Jordan Archaeology Education Abroad

Catalog description

This course is a formal archaeological field school–with field, lab, and classroom components–held on-site in Jordan as an Education Abroad opportunity in the summers. The field school provides hands-on training in archaeological excavation and post-season object analysis techniques; students will also participate in several projects related to site presentation, architectural preservation, and community outreach that are running concurrently with the project. The field school rotates between the Tall Hisban excavations and the Northern Jordan Project (NJP), held at each site in alternative summers. Excursions to sites of archaeological, historical, religious, and cultural interest are organized on weekends. The program, depending on the research objectives that year, will run 3-6 weeks. May be taught concurrently with HST 674. Cannot receive credit for both HST 574 and HST 674. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Recommended Prerequisite: HST 103 .