archaeologist course
This course equips participants with essential archaeological skills through practical fieldwork and analysis, focusing on survey, excavation, and interpretation techniques tailored to Namibian contexts.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Archaeology Course provides a focused, hands-on approach to mastering survey, excavation, and laboratory skills for practical projects. Participants learn to plan corridor surveys, utilise GNSS, GPR, and shovel test pits, record contexts, handle finds, and conduct dating, ceramic, stone tool, animal bone, and soil analyses. Additionally, they practise GIS-based analysis, technical reporting, and community engagement adapted to sites in Namibia's river valleys.
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Develop skills
- Field excavation and recording: apply professional techniques for units, mapping, and provenance.
- Survey and remote sensing: design efficient corridor surveys using shovel test pits, GPR, and GIS.
- Laboratory artefact analysis: date and interpret ceramics, stone tools, metals, animal bones, and plant remains.
- Chronology and dating: arrange radiocarbon, OSL, and artefact-based dating for sites.
- Reporting and outreach: create clear technical reports, maps, and summaries accessible to the public.
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