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The Corpus Christi College Summer School in British Archaeology provides in-depth teaching in all of the major periods of British Archaeology (within a European context) and is taught by senior academic staff from Cambridge and other leading universities. The month-long summer school is based in the mediaeval setting of Corpus Christi College, founded in 1352, one of the oldest of the 31 historic colleges forming the University of Cambridge.
The programme offers an exciting opportunity to study in England and will be of interest both to anthropology students and to students studying other subjects but having an interest in archaeology. The course includes field visits in the company of expert lecturers to many famous and fascinating archaeological sites.
Any student attending this course will obtain the latest, up-to-date knowledge; make new acquaintances, both student and professional; and learn new archaeological methods. It is anticipated that students will obtain eight academic credits for completing the course.

The oldest Field School in Ireland was established in 1991 and will celebrate its 20th Anniversary in 2011. Academic Credit available through NUI Galway, Ireland.

This field school is based in two beautiful Celtic countries: Ireland and the Isle of Man, which lies between Ireland and Britain. A programme of training in all aspects of graveyard survey will take place in Ireland at a variety of historic burial grounds. Students will then be transferred to the Isle of Man where excavation and geophysical survey training will take place at a multi period settlement site belong to the late prehistoric and early medieval periods. There are also visits to museums and sites of all periods from the Neolithic to historic.

We are Irelands leading provider of university accredited, site based archaeological research and training. The ethos of the school is to provide an opportunity for students and enthusiasts of archaeology and anthropology to experience at first hand the excitement of archaeological excavation within an established research framework. Excavations are undertaken in a research environment led by a team of highly qualified and experienced archaeologists using the most sophisticated technologies, including GPS topographical survey, geophysics, photo-planning and more. In addition to the archaeological excavations, an extensive programme of cultural activities is on offer, including tours of historic sites, folklore, reconstructions, re-enactments, language, music, food and more.

Come and join the SERF team! The Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF) fieldschool offers participants an opportunity to get a hands-on experience of all aspects of archaeological fieldwork. The SERF project is a landscape study with Forteviot at its core. Forteviot is a Pictish centre with surviving traces of a large cemetery. It is also the site of a remarkable prehistoric ceremonial complex. The archaeological study extends into the surrounding fields and hills of Strathearn. Participants in the SERF fieldschool will be trained in excavation methods and recording as well as a variety of survey techniques (including topographic, geophysic, standing building and walkover survey).

The excavation of Pintia focuses on the Vaccean necropolis. The Vaccean culture was an Iron Age people with Celtic links that settled in north-central Spain around the 5th century BC. The cemetery, located about 300 meters (984 feet) from the main settlement, was used between the 4th century BC and the 1st century.

As participants in the courses, you will be part of an archaeological research project on the theme Viking Age, focused on the farm and its buildings. The course is aimed at both beginners and more experienced excavators and contains, beyond the field work, lectures and a full day excursion to the Viking sites, including the county museum on Gotland and its rich Viking heritage. From this year there is an opportunity to combine field work with artefacts processing, where people learn to identify, interpret and record the different types of objects from the excavations. For those who find the field work to heavy, can focus on artefact management. The project is led by Associate Professor Dan Carlsson with many years of experience in archaeological investigations on Gotland. You choose between 2 or 4 week field course, which can be combined with 2 weeks artefact handling and interpretation.

The archaeological record of the Mariana Islands is exceptionally rich and it includes ancient indigenous Chamorro villages, habitation caves, rock art, agricultural sites, and other site locales. The area of the field school witnessed its first contact with Europeans when Ferdinand Magellan -- the famed Portuguese explorer -- encountered Guam in 1521 as he sailed around the world. The island of Guam was later colonized by the Spanish in the 1600s/1700s.
Students on the field school will receive intensive training in archaeological site excavation and artifact assemblage analysis and interpretation. Students will also learn about contemporary indigenous practices at ancient archaeological sites in the Mariana Islands.

This summer, discover an ancient South Pacific culture!  The Marquesas Archaeological Field School project, sponsored by AFAR (Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research), is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn archaeology and intimately experience an indigenous island village at the same time. It will be led by Dr. Barry Rolett of the University of Hawaii (leading his fourteenth archaeological expedition to the islands) and assistant director Emily Donaldson (BA Harvard '03 and MA University of Chicago '06).  The project consists of an archaeological dig (no experience necessary!), including post-excavation analysis, and the updating of a small, unique community museum which houses the artifacts we find. One of the priorities for this year will be to research and record the local oral and cultural history of these artifacts. In addition to archaeology and other hands-on research, lectures in Marquesan culture and language will be offered.  ALL ARE WELCOME! The deadlines for finalizing the project participants will be here before you know it, so SIGN UP NOW! Academic credit from the University of Hawaii can be arranged.

