Challange your Mind & Body

Explore one of the best preserved Inka outposts in the Andes, in mountainous area that is almost vertical. This field school combines excavations of the civic-ceremonial center with excavations of the numerous cemeteries around the site.

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South Africa-Spitzkloof Shelter

Archaeological investigations in South Africa’s rugged and remote Namaqualand desert are aimed at reconstructing the flexible survival behaviors so characteristic of our species. Although the region boasts an extremely rich archaeological record stretching back well over 60,000 years, it remains virtually unexplored. Students will reconstruct ancient desert lifestyles and in the process gain experience with a range of archaeological materials, techniques and methods.

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Spain-Cova Gran

This field school explores changes in Paleolithic subsistence and social organization in the last 50,000 years. It examines differences in Neanderthal and Anatomically Modern Human behavior around the MIS 3/2 limit.

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Mexico Ethnohistory

The interdisciplinary research methods in ethnohistorical archaeology in Mexico include the use of site visits, exploring archives and comparing pictographic manuscripts to actual features seen in the archaeological record. This program is coming to the IFR in summer 2013.

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Challange your Mind & Body

Explore one of the best preserved Inka outposts in the Andes, in mountainous area that is almost vertical. This field school combines excavations of the civic-ceremonial center with excavations of the numerous cemeteries around the site.

South Africa-Spitzkloof Shelter

Archaeological investigations in South Africa’s rugged and remote Namaqualand desert are aimed at reconstructing the flexible survival behaviors so characteristic of our species. Although the region boasts an extremely rich archaeological record stretching back well over 60,000 years, it remains virtually unexplored. Students will reconstruct ancient desert lifestyles and in the process gain experience with a range of archaeological materials, techniques and methods.

AZ Migrants

The Migrant Material Culture field school is an ethnoarchaeological study of the material culture left by undocumented migrants across the Sonora Desert of southern Arizona. For a link to a recent video about this project click here. For a recent article in the Huffington Post, click here. Enrollment for the 2013 season begins Nov.…

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