Field School
Fieldwork
The department strongly encourages students to gain fieldwork experience and assists them in getting positions on field projects in North America and overseas. The department is undertaking three field projects in which undergraduates may be invited to participate.
Professor Peter Magee conducts excavations at Muweilah in the United Arab Emirates. Undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology participate in this project, which usually takes place during the winter break.
Professor James Wright directs the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project in Greece. Currently a collaboration with the Ms. Eva Pappi of the Fourth Inspectorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture is focused on excavating a Mycenaean chamber tomb cemetery in the valley. Fieldwork is anticipated for the summers of 2006-08. Undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology participate in this project, which focuses on excavation techniques, skeletal analysis, and museum studies.
The department is collaborating with Professor Asli Özyar of Bogaziçi University in Istanbul, in the Tarsus Regional Project, Turkey, sponsored by Bogaziçi University. This is a long-term investigation of the mound at Gözlü Küle at Tarsus, in Cilicia, which was first excavated by Hetty Goldman (Class of 1903). Both undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology participate in this project.
