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Highlights

• Total immersion in archaeological field work
• Combines lectures with extensive hands-on excavation of ancient Maya sites
• Live in the field with your fellow students and faculty

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Housing

Program participants live at the project headquarters and sleep in tents and dormitories, or guest houses, depending on the fieldwork site. Students and staff eat communally; breakfast and dinner are prepared by cooks.

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On-Site Staff

Resident Directors

Odd-numbered years:
Patricia McAnany, Ph.D., M.S.,
University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, is a professor of archaeology at Boston University. She has published widely on Maya archaeology and culture, particularly on the topics of ancestor veneration and ancient economies, and receives research support from the National Science Foundation.

Even-numbered years:
Norman Hammond, Ph.D., M.A.,
University of Cambridge, is a professor of archaeology at Boston University. A specialist in Maya archaeology and culture, he has been a visiting scholar in France, Germany, Russia, and England, and has published widely in his field.

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