archaeologist course
This course equips aspiring archaeologists with hands-on skills in field survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and reporting, focusing on Midwest American sites to prepare for real-world projects.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Archaeologist Course provides a targeted, practical route to mastering survey, excavation, and laboratory techniques for actual projects. You will learn to plan corridor surveys, utilise GNSS, GPR, and shovel test pits, record contexts, handle discoveries, and perform dating, ceramic, stone tool, animal remains, and soil examinations. Additionally, you will engage in GIS-supported analysis, technical documentation, and community engagement adapted to sites in the American Midwest river valleys.
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Develop skills
- Field excavation and recording: utilise professional approaches for units, mapping, and provenance.
- Survey and remote sensing: plan efficient corridor surveys employing shovel test pits, GPR, and GIS.
- Lab artefact analysis: date and analyse ceramics, lithics, metals, faunal, and floral remains.
- Chronology and dating: arrange radiocarbon, OSL, and artefact-based dating for sites.
- Reporting and outreach: create precise technical reports, maps, and accessible public overviews.
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