AMEC offers several archaeological field schools, which are curation-based, excavation-based, and survey-based. Our archaeology field schools focus on the archaeology of the Middle East and the Southeastern US. These field schools are offered during the summer months, are taught by AMEC faculty, and are open to graduate student and undergraduate students at Mississippi State University as well as other colleges and universities. The field school offered in Israel is part of Mississippi State University’s Office of Study Abroad. Information, location, and specifics vary for each program. Please contact the Anthropology Undergraduate Coordinator for information about which archaeological field schools will be offered each summer and when.
The field courses are:
- AN 2510 Archaeological Field Methods: Survey
- AN 3510 Archaeological Field Methods: Excavation
- AN/REL 3540 Archaeological Travel and Participation: International field school (Middle East)
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- Brush Arbor Community Engaged Field Program, Starkville, MS, taught by Drs. Shawn Lambert, Jesse Goliath, Anna Osterholtz, and Jordan Linton-Cox.
- Bioarchaeology in Croatia field school, taught by Dr. Anna Osterholtz.
- The Allendale Chert Quarry Excavation Field School in South Carolina, taught by Dr. Shane Miller and Derek Anderson.
- The survey-based field school at Spirit Hill Farm, Holly Springs, MS, taught by Dr. Shawn Lambert.
- The excavation-based field school at the Concord Plantation, Natchez, MS, taught by Dr. Shawn Lambert.
- The survey-based field school in Starkville/ Columbus, MS, taught by Dr. Tony Boudreaux.
- The excavation-based field school at the Hester site, Amory MS, taught by Dr. Shane Miller and Derek Anderson.
- The Hesi field school in Israel, taught by Dr. Jimmy Hardin.
- The Excavation-based bioarchaeological and archaeological field school on St. Croix, taught by Derek Anderson and Dr. Molly Zuckerman.
- Poverty Point World Heritage Site survey field school in Louisiana, taught by Dr. Jeffrey Alvey.