the Silk Roads. The project is currently exploring Sultan Kala, the vast Islamic city of ...Read more

Excavation
General
Students, Volunteer
June 26, 2010 - July 30, 2010
Full session

Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet Kerak) is a large mound dramatically situated on Sea of Galilee, in close proximity to the Jordan River outlet, in Israel. Occupied throughout the Early Bronze Age (3,500 – ...Read more

Excavation
Central America, Mexico and Islands
Students, Volunteer
July 4, 2010 - August 7, 2010
Full session

Discovered in the summer of 2002, Sitio Drago is a large (15 ha) site located on the Caribbean shore at Boca del Drago, on northwest corner Isla Colón in the Bocas del Toro archipelago. The local ...Read more

Underwater
Central America, Mexico and Islands
Students, Volunteer
June 5, 2010 - June 19, 2010
2 weeks

The Centre for Historical and Maritime Archaeology at the University of Bristol will be offering a two-week field project on research methods in underwater archaeology at Tortola, British Virgin ...Read more

Excavation
South America
Students, Volunteer
June 20, 2010 - July 24, 2010
Full session

The Vitor Valley of southern Peru is located 40 km west from the vibrant city of Arequipa. It has a long history of human occupation spanning at least 4,000 years. Millo 2 is the most impressive site ...Read more

Excavation
South America
Students, Volunteer
June 13, 2010 - July 17, 2010
Full session

A defining feature of all great civilizations of the past has been their engineering achievements in constructing and maintaining their social and civic infrastructure. This project is focused on the ...Read more

Excavation
South America
Students, Volunteer
July 11, 2010 - August 14, 2010
Full session

Students in this project will learn basic archaeological field methods excavating in the Sachsaywhaman (pronounced saxy-waman) Archaeological Park, the largest and most monumental building complex ...Read more

Excavation
South America
Students, Volunteer
July 5, 2010 - August 27, 2010
4 weeks

Sacred places and symbolic objects are crucial components in the performance of ceremonials and rituals. The Cerro Castillo Archaeological Project focuses on 1) people who crafted these settings and ...Read more

Excavation
South America
Students, Volunteer
May 24, 2010 - July 10, 2010
Full session

The Obrajes Regional Archaeological Project is a multi-year project designed to reconstruct long-term changes in settlement patterns, demography, and community interaction in the Andean highlands. ...Read more

Excavation
General
Students, Volunteer
June 7, 2010 - July 2, 2010
Full session

The 2010 archaeological field school will take place at a remote coast in the Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge. The wildlife refuge includes vast coral reefs with abundant marine ...Read more

Excavation
North America (United States and Canada)
Students, Volunteer
June 13, 2010 - July 18, 2010
Full session

Located in the heart of interior South-Central California, the Wind Wolves Preserve lies at the interface between several rich habitats and contains some of the most spectacular examples of Native ...Read more

Excavation
North America (United States and Canada)
Students, Volunteer
June 13, 2010 - July 18, 2010
Full session

Since the mid-1990’s, thousands of undocumented migrants from Mexico and beyond have been entering the U.S. through the harsh Sonora Desert of Arizona on foot. Migrants carry backpacks loaded with ...Read more

Excavation
North America (United States and Canada)
Students, Volunteer
June 21, 2010 - August 13, 2010
4 weeks

The 2010 Wenas Creek Mammoth Field School will be our sixth season of excavations of an Ice Age mammoth and associated materials found near Yakima, Washington, during construction in 2005. You may ...Read more

Excavation
North America (United States and Canada)
Students, Volunteer
June 1, 2010 - August 30, 2010
Field School - 6 1/2 weeks; Research Interns - 2 weeks

In collaboration with the White River First Nation of Beaver Creek, Yukon, and the Village Councils of Northway, Tetlin, and Tanacross, Alaska, Yukon College offers an exciting and unique ...Read more

Excavation
North America (United States and Canada)
Students, Volunteer
July 5, 2010 - July 16, 2010
2 weeks

Special Opportunity for students ages 16 through adult. Search for the secrets of the past by participating in a real archaeological excavation! Join Strawbery Banke's Archaeology Department to ...Read more

Excavation
North America (United States and Canada)
Students, Volunteer
May 31, 2010 - June 22, 2010
3 weeks

This field school is designed to familiarize students with an archaeological view of quarry (stone procurement) sites and stone tool technology in the North American Southwest, by a field examination ...Read more

Excavation
North America (United States and Canada)
Students
May 24, 2010 - June 25, 2010
Full period

The WSU Department of Anthropology is pleased to offer its seventh annual archaeological field school in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management, Vale Oregon District, lead by Dr. William ...Read more