Jason De León on hanging out, taking risks, and his new book ‘Soliders and Kings’
Anthropologist and IFR board member Jason De León's latest book, Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling, hit the shelves March [...]
Experiencing the Zuleta Culture
By: Adela Elizarrez I participated in the Proyecto Arqueológico Zuleta (PAZ) in Ecuador over the summer which focused on the Zuleta region, located north [...]
Raiders of the Lost Field School: Learning Respect as a Modern Anthropology Student
By: Magen Hodapp Characters such as Indiana Jones and Evie Carnahan of the Mummy present the most romanticized versions of archaeologists: people who find complete [...]
10 Days Deep
 By: Annmarie Delgado It has been a while, but I have been trying to get acclimated. The first ten days in Karaman, Turkey have [...]
Walking With the Goddess
By: Austin Jacques The goddess arrived with a fanfare of brass horns and drums. Her palanquin, held aloft by her devotees and bedecked with ornaments [...]
The Adventure Begins!
By: Annmaire Delgado Well, as many of you know I am headed to Konya, Turkey tomorrow to learn how to excavate. The site is [...]
Building a Preservation Community through Archaeology: An IFR Site Becomes a National Park
Dr. Bonnie J. Clark, April 2022 Last summer I was onsite at Amache, the Japanese American incarceration site located in Southeastern Colorado. It is [...]
Map of El Rayo
By Andrew Califf The site of El Rayo is massive and abounds with artifacts. Renewed excavations at the lakeside site of El Rayo lead [...]
Uncovering Individual #4
By Andrew Califf The sky is blotted out by ominous grey clouds as the removal of the human remains belonging to Individual #4 began. [...]
Crafted and Looted Pottery
By Andrew Califf Chortega archeological sites are littered with ceramic sherds, including incised and painted pieces of polychrome pottery and intricate figurines. These ceramic [...]