Anthropology Department, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Formal field training schools in Historical Archaeology are offered each summer in Central New York and in the Caribbean. Each year these popular programs have been filled to capacity. In addition to providing excellent training in field archaeology, these projects have resulted in the acquisition of significant data sets. During the fall spring terms weekend excavations and site visitations are organized by the faculty.

In Central New York, students have an opportunity to help learn more about the life of Harriet Tubman by participating in summer field programs at the Harriet Tubman Home (May 15-June 5, 2008).  Past studies have examined Harriet Tubman's properties in Auburn New York, and issues relating to the "Freedom Trail" at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Syracuse.  Field programs in Central New York have included studies of "life along the canal" through excavations and historical research at Chittenango Landing on the Erie Canal and at the Mud Lock Tavern on the Oswego Canal. Research and training projects in the Caribbean explore transformations within the African-Caribbean communities at plantation sites in Jamaica, Barbados, and both plantation and free black settlements in the Virgin Islands. For more information about fieldwork in Central New York and the Caribbean, contact Professor Douglas Armstrong. or link directly to field school information - below:

Find out about: Syracuse University's 2008 Archaeological Field School

Archaeological Excavations at the Harriet Tubman Home (May 15-June 5)