This intensive two-week course in Southwest Colorado teaches practical cultural resource management (CRM) fieldwork skills for swifter entry into the private workforce after college. This course teaches survey and site recording methods, artifact identification, in-field photography, current field technology, descriptive writing for site records and reports, and evaluating sites for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Includes lectures, lab analysis, field survey and site documentation, evening programs, and field trips in the Mesa Verde region

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This 6-credit field school covers field and basic laboratory methods in archaeology for data collection, analysis and interpretation of cultural material. Emphasis is placed on archaeological questions, scientific methods, heritage preservation, cultural resource management, and culture change. The course also provides an introduction to the basics of site management and directing research. It is primarily designed for anthropology students and/or those students interested in pursuing archaeological fieldwork as either a career or life experience. Through hands-on experience, students will master the techniques and theory behind scientific archaeology. The course will provide valuable laboratory and field experience including survey, excavation, recording, mapping, and basic artifact analysis. The field school is open to students from any college who have taken at least one anthropology class. For non-EWC students, registration at EWC is required, as a non-degree-seeking student. Check with your institution to ensure credits are transferable.

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Pran'e Siddi, or the Siddi Plateau, is a high basaltic plateau located in the south-central part of the island of Sardinia (Italy), near the modern town of Siddi. The area around Siddi was inhabited by prehistoric villagers beginning in the Neolithic period (ca. 4000-3200 BCE). During the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1700-1450 BCE), these previously egalitarian people began to develop a hierarchical social system with an elite who expressed their power and prestige through the building of monumental stone towers called nuraghi. The elites of the Nuragic community on the Siddi Plateau built sixteen nuraghi, which they lived in and added onto for three centuries. By 1450 BCE, however, the elite sites on the Siddi Plateau seem to have been abandoned, and the population moved away.

Progetto Pran'e Siddi was formed to conduct a thorough investigation of Nuragic climate, environment, land use, and economic practices in the Siddi region. We are interested in finding out what kinds of pressures – social, environmental, and/or economic – made the Nuragic people abandon their towers on the plateau. We are answering these questions through a combination of archaeological excavation and laboratory analysis. Excavation takes place at the site of Sa Conca ‘e sa Cresia, one of the largest nuraghi on the plateau. Artifact processing takes place in a community building in the nearby town of Siddi. By participating in Progetto Pran’e Siddi, students will contribute to ongoing research while gaining professional skills in excavation methods and artifact processing.

https://www.fieldsciences.org/program/2025-italy-prane-siddi/

The University of Utah's summer program in archaeological field techniques will be held at Range Creek Canyon in east central Utah. Jointly sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Natural History Museum of Utah, this course offers students the opportunity to learn modern archaeological field and lab techniques in an ongoing field research program. Under the direction of Dr. Shannon Boomgarden, participants in the program will also receive training in archaeological method and theory. Admission to the field school is by application only and is limited to 12 students. Priority for admission will be given to those pursuing a professional career in archaeology or a related discipline. Applications are welcomed from both current University of Utah students, non-students and out-of-state students. Students will earn 8 semester upper division credits upon successful completion of the field school. Over 500 archaeological sites have been recorded in Range Creek Canyon since 2002. The sites typically date to the Fremont Archaeological Complex (300 CE-1350 CE). In Range Creek, sites can be grouped into several categories. Most commonly we find Open Residential sites, Storage sites, Rock Imagery sites, Artifact Scatters, and Rock Shelters. The field school continues to survey and record undocumented sites in the canyon as well as conduct limited test excavations. Our field school allows students the opportunity to participate in experimental farming and wild food collecting experiments.

Learn more at: https://anthro.utah.edu/fieldschools/range_creek_fieldschool.php

The Urban Archeology Corps Field School will take place at Saratoga National Historical Park (NHP) in a partnership between the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University, the Binghamton University Department of Anthropology, the National Park Service (NPS), and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians. The field school provides paid internships in which students are trained in archeological fieldwork, theory, and practice while completing archeological projects that address critical needs in national parks.

Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/places/schuyler-estate.htm

The Alabama Historical Commission Cultural Resource Management Professional Training Program is a four-week immersive field school held at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, Alabama’s first state capital and a National Register-listed site. Designed for students and early-career professionals in archaeology, anthropology, history, and closely related fields, this program emphasizes practical training in cultural resource management (CRM) methods including Phase I survey, Phase II evaluation, lab work, and regulatory compliance.
Participants rotate through field and lab components, working on active investigations of historically significant features including Barker’s Slave Quarters, the Historic Downtown, and the Perine Mansion grounds. Supplementary one-week workshops in Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Photogrammetry, GIS, and Cemetery Preservation are offered. All instruction is led by AHC archaeologists.
Public engagement is central to the program, culminating in a Public Archaeology Day with student presentations, field demonstrations, and a CRM career fair.

https://www.oldcahawba.org/crm-training-program

Archaeological Curation from Field to Lab offers a one of a kind opportunity for students to experience a balance of excavation and curation work so that they can become well-rounded professionals aware of the requirements and skills needed for projects from start to finish. Excavations take place on a late Mississippian (AD 1300-1450) village in southeast Missouri, and curation work addresses legacy collections from that very same locale.

The Urban Archeology Corps Field School will take place at Saratoga National Historical Park (NHP) in a partnership between the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University, the Binghamton University Department of Anthropology, the National Park Service (NPS), and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians. The field school provides paid internships in which students are trained in archeological fieldwork, theory, and practice while completing archeological projects that address critical needs in national parks.

https://www.nps.gov/places/schuyler-estate.htm