archaeologist course
This course equips participants with essential archaeological skills through hands-on training in survey, excavation, analysis, and reporting, tailored to Zimbabwean 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 Zimbabwean river valley sites.
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Develop skills
- Field excavation and recording: apply professional techniques for units, mapping, and artefact location.
- 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: plan radiocarbon, optically stimulated luminescence, and artefact-based dating for sites.
- Reporting and outreach: produce clear technical reports, maps, and summaries accessible to the public.
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