Fieldwork Websites & Opportunities

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Prof. Bovy

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Dec 30, 2009, 11:12:38 AM12/30/09

to Rhode Island Archaeological Colloquium

At the fieldwork seminar a few weeks ago, I mentioned a few field
opportunities and websites and promised to post them. So, here they
are!

OPPORTUNITIES
-URI Belize trip (see previous post)

-URI underwater archaeology field school in Bermuda taught by Prof.
Rod Mater at URI (I will post more info. if/ when available)

-U Conn fieldschool (Prof. Kevin McBride); in the past students in the
UConn fieldschool were offered employment doing CRM through the
Mashantucket Pequot Museum after the field school ended; I am not
certain if it will be happening again this year, but will post more
info if/when available

WEBSITES:
Some of these are focused on field schools (typically you have to pay,
but receive course credit), while others are volunteer opportunities.
Others list CRM (cultural resource management) jobs; you typically
need to have completed a field school or other field training to be
qualified for these. If you know of other good websites for finding
fieldwork, please post!

A great resource for finding fieldschools around the world
(Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin):
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10015

For fieldschools and CRM jobs:
http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/
http://www.shovelbums.org/ (mostly CRM jobs, but perhaps fieldschools,
too?)

Government jobs in archaeology (when searching, spell "archeology"
without the second A!)
http://www.usajobs.gov/

Volunteer Projects:
http://www.passportintime.com/
http://www.earthwatch.org/expedition/ExpPreSearchArchAndPaleo.html