Archaeology field schools 2027
95 field schools listing a 2027 season, in 30 countries. A field school is a structured training dig: you learn excavation and recording on a real site, usually for a fee, and some offer academic credit. Dates and fees for 2027 are still being published, so each listing links to the organiser and shows when we last checked it. Listings marked Unconfirmed are not yet announced by the organiser.
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Australia: Barunga Community Archaeology (IFR)
Current
2027 Austria: Excavating Roman Aguntum
Roman Period
Gadir-Dere Archaeological Field School (Azerbaijan)
Lower and Middle Palaeolithic (Acheulean and Mousterian traditions)
2027 Maya Archaeology Field School in Belize
Classic Maya
2027 Maya Archaeology, Belize: Dos Hombres Archaeological Project
Classic Period Maya
Maya Research Program’s 2027 Archaeological Field School (Student Discounts and Scholarships Available)
Maya / Classic Period
2027 Bosnia & Herzegovina: Heritage Management of Conflict Zones
Modern Era
Bulgaria: Nessebar Underwater Archaeology (IFR)
Antiquity, Middle Ages
Bulgaria: Pistiros Excavation (IFR)
Hellenistic, Classical
Tell Yunatsite Excavations 2027 (Balkan Heritage Field School)
Final Neolithic / Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age
China: Liulihe Excavation (IFR)
Bronze Age
China: Panlongcheng Excavation (IFR)
Early Bronze Age
China: Yangguanzhai Excavation (IFR)
Prehistoric, Neolithic China Archaeology
Caribbean: Providence Island Historical Archaeology (IFR)
Historical, Contemporary
Croatia: Lobor Bioarchaeology & Excavation (IFR)
Late Antiquity and Carolingian Age
Cyprus: Idalion Excavation (IFR)
Iron Age
Ecuador: Zuleta Excavation (IFR)
Pre-Colombian
Pambamarca Archaeology Project: Inka Fortresses and Communities in Ecuador
Inca South America, Spanish colonization Indigenous archaeology
NAU 2027: Find the Stone Age in Helsinki (Nordic field course)
Neolithic (Typical and Late Comb Ceramic)
Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition (GRAPE) 2027 Season
Neolithic (6000-5200 BCE), Chalcolithic (5000-3500 BCE)
Manglisi Archaeological Field School (Georgia)
Medieval (c. 9th–15th century CE), with broader regional settlement history
2027 Greece: Heritage Management of Archaeological Sites and Collections
Classical Period
Archaeological Conservation Summer Internships in the Ancient Athenian Agora
Located in the heart of modern Athens and attracting more than half a million i
Athenian Agora Volunteer Program
Finds range from scattered pieces of pottery of the late Neolithic period (ca. 3
Excavations at Ancient Argilos, Greece
Archaic and Classical periods (7th to 4th centuries BC)
Blackfriary Archaeology Field School 2027
Medieval Dominican friary
Castles, Cloisters & Churches 2027 – Galway Archaeological Field School
Medieval
Ireland: Monastic Midlands Excavation (IFR)
Medieval
Ireland: Monastic Midlands Winter Survey (IFR) 2027
Early medieval monastic landscapes
Prospecthill Neolithic Court Tomb-The Maree Project, Ireland
Early Neolithic (3700-3500 BC) including later activity in Bronze Age likely
Hippos (Sussita) of the Decapolis Excavations Project
Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad
2027 Archaeology of Death at Pompeii, Italy
Roman Period
2027 Forensic Archaeology at Roman Ostiense (Rome)
Roman Period
2027 Italy Sardinia Osteology
Varrious time periods
Gastronomic Heritage Workshop
6th-century BCE - 19th-century CE
Italy Summer Art Conservation Workshops
6th-century BCE - 19th-century CE
Italy: Bostel di Rotzo Excavation (IFR)
Late Bronze, Second Iron
Italy: Cortona Survey (IFR)
Etruscan, Roman
Necropoli del Vallone di San Lorenzo 2027
The tombs at the necropolis primarily date to between the late seventh/early six
Rutgers University Archaeological Field School in Italy, 2027
Late Roman Republic; Roman Empire; Late Antiquity
Valle Gianni Field School
First century AD, Imperial Rome, Late Antiquity.
“La Biagiola” International School of Archaeology (B.I.S.A.)
Excavation: Middle Ages period. Survey: from Prehistory to Modern Era
Maritime Archaeology on Bonaire
Colonial period (15th-19th centuries)
North Macedonia: Stobi Architectural Conservation (IFR)
Roman, Early Byzantine, Classical
North Macedonia: Stobi Excavation (IFR)
Classical, Roman
North Macedonia: Stobi Roman Pottery Conservation (IFR)
Roman, Early Byzantine, Classical
Oman: Ras Al-Jinz Excavation – WINTER (IFR)
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age
The Shiya and Ras al Jinz Projects (Jan-Feb 2027)
4th/3rd millennium BCE
2027 Investigating the Early Colonial Sanctuary of Anlape, Peru
Historical Archaeology, Prehispanic Period
2027 Peru Batan Grande
Middle Horizon, Late Intermediate, Late Horizon
El Campanario Archaeological Project. Huarmey – Peru (Bioarchaeology and Archaeology Fieldwork)
Late Intermediate Period (1000 - 1400 A.D.)
