Field Opportunities
The Anthropology Department offers exciting archaeological and cultural anthropological fieldwork opportunities. Our programs are offered on a regular basis. Other external organizations offer similar opportunities; please let us know if you'd like more information.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø's Archaeological Field School in Belize
The Archaeological Field School in Belize, directed by Dr. Jon Hageman, is offered during the Summer IA term of every odd-numbered year. This is an exciting and in-depth, hands-on program held in the Programme for Belize Lands of Belize, Central America, in the northwest part of the country.
The field school is a duration of four weeks, and students receive training in archaeological field methods, emphasizing a series of excavation procedures as well as the collection, processing, and analysis of organic materials. Students learn how to use modern total station mapping equipment and operate a flotation machine in the context of research on Maya rural life during the Late Classic (A.D. 600-900) period.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø's Cultural Exchange in Ghana
By enrolling in Global Collaborations: Cross Cultural Research in Ghana course, students are given the rare opportunity to participate in in-depth, cross-cultural research in the context of a creative and scholarly exchange with students in Ghana, West Africa. This course is offered every even-numbered year during the Summer IA term. As part of this course, students engage in collaborative research and/or creative projects with Ghanaian students at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology over the course of a month. This interdisciplinary course is open to students from all disciplines and can be taken for anthropology credit.