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By Camille Burton It’s 6:30am and the rustle of sleepy people and groans next to me confirms it’s time to get a move on [...]

Students who attend IFR field schools come from all walks of life and have unique reasons for joining a program. Some attend a field [...]

In the aftermath of Trumps executive order to separate illegal immigrant children from their parents on the U.S. – Mexico Border, the U.S. government [...]

Sense of Place for the Displaced The Amache field school explores a location where Japanese immigrants to the US and their descendants were incarcerated at [...]

By Dr. Ran Boytner, March 19, 2018 Mav·er·ick (/ˈmav(ə)rik) refers to an unorthodox or independent-minded person. Maverick archaeologist refers to a scholar who is [...]

Every year the IFR offers two SAA Travel Award scholarships, to give undergraduate students the opportunity to attend the most prestigious academic conference for archaeology in [...]

Each year, thousands of archaeologists and students from around the world gather at the most important archaeology conference in the United States-- the Society for [...]

By Dr. Ran Boytner The IFR is proud to become an institutional partner of the new Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS). The CfAS is [...]

By Dr. Ran Boytner Archaeologists have been enthusiastic early adopters of digital technology. Much of the data presently collected in the field – from [...]

By Dr. Emily Lindsey It's getting warmer, so we're looking backwards Global temperatures are predicted to rise by anywhere from 2 to 6 degrees [...]