BHFieldSchool

Explore Our Projects & Fieldwork Opportunities in Archaeology and Historic Preservation in 2025

WHY BALKAN HERITAGE FIELD SCHOOL   

  • The field schools are affiliated with ongoing archaeological or historic preservation projects
  • Supervision and instruction from professionals in the field
  • Exciting field experience in a safe environment
  • Open to all who are ready to learn, discover and travel
  • Universitiy credit hours available for students

VARIETY OF TOPICS & PROJECTS

  • Archaeological digs
  • Conservation of artifacts and sites
  • Computational photography & Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)
  • Photogrammetry & GIS & Archaeometry

VARIETY OF SITES & PERIODS    

  • Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlements & tells
  • Ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique cities & sites
  • Early Christian & Byzantine, medieval and postmedieval churches & monasteries

VARIETY OF ARTIFACTS & MONUMENTS   

  • Ancient Greek pottery
  • Roman pottery, glassware, mosaics and wall-paintings
  • Historical textile, metal and paper
  • Byzantine and medieval frescoes
  • Epigraphic monuments
IFR
Workshop for Architectural Conservation at Archaeological Sites
North Macedonia

Season dates: May 23 – June 05, 2026

Cost starting from: 3299 EUR/ approx 3799 USD

IFR
Workshop for Conservation of Roman Pottery
North Macedonia

   

Season dates: May 23 - June 05, 2026

Cost starting from: 2799 EUR/ approx. 3200 USD   

In collaboration with: Institute for Field Research

IFR
Underwater Archaeology in the Black Sea
Bulgaria

Season dates: May 23 - June 13, 2026

Cost starting from: 5599 EUR/ approx. 6500 USD   

In collaboration with: Institute for Field Research

CFS
Archaeology of Apollonia Pontica
Bulgaria

Season dates:  May 31 - June 27, 2026

Cost starting from: 3999 EUR/ approx. 4600 USD

IFR
Stobi (The Capital City of Macedonia Secunda) Excavation
North Macedonia

+ Optional tour of Pella and Vergina, Greece 

   

Season dates: June 06 – July 04, 2026

Cost starting from: 3699 EUR/ approx. 4260 USD   

In collaboration with: Institute for Field Research

Bones of the Past: an Introduction to Zooarchaeology
Bulgaria

Season dates: June 28 - July 11, 2026

Cost starting from:  2299EUR / approx.  2640USD

IFR
Ancient Greeks in the Land of Dionysos - Excavation of Emporion Pistiros
Bulgaria

Season dates: 25 July - 22 August, 2026

Cost starting from: 4699 EUR/ approx. 5400 USD   

In collaboration with: Institute for Field Research

CFS
''Fresco-Hunting'' Photo Research Expedition to Medieval Balkan Churches
Bulgaria, Serbia

Season dates: 25 May - 7 June, 2026

Cost starting from: 2299 EUR/approx. 2670 USD

 

CFS
Workshops for Conservation of Metal, Paper and Textiles
Greece

Season dates: Coming soon 

Cost starting from: 3499 EUR/ approx. 3800 USD

CFS
Workshop for Conservation of Textile
Greece

Season dates: Coming soon

Cost starting from: 2949 EUR/ approx. 3204 USD

CFS
Workshop for Conservation of Paper
Greece

Season dates: Coming soon

Cost starting from: 2949 EUR/ approx. 3208 USD

CFS
Workshop for Conservation of Metal
Greece

Season dates: Coming soon

Cost starting from: 2949 EUR/ approx. 3204 USD

CFS
Workshop for Conservation of Ancient Greek Pottery
Bulgaria

Season dates: Coming soon

Cost starting from: 2399 EUR/ approx. 2606 USD

CFS
Workshop for Conservation of Roman Glass
Bulgaria

Season dates: Coming soon

Cost starting from: 2399 EUR/ approx. 2606 USD

CFS
Workshop for Physicochemical Analysis of Metal Objects and Ceramics
Greece

Season dates: Coming soon

Cost starting from: 999 EUR/approx.1299 USD

CFS
Birth of Europe - Excavations at the Neolithic site of Amzabegovo
North Macedonia

Session dates: 4 July – 1 August, 2026

Cost starting from: 3299 EUR/ approx. 3830 USD

CFS
Tell Yunatsite Excavations – Seeking Europe's First Civilization
Bulgaria

Season dates: 4 - 18 July, 2026; 4 July - 1 August, 2026

Cost starting from: 2299 EUR/ approx. 2660 USD

In collaboration with: Center for for Field Science