archaeologist course
This hands-on Archaeology Course equips participants with essential field and laboratory skills for archaeological projects, focusing on survey, excavation, analysis, and community engagement in Zambia's river valleys.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Archaeology Course provides a practical, hands-on approach to learning survey, excavation, and laboratory techniques for actual projects. You'll learn to plan corridor surveys, utilise GNSS, GPR, and shovel test pits, record site contexts, handle discoveries, and perform dating, ceramic, stone tool, animal remains, and soil studies. Additionally, you'll gain experience in GIS interpretation, technical writing, and community engagement focused on sites in Zambia's river valleys.
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Develop skills
- Field excavation and recording: use professional techniques for digging units, mapping, and tracking find locations.
- Survey and remote sensing: plan efficient corridor surveys with shovel test pits, ground-penetrating radar, and GIS.
- Lab artefact analysis: date and analyse ceramics, stone tools, metals, animal bones, and plant remains.
- Chronology and dating: arrange radiocarbon, optically stimulated luminescence, and artefact-based dating for sites.
- Reporting and outreach: create clear technical reports, maps, and summaries suitable for the public.
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