Archaeological Field Schools

2024 Summer Field School

2024 Sul Ross-CBBS Archaeological Field School

May 29 to July 5, 2024

6 credit hours (3 ten-day field sessions)

This intensive six-week course provides hands-on introduction to archaeological field and laboratory techniques, including pedestrian survey, site recording, instrument mapping (GPS, EDM), site testing, controlled excavation, rock art […]

2021 Summer Field School

San Esteban Rockshelter

June 1 to July 6, 2021

6 credit hours (3 ten-day field sessions)

The 2021 CBBS-SRSU ANTH 3601 Summer Field School will be taught at the San Esteban Rockshelter near Marfa, Texas. This is a rare chance to work at a dry rockshelter in gorgeous West Texas.

2018 Summer Field School

Spirit Eye and Pala Vieja Caves

May 30 to July 6, 2018

6 credit hours (3 ten-day field sessions)

The 2018 CBBS-SRSU ANTH 3601 Summer Field School will be taught in two west Texas cave sites occupied from the mid-Holocene period on.

2015 Summer Field School

Prehistory in the Trans-Pecos—Rio Grande Wilderness of the Sierra Vieja

ANTH 3601 June 1 to July 3, 2015

This is a fun and exciting opportunity to study archaeology, hands-on, in beautiful West Texas, and a chance to contribute to archaeological research in the remote, scenic reaches of the borderlands.

2013 Summer Field School

Prehistory in the Trans-Pecos—Emphasis on Paleoindian

June 3 to July 9, 2013

This is a fun and exciting opportunity to study archaeology, hands-on, in beautiful West Texas, and a chance to contribute to the study of newly discovered buried Paleoindian occupations—the Genevieve Lykes Duncan site.

2012 Summer Field School

Human Prehistory in the Trans-Pecos

May 29 to July 3, 2012

This is a fun and exciting opportunity to study archaeology, hands-on, in beautiful West Texas, as well as a chance to contribute to our growing understanding of prehistory in the Trans-Pecos region.

This six credit hour course teaches archaeological field techniques to […]

2011 Summer Field School

Independence Creek Preserve

May 31st to July 1st, 2011

This is a fun and exciting opportunity to study archaeology, hands-on, in a beautiful portion of western Texas, as well as a chance to contribute to our growing understanding of prehistoric lifeways in the Trans-Pecos region.

2010 Summer Field School

Independence Creek Preserve

June 1st to July 1st, 2010

This is a fun and exciting opportunity to study archaeology, hands-on, in a beautiful portion of western Texas, as well as a chance to contribute to our growing understanding of prehistoric lifeways in the Trans-Pecos region.

This six credit hour course teaches archaeological […]

2002 Summer Field School

Diamond Y Springs

The 2002 Sul Ross State University Archeological Field School was held from May 29-July 1 at The Nature Conservancy’s Diamond Y Spring Preserve in Pecos County, Texas. The preserve currently encompasses 1,502 acres, the focus being Diamond Y Spring which forms a reservoir containing several species of endangered […]

2000 Summer Field School

CBBS to Sponsor Texas Archeological Society Field School in 2000


The View from the Chihuahua Trail

from La Vista de la Frontera 2000 Vol. 13(1):2-3.

As 1868 came to a close, the heavy wagons creaked and groaned under the weight of cargo headed for Chihuahua. From San Antonio the wagons had followed […]

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