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