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Institutions, or sections thereof, offering training in archaeological techniques in actual excavations or surveys, or opportunities for field-work experience.

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• 1999 Mission San Antonio Field School

  http://www.calpoly.edu/~socs/Fld_Sch.html
  Cal Poly 6 credit hours, six-week school at San Antonio de Padua, an early Spanish mission in central California founded by Father Serra in 1771.

• Center for Heritage Resource Studies - New Philadelphia, Illinois Field School

  http://www.heritage.umd.edu/CHRSWeb/New%20Philadelphia/NewPhiladelphia.htm
  Features details of recent research, FAQs, and contact information.

• Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

  http://www.crowcanyon.org/
  Nonprofit organization in Cortez, Colorado is dedicated to involving the public in the study of archaeology and Native American cultures. Features programs and a calendar, conducted excavation and research, current projects, and publications.

• Dig Afognak Archaeological Expedition

  http://www.afognak.org/html/dig-afognak.php
  A participatory archaeological field camp in Alaska on Afognak Island. Learn about the prehistoric and historic lifeways of the Alutiiq people and the landscape that shaped their lives and culture.

• Field Classes in Archaeology Malaeimi and Malaeloa, Tutuila, American Samoa

  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~samweb/
  Describes the results of recent field classes in archaeology conducted jointly by the American Samoa Community College and the University of Oregon. The Samoan and Pacific Studies Department of American Samoan Community College and the University of Oregon Anthropology Department co-sponsored the summer school projects beginning in 1998 under the direction of Dr. William S. Ayres.

• Michigan Technological University - West Point Foundry Archaeology Project

  http://www.westpointfoundry.org/
  Offers a seven-week summer session providing training at Cold Spring, New York site. Includes project details, photographs and contact information.

• Northern Great Basin Prehistory Project

  http://pages.uoregon.edu/ftrock/
  Archaeology and geoarchaeology field school. Features applications, photo galleries, and contacts. University of Oregon.

• Pima College Centre for Archaeological Field Training

  http://wc.pima.edu/~dstephen/coursesb.htm
  This center in Arizona provides students with practical archaeological field experience. A wide range of field and technical classes are offered. Courses, staff, degrees.

• Port Tobacco Archaeological Project

  http://porttobacco.blogspot.com/
  Public archaeology project in southern Maryland that accepts volunteers for fieldwork, labwork, and archival research.

• UMass Archaeological Field School

  http://people.umass.edu/echilton/Field%20School/index.html
  Archaeological Field School in the Connecticut River Valley (Deerfield, MA)

 

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