Find an Archaeological Field School
Murlo:
Tuscany, Italy; excavation of an Etruscan site. This excavation is associated with UE and the director, Tony Tuck, loves to have UE students attend. This is already a UE course (ARCH 395), so you do not need to arrange for transfer credit.
Archaeological Institute of America's Field School Database:
Lists field schools from across the globe. The database is searchable and is one of the most comprehensive and easy to use lists out there.
American Schools of Oriental Research:
The source for information about field schools in the Near East and Egypt.
Shovelbums:
This site is poorly organized, making it difficult to find projects that meet your specific needs and their information is not always up-to-date, but it is worth scrolling through anyway if you want still more options for field schools. Helping to Pay for a Field Schools UE gives archaeology majors $500 towards their first study abroad experience.
The Gilman International Scholarship:
Open to any student who has a Pell Grant. Will help fund study travel abroad.
The Etruscan Foundation:
This organization offers scholarships of up to $2000 for people interested in excavating at any site in Italy from any time period or culture (the site need not be an Etruscan one).
Prestigious Scholarships:
There are some scholarships available to a select few outstanding students which may be used to help support participation in a field school that meets certain parameters.
Minority Scholarship Information:
If you are a minority, the AIA and APA have a joint scholarship for which you may apply.
Boston University Study Abroad Programs:
BU has two field schools, one to Menorca, Spain, and the other to Guatemala. They offer merit-based and need-based financial aid to some non-BU students who participate in their programs.
UE Honors Program:
If you are an honors student, there are funds available to you that are not available to the general student population. This link leads to an application for those funds.
If you belong to the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, they have scholarships available for studying abroad.
The RPA certifies archaeological field schools; this scholarship applies only to those that they have certified. Unfortunately few field schools have undergone the certification process. If they have, the director of the field school can nominate someone from the field school for the RPA scholarship. Therefore you have to apply for and be accepted into the field school before the director will consider putting your hat in the ring for the scholarship. Follow this link to see the list of certified RPA field schools.
Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne Geophysical Methods Field School:
Learn not only excavation techniques, but also how to use remote sensing techniques such as ground-penetrating radar, magentometry, and more!
Homol'ovi Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program:
Work on a Native American site in the American southwest.
Athienou Archaeological Project:
This project is in Cyprus, need I say more?
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Excavation Program:
This project has been going on annually since 1961. It is competitive to get in, but if you have some type of experience such as the ARCH 340 class or another field school, that can help your chances.
The CAA conducts an annual field school specifically aimed at training women archaeologists. |
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If you find a dead link, please contact him at ak58@evansville.edu.