Fieldwork

UT-affiliated projects that offer credit or field schools:

• Iberian Archaeology Program: The Bagunte Project
• Programme for Belize Archaeological Project

Suitable projects that offer credit or field schools:

Bulgaria

• ARCS Archaeological Field School at Heraclea Sintica — Excellent field project centered on an ancient Hellenistic city sponsored by the American Research Center in Sofia.  Credits are available through the National Institute of Archaeology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Cyprus

• Athienou Archaeological Project — Multidisciplinary project at the site of Athienou-Malloura and the surrounding valley, 4 credits available through Davidson College. 

Greece

• Azoria Project — Excavation project at this 7th-6th-century-BC coastal Aegean city in Crete.  Equivalent of 8 credits available through Duke University.
• D.E.P.A.S. of Mycenae: Lower Town — Excavations in the valley below the famous Bronze Age palace citadel.  4 credits or international field certificate offered through Dickinson College.
• Iklaina Archaeological Project — Excavation at a Bronze Age Site in the area of Messenia, Greece run by the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Staff includes UT Professor Emerita Cynthia Shelmerdine, and numerous UT students have participated in the project during the last years.  6 credits offered.
• Kenchreai Field School — Excavations at the eastern port of Corinth.  Field school credits (number TBA) offered through Hampshire College.

Israel

• Dig Ashkelon — Excavations at the ancient site of Ashkelon in Israel.  Cosponsored by Harvard University, Boston College, Troy University, and Wheaton College.  8 credits available through Harvard Summer School.
• Tel Dor Excavation Project — Excavations at this 3000-year-old port city cosponsored by Hebrew University, the University of Haifa, and the University of Washington.  12 credits available through UW.

Italy

• Drew in Umbria: The Vicus ad Martis Tudertium Field School — Excavation of a Roman town about 1 1/2 hours from Rome. 4 credits offered through Drew University.
• Exploring Ancient Sicily at Palike — Exploration centered on the principal sanctuary of the ancient Sikel peoples on Sicily.  4-6 credits available through Florida Atlantic University.
• Ostia Antica: Excavations in Parco dei Ravennati — Excavations at Ostia sponsored by the American Institute of Roman Culture.  4 credits are offered through an arrangement with USC.
• Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project — Longstanding field school at the celebrated Etruscan site near Murlo.  6 credits offered through UMass-Amherst.
• Poggio Colla Field School — Excavation, survey, and archaeometry project at an Etrusco-Roman site with close UT connections.  Up to 12 credits available through SMU.
• Portus Project — Excavations at Rome's ancient port just west of Ostia.  10 credits available through the University of Southampton.
• Upper Sabina Tiberina Project — Geophysical survey and excavations at a Roman site in the Tiber River valley.  6 credits available through Rutgers University.
• Vultur Project / Basilicata Field School — Field survey and excavations at a late-Roman villa site.  6 credits available through the University of Alberta.

United Kingdom

• Silchester Field School — A long-running field project at Insula IX of the Roman town of Silchester administered by the University of Reading.  10-20 UK credits = 4-8 U.S. credits.

Suitable projects that do not offer credit:

• Carsulae Archaeological Excavation — Excavations at the Public Baths of the ancient city of Carsulae sponsored by Valdosta State University. The project also participates in the well-known San Gemini Archaeological Ceramics Restoration Program.
• Excavations in the Athenian Agora — Long-running expedition sponsored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
• Excavations in Ancient Corinth — Long-running expedition sponsored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
• Gabii Project — Excavations run by the University of Michigan at Gabii, near Rome (will not offer academic credit this year).  The project currently doesn't offer academic credit, but may in the future.
• Gault School of Archaeological Research — Excavations at a famous prehistoric site in Texas.  This is an appropriate alternative for students who cannot afford fieldwork abroad.
• Howard Comfort, FAAR '29, Summer Program in Roman Pottery — Intensive four-week program in Rome designed to present the basics of Roman pottery studies, which can be gained only through direct contact with ceramic assemblages.  Numerous visits to sites and collections.  Participants are invited to participate in the Pompeii Porta Stabia project (see below).  Sponsored by the American Academy in Rome.
• San Gemini Preservation Studies — Courses in various kinds of archaeological restoration in San Gemini, Italy.  Students will have the opportunity to work on archaeological artifacts from the excavation at the Roman Baths of Carsulae.  Several 3-unit courses are offered.  Units correspond to credits, but university sponsorship is variable.