Explore Our Projects & Fieldwork Opportunities in Archaeology and Historic Preservation in 2020
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
- Our packs combine several projects and sites
VARIETY OF SITES & PERIODS
- Prehistoric tell (Neolithic and Chalcolithic)
- 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
Workshops for Interventive & Preventive Conservation of Metal, Paper and Textiles
Greece
Session dates: 15 May - 4 June, 2022
''Fresco-Hunting'' Photo Research Expedition to Medieval Balkan Churches
Bulgaria
Season dates: 21 May - 4 June, 2022
Workshop for Conservation of Roman Mosaics
North Macedonia
+ Tour of Pella and Vergina, Greece
Season dates: 4 - 24 June, 2022
Workshops for Conservation of Roman Pottery and Glass
North Macedonia
+ Tour of Pella and Vergina, Greece
Season dates: 4 - 24 June, 2022
Stobi (The Capital City of Macedonia Secunda) Excavation Project
North Macedonia
+ Optional tour of Pella and Vergina, Greece
Season dates: 25 June - 23 July, 2022
Neanderthal Crossroads: Excavations at the Middle Paleolithic Site Uzun Mera and Peshka Cave
North Macedonia
Season dates: 25 June - 16 July, 2022
Tell Yunatsite Excavations – Seeking Europe's First Civilization
Bulgaria
Season dates: 09 July - 6 August, 2022
Ancient Greeks in the Land of Dionysos - Excavation of Emporion Pistiros, Thrace
Bulgaria
Season dates: 25 July - 21 August, 2022
Bona Mansio - Roman Road Station on Via Diagonalis
Bulgaria
Season dates: 27 August - 24 September, 2022
The Neolithic of the Holy Land: Excavations at the Neolithic site of Sha’ar Hagolan
Israel
Season dates: The program will be resumed in 2023.
Byzantine Cold Case File: Excavations of the Early Christian Monastery near Varna on the Black Sea
Bulgaria
Season dates: The program will be resumed in 2023.