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Field Schools and Volunteer Opportunities

Explore these links to find an archaeology or paleoanthropology field school or other opportunities to volunteer in a cultural heritage-related project in Africa

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Resources for Finding Archaeology and Paleoanthropology Field School and Volunteer Experiences in Africa:

American Anthropological Association Field School Opportunities page

archaeologyfieldwork.com archaeology field schools list

Archaeological Institute of America's Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin (AFOB)

Dig World

Earthwatch Institute

Institute for Field Research (IFR)

Past Horizons archaeological projects

The School for Field Studies (SFS)

Shovel Bums list of archaeology and anthropology field schools

 

Individual Archaeology of Africa and Paleoanthropology Field School Programs and Volunteer Experiences in Africa for 2016:

AUC-AERA Archaeological Field Training Program (in Egypt)

Bandafassi Historical Landscape Project (BHLP) (in Senegal)

Bioarcheological Field School at Amarna, Egypt (in Egypt)

Koobi Fora Field School (in Kenya)

La Trobe University Paleoanthropology & Drimolen Field School (in South Africa)

Middle Stone Age Research Experience for Undergraduates (in Ethiopia)

Olduvai Gorge International Field School (OGIFS) (in Tanzania)

Rice University Songo Mnara, Tanzania Field School (in Tanzania)

Solomonic-Zagwe Encounters Project (in Ethiopia)

Turkana Basin Institute Field Schools (in Kenya)

Turkana Basin Institute Field Schools YouTube video

UCLA Shire Archeological Project Field School (in Ethiopia)

University of Arizona Field School in Egyptian Archaeology (in Egypt)

University of Wisconsin Swartkrans Archaeology and Paleoanthropology Field School (in South Africa)

Zita Project in the Archaeology, Anthropology & Ethnography of Southern Tunisia (in Tunisia)

 

Publications and Media Concerning Archaeology Field Schools and Volunteer Opportunities in Africa

Scholarly article:

Knowledge about archaeological field schools in Africa: the Tanzanian experience. Asmeret G. Mehari, Peter R. Schmidt, and Bertram B. Mapunda.  2014. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 49(2):184-202. DOI:10.1080/0067270X.2014.912492.

 

 

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