Fort Lewis College will again offer its six-week training course in field archaeology during the summer of 2010, under the direction of Mona Charles. Field work will be conducted at the Old Fort Lewis Campus near Durango, Colorado and at a prehistoric site along the Florida River, both in La Plata County. Intensive instruction in archaeological inventory, compass and tape mapping, Total Station mapping, remote sensing (electrical resistance and magnetometer), GPS and GIS, and limited excavations will be the focus of this six week field school. The field school is a required class in the Fort Lewis Anthropology Department's Cultural Resource Management certificate.
This is a wonderful opportunity for students to experience the rich prehistoric and historic heritage of Southwest Colorado while gaining knowledge and skills in field archaeology. A field trip is planned to visit archaeological ruins and rock art across the Four Corners and along the San Juan River in Southeast Utah.

The Lighthouse Maritime Archaeological Program will be conducting an underwater archaeological field school June 8-26, 2009. The field school will focus on the testing of an unidentified ballast pile to make a determination whether it represents the remains of the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, lost on the St. Augustine bar in August 1861 after the most successful cruise of the entire war.  Students will be instructed in scientific diving procedures, archaeological recording and excavation, the use of hydraulic probes and induction dredges, marine remote sensing survey and analysis (magnetometer & side scan sonar), artifact collection and documentation, and basic conservation laboratory methodology.

This 6-week course is directed towards professional Archaeologists and students of Archeology who would like to better understand the methods, materials and cultural processes that go into the creation of pottery and other ceramic wares. The class teaches basic ceramic crafting techniques within a scientific, historical, and theoretical context, and walks the students through the entire process of preparing, shaping, decorating and firing clay from a functional, aesthetic, chemical, and cultural perspective. The mix of hands-on practice, short lectures, and in-class discussion will culminate with a firing of the students' work in a traditional pit-kiln. Archaeologists and Archaeology students are given first preference for this class, but non-archaeologists are welcome pending availability.

This project will document archaeological sites eroding from the cutbanks at Bachelor Island, where recent radiocarbon dating indicates occupation to over 2,400 years ago. The focus of this course is on site identification and documentation, but we will also be auguring and screening. We will also be traveling by canoe and inflatable raft to explore some of the wetlands for archaeological potential. There will also be a number of guest lecturers.

The 2010 Courson Archaeological Field School will once again provide a number of different field and laboratory opportunities for participants. Fieldwork will include open block and test excavations at three different prehistoric sites. These sites include a defensive mesa top encampment occupied by hunters and gatherers inhabited around A.D. 400, a small hamlet that was attacked and destroyed around A.D. 1350, and a large village occupied by specialized bison hunters who were heavily involved in exchange with the Eastern Pueblos of New Mexico. A field laboratory will be established to process artifacts and flotation samples. A limited number of participants will also be involved in a systematic metal detecting survey to identify historic period Indian and military encampments.

The Montpelier Archaeology Field School, set on the lifelong home of James Madison, fourth president of the United States and "Father of the Constitution," will be held in two sessions between the dates of May 17 to July 23, 2010. Accredited by James Madison University (VA) and SUNY Plattsburgh (NY), the 2010 field schools and programs will involve intensive archaeological investigation of the "Stable Quarter," or the area between the modern Visitors Center and the southern edge of the formal yard. Previous surveys have revealed work yards and middens associated with slave quarters, and what may be the foundation to the stable.

The scared and political center of Moku`ula is the most important site on Maui - and arguably in all of Hawaii. A man-made island, Moku`ula sits in the center of what was once a 17+ acre wetland known as Loko Mokuhinia.
Home to Maui royalty for over 400 years, the site was usurped by Hawaii Island chief, Kamehameha the Great after his successful campaign to unite the Hawaiian Islands. The site is also home to the Akua Mo`o, Kihawahine. Half-woman, half-dragon, Kihawahine lives in a grotto beneath Moku`ula. One of the most powerful deities in the Hawaiian pantheon, Kihawahine is associated with fresh water springs.