Balancing Fieldwork and Field Life
Travelling to work and live in an entirely new location among strangers can take a major toll on one’s mental health. On top of [...]
Understanding the Methods We Use in the Field
Archaeological analysis is more than just radiocarbon dating. Scientific methods are used at all stages of collecting and analyzing cultural heritage. In this blog, [...]
IFR Field School Photos Featured in The Met’s Wari Feather Panel Exhibition
When archaeologists excavated a ceremonial site in Peru's Churunga Valley in 1943, they uncovered a remarkable piece of Andean history: ninety-six brilliantly colored feather [...]
Summer 2026 Student Contest
IFR students have the chance to share their field school photos and creativity with the IFR community, and win some great cash prizes in [...]
Behind the Scenes of Our Research at The Green Fort
The Green Fort is a bastioned or ‘star-shaped’ military fort with spectacular and extensive views overlooking Sligo Town, Sligo Bay, and the surrounding [...]
A Beginner’s Guide to Archaeology Field Tools
There can be so many unknowns when heading out to archaeology field school for the first time, and our alumni are a great resource [...]
Monastic Midlands directors honored for outstanding public archaeology initiative
The Institute for Field Research is proud to recognize the program directors of our Monastic Midlands field schools for their contribution to A Practitioner’s [...]
Evidence of earliest dogs discovered on excavation sites in Türkiye
Evidence of some of the earliest dogs has been identified at two University of Liverpool/British Institute at Ankara archaeological excavation projects in central Anatolia, [...]
My Favorite Finds (That Weren’t Artifacts)
When I first signed up for the Yangguanzhai program, the most I knew to expect was that of the people that left behind the [...]
Field Life Hacks
These are some curated tips and tricks that I learned through my archaeology field school program, the China Yangguanzhai Excavation. Although these may not [...]