Castelo Archaeological Project 2027 – Excavation of Two Bronze Age Sites (from €1030)
Neolithic, Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age
Castelo Velho de Safara – Winter Season 2027 (95£ a day)
Chalcolithic (3rd millenium BCE)
Castelo de Cuncos Archaeological Project ($1300 – 2 weeks, $1900 – 4 weeks)
Iberian Iron Age - Roman Republican Period
Neolithization and the Preservation of Traditional Landscapes: An archaeological approach in Freixo do Meio (Alentejo) by ARCUS
Prehistory, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Portugal: Lisbon Bioarchaeology Lab (IFR)
Late Medieval, Modern
Santa Susana Archaeological Project: Excavation and Survey of a Roman Villa on top of an Iron Age Site – summer 2027
Roman Period, Iron Age, Medieval.
Zorreira Archaeological Project (January 2027)
Neolithic / Megalithism
Adult and Juvenile Osteology Research Laboratory Workshop – Bioarchaeology of Children (Transylvania, Romania) 2027
Middle Ages, Human Osteology
Medieval Cemetery Excavation – Living and Dying on the Edge of Europe (Transylvania, Romania) 2027
Middle Ages
Romania: Sânpetru Bioarchaeology & Excavation (IFR)
Medieval, post- Medieval, multi period
South Africa: Kromdraai Human Origins (IFR)
Late Pliocene, early Homo, Paleoanthropology
2027 Spain Cova Gran
Prehistory
2027 Spain Forensic Archaeology of Mass Burials at the Chelva Monastery
Medieval Archaeology, Bioarchaeology
Archaeology of violence of the Spanish Civil War in Belchite and medieval city and synagogue research.
Spanish Civil War & Medieval City.
Tanzania: Zanzibar Excavation (IFR)
Zanzibari Cave dwellers, Field, Community, and Environmental archaeology
Phoenix Archaeological Project (PAP)
Iron Age, Medieval Period
Turkey: Elmali Excavation (IFR)
Multi-period: Byzantine, Iron Age, Early Bronze
Turkey: Mendik Excavation (IFR)
Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic
Turkey: Pınarbașı Excavation (IFR)
Epipalaeolithic period
Maritime Archaeology expedition, Salt Cay
Colonial period, 17th-19th centuries
2027 UK Cardiff: Zooarchaeological Analysis of Archaeological Faunal Materials
All time periods
2027 UK Isotope Analysis Lab (2 Sessions)
All time periods
CANCIC Field Schools 2027
Varies by site
Exploring Landscape Archaeology 2027 (Mercian, Sherwood Forest)
Prehistoric to 19th-century landscapes
Gallow Hill Fort, Dunblane 2027
Pre-Roman Iron Age to Roman Iron Age
Gallow Hill Neolithic Cairn, Dunblane 2027
Neolithic and Late Bronze Age
Monastic Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey
Medieval
Roman Britain Summer School 2027 (Royal Agricultural University)
Late Iron Age and Roman
Strata Florida Archaeology Field School
The site lies on the remains of the 12th Century Cistercian Abbey, and includes
UK: East Kent Bioarchaeology Lab (IFR) 2027
Early medieval (Anglo-Saxon)
UK: East Kent Excavation (IFR) 2027
Early medieval (Anglo-Saxon cemetery)
UK: Herefordshire Excavation (IFR)
Prehistoric, Neolithic Archaeology
2027 Drone Training for Archaeologists One Week Program (3 Sessions)
Not relevant
2027 Photogrammetry Training for Archaeologists (2 Sessions)
All periods
2027 US (AZ): Drone & Photogrammetry Training for Archaeologists
Pre contact & Contact periods
2027 US (MT) Big Belt Mountains
Middle to Late Holocene
2027 US(AZ): Artificial Intelligence for Archaeologists (3 Sessions)
All periods
2027 US(IL): Cultural Resource Management at Kampsville (2 Sessions)
Historical and Pre Contact
California Field School – Clear Lake Archaeology Project
1850s colonial contact with Pomo indigenous peoples and beyond. Clear Lake is th
Montpelier Archaeology Field School 2027
18th-century plantation (blacksmith shop)
US-IL: Cahokia Excavation (IFR)
Pre-Columbian
US-TX: Brooks County Survey (IFR)
Current day, Field archaeology, Survey, Ethnoarchaeology
US-TX: Ethnoarchaeology of Tattoos – WINTER (IFR)
Contemporary
US-UT: Bears Ears Digital Archaeology (IFR)
Current