How Field School Made Me a Researcher
I’m Julian Gonzalez, a Psychology major and Anthropology minor studying at California State University, Los Angeles. When I expressed to my professor that I [...]
Updates from the Field 2019
Summer is here, and our field season is in full swing! From museum studies to primatology to indigenous archaeology, IFR students are engaged in [...]
An Interview with Dr. Mark Harrison
Meet Dr. Mark E. Harrison, Ecologist at the Borneo Nature Foundation and Director of our Indonesia: Peat Ecology field school. The program is based in [...]
Combining My Passions in Anthropology and Communications: An Inside Look at My Internship with the IFR
My name is Marisa Saldaña, and I am a senior at the University of La Verne majoring in Communications with an emphasis in Public [...]
A Day in the Life at Corral Redondo, Peru: Community Collaboration in Archaeology
By Vanessa Muros, April 2019 [Traducción al español abajo] Last summer, the Corral Redondo Archaeology Project began its first season of a multidisciplinary effort [...]
Drawing in the Margins: Painting A Fuller Picture of The Ancient Southwest
The Gallina people inhabited an area of high elevations with inaccessible mesas, razorback ridges, and deep canyons (Photo 1). This rugged landscape was one of [...]
From Primates to Plants: Forest Ecology in the Rungan
By Arabella Newton From the beginning of July until last week we have been living and working in the Rungan Forest, gradually building our [...]
Wexford Town, Ireland: Not Just an Anglo-Norman Site… Also a Viking Stomping Ground!
By Dr. Denis Shine & Dr. Stephen Mandal Students are drawn to our Carrick field school for a whole host of reasons – including the [...]
What Did IFR Students Find This Year?
From Israel - Tel Abel Beth Maacah: “This bearded male figure head made of faience (a kind of glass derivative), with [...]
Human Connection, Past and Present
By Dr. Sarah Rowe I’ve been working with community members in Dos Mangas since 2006. The community has steadily built an audience for ecotourism [...]