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The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre (NSC) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, is pleased to announce the 2nd NSC Archaeology Field School from the 30th May to 17th June 2013. Our first field school began in 2012 with support from the Republic of Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a way to contribute to an increased understanding of the ancient and intimate links that have

Beman Triangle Field School, Wesleyan University The Beman Triangle Field School at Wesleyan University in June 2013 that might be of interest to historical archaeology students. The field school will excavate at a nineteenth century free African American community on the Wesleyan University campus, known as the Beman Triangle. The 5-acre triangle of land was laid out by Leverett C. Beman

Historical Archaeological Field School in the Caribbean: Nevisian Heritage Survey Project in Fort Charles, Nevis There are still places available with Monmouth University's field school in Caribbean Historical Archaeology. Settled in the 1620s, Nevis is home to some of the earliest English settlements in the Caribbean. This year's field school will investigate the site of Fort Charles, the

The American Antiquarian Society has put together an online exhibit of Staffordshire Pottery of John Ridgeway called The Beauties of America. These pieces are part of the Emma DeForest Morse Collection, and are the blue transfer patterns. In addition to the photos, details and a bibliography are provided.

Image by europanostra via Flickr Saint Mary's College-University of Rhode Island 2012 Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology The Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology is a joint research expedition conducted in Bermuda by faculty and students of Saint Mary's College of California and the University of Rhode Island.  The field school is a research-based learning experience that will

Megan Springate has just published an article in the African Diaspora Archaeology Network, June 2011 Newsletter on identifying a possible British source of the coffin handles excavated at the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan. The article also covers coffin handles from a Philadelphia African-American cemetery. The abstract is here, but there is a link to the full article as well.