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 [...]
IFR Board Member Wins MacArthur Grant, Also Known as the “Genius Grant”
Jason de Leon, a Founding IFR Board Member, was announced yesterday as a recipient of the 2017 MacArthur Foundation Award. Also known as "genius grants," the [...]
50,000 years in 34 days: The Hallmark of a Great Field School
A typical meal in the sky “Wait, where did you say you’re going after this?!?” asked the baffled man sitting next to [...]
Fred Limp’s Free and Fee-Based Professional Development Seminar Designed to Enhance Your Archaeology Skills
The backbone of the Institute for Field Research is our accomplished Board of Directors. The IFR board conducts an annual peer-review of every single IFR field [...]
Solving a Historical Riddle: Circa 1250 BCE, Shire, Ethiopia
Before Aksum there was Mai Adrasha... Mysteries still exist; discoveries are still to be made. In a remote valley in Ethiopia, 45 miles west [...]
The Thrilling Time Traveling Experience of Archaeology Field Schools
Archaeologists typically get their first hands-on research experience through a field school. Field schools, therefore, are crucibles for our profession. Not all field school students [...]