Maverick Archaeologists: Thinking Outside the Box
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 [...]
IFR-SAA Travel Award Winners Are Heading to the Capitol
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 [...]
SAA Travel, Paper, and Poster Awards
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 [...]
Thinking Big: Synthetic Archaeology May Advance Our Understanding of the Past
By Dr. Ran Boytner The IFR is proud to become an institutional partner of the new Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS). The CfAS is [...]
The Future of Digital Archaeology: A New Field School Trains Students in Archaeology Database Creation
By Dr. Ran Boytner Archaeologists have been enthusiastic early adopters of digital technology. Much of the data presently collected in the field – from [...]
Looking into the Hot n’ Sticky Past to Help Solve Our Current and Future Climate Crisis
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 [...]
The Story of Stones: How Do They Tell Our Story?
By Dr. Alec Balasescu, December 17th, 2018 “Rock and Stone: Material Culture and Cultures of Making” is a multidisciplinary field course that aims to [...]
Salvaging Cultural Heritage and the Archaeological Record in the Midst of Climate Change
Melting away the evidence One of the major themes of the Arctic Vikings Field School is to explore the long-term history of climatic change in [...]
Anthropowhat? What does “anthropocene” mean and have humans really altered the planet’s systems?
By IFR staff, January 15th, 2018 Is data on a vacation? As of late, climate change has been quite the raging topic among the [...]
How to Deal with Increasing College Tuition and Affording a Field School
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that once again, college tuition is increasing (see here). Citing College Board Senior Policy Research Scientist Jennifer Ma, the [...]