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RESOURCES: FIELDWORK & VOLUNTEERING
Opportunities for work in the field and elsewhere


---Click here for a handy guide to these opportunities

Achill Archaeological Field School
A study of the prehistoric and historic landscape in Ireland
http://achill-fieldschool.com/mambo/

AFOB Online (through AIA)
Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10015

The Allendale Paleoamerican Expedition
Members help excavate one of North America's most ancient archaeological sites associated with several prehistoric quarries
http://allendale-expedition.net/

Archaeology Digs 2008
A collection of archaeological projects around the globe
http://archaeology.about.com/od/currentdigs/Archaeology_Digs_2007.htm

Archaeology Fieldwork.com
A public forum for the discussion of opportunities and events
http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/

ArchaeoSpain International Programs
Archaeological work in Spain and Italy
2007: Clunia, Pintia, Tiermes, Monte Testaccio

http://www.archaeospain.com/

Buena Vista Archaeological Project
2007: Bioarchaeology and archaeoastronomy, Peru
http://web.missouri.edu/~kccnp7/?

Find A Dig - from the Biblical Archaeology Society
Archaeological digs throughout Europe and the Middle East
http://www.findadig.com/

Hawai'i Archaeological Field Project
An archaeological and paleoecological project
http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/projects/HARP/

Historic St. Mary's City Field School
An intensive, 10 week experience in colonial archaeology
http://www.stmaryscity.org/Field%20school.html

Homol'ovi Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
archaeological field research and public outreach at the Homolovi Ruins State Park, Winslow, Arizona
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umma/umma_detail/0,2644,13904%255Farticle%255F26996,00.html

The Lost Towns Project
Locates and explores colonial period sites throughout Anne Arundel County, Maryland
http://losttowns.com/

Maryland Humanities Council
A non-profit educational organization that promotes public humanities programming throughout the state of Maryland
http://www.mdhc.org/

Maya Research Program
Excavates ancient ruins in Belize and Peru; investigates anthropology in Mexico
http://www.mayaresearchprogram.org/

Mugello Valley Archaeological Project
Trains students on an Etruscan site about twenty-two miles north-east of Florence in the scenic Mugello valley
http://www.smu.edu/poggio/fieldschool.html

Northern Great Basin Prehistory Project
Emphasizes reconstruction of past lifeways, paleoclimatic investigations, and human responses to changing environmental conditions
http://www.uoregon.edu/~ftrock/

Passport in Time
A volunteer archaeology and historic preservation program of the USDA Forest Service
http://www.passportintime.com/

The Port Tobacco Project
A project to document the town formation and to gain an understanding of the reasons for its decline
http://porttobacco.blogspot.com/

Shovelbums.org
Directories of field schools and jobs related to archaeology
http://www.shovelbums.org/

UCL Survival Guide for Archaeological Projects
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/fieldwork/guide/

UMCP Field School in Urban Archaeology
Summer excavations conducted in and around Annapolis, Maryland
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/ANTH/aia/school.htm

Valcamonica Archaeology and Rock Art Fieldwork
Gives the opportunity to help the research and the study of the rock art of Valcamonica
http://www.rupestre.net/field/index.html

 

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