Anthropology Field School

The Anthropology Program offers several field schools covering various issues in anthropology and archaeology. Each field school or course is committed to integrating the humanistic and scientific perspectives of our discipline while pursuing analytical and applied research.

The mission of the field school program is to help students explore the contours of culture and society across space and through time, while serving local, national, and international communities by sharing their education, research, and scholarship.

These field schools also provide training for students to gain the necessary skills to adapt to an increasingly global world which relies on people who can work with economic, social, scientific, technological, and political issues in a continually evolving multicultural modern society.

Anthropology Field Schools and Field Trip Course

The Anthropology Program usually conducts archaeology field schools in a variety of locations. While the locations vary from year to year, archeology field schools generally introduce students to a variety of archaeological methods including mapping, survey, geophysical survey, testing and small-scale excavation. Students also gain experience working with the public.

Prerequisites

• ANTH 1030 World Archaeology
• ANTH 2330 Principles of Archaeology or instructor permission