Volunteer archaeology digs & field schools in United States: 2026 & 2027
13 open excavations and field schools in United States; 12 already list 2027 dates. Each listing shows dates, cost, minimum age, credit and how to apply.
Paid2027
2027 Drone Training for Archaeologists One Week Program (3 Sessions)
Not relevant
Paid2027
2027 Photogrammetry Training for Archaeologists (2 Sessions)
All periods
Paid2027
2027 US (AZ): Drone & Photogrammetry Training for Archaeologists
Pre contact & Contact periods
Paid2027
2027 US (MT) Big Belt Mountains
Middle to Late Holocene
Paid2027
2027 US(AZ): Artificial Intelligence for Archaeologists (3 Sessions)
All periods
Paid2027
2027 US(IL): Cultural Resource Management at Kampsville (2 Sessions)
Historical and Pre Contact
Paid2027
California Field School – Clear Lake Archaeology Project
1850s colonial contact with Pomo indigenous peoples and beyond. Clear Lake is th
Paid2027
Montpelier Archaeology Field School 2027
18th-century plantation (blacksmith shop)
Cost: check2027
US-IL: Cahokia Excavation (IFR)
Pre-Columbian
Cost: check2027
US-TX: Brooks County Survey (IFR)
Current day, Field archaeology, Survey, Ethnoarchaeology
Cost: check2027
US-TX: Ethnoarchaeology of Tattoos – WINTER (IFR)
Contemporary
Cost: check2027
US-UT: Bears Ears Digital Archaeology (IFR)
Current
Cost: check2026
California Field School – Bay Area Programs
Historic and Prehistoric California