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 [...]
The IFR is Offering These Scholarships For the 2017 Field Season
The IFR announces its multiple 2017 field school scholarships in seven different categories! We would like to highlight our Opportunity Scholarships, covering the [...]