2023 Field Schools | University of West Florida

Forensic Anthropology Field School (ANT 4523/ANG 5821L, Forensic Field Recovery)

The Forensic Anthropology Field School will be held on the UWF Pensacola campus. The major goal of the 5-week field school is to train students in standard forensic methods for the discovery, documentation, and recovery of human skeletal remains. Students will learn to apply basic methods of archaeological mapping and excavation to simulated forensic scenes involving both surface-scattered and buried skeletal remains. They will also learn to distinguish human from non-human remains and gain experience with explicitly forensic procedures of evidence recovery, such as evidence documentation and collection, site security, and the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for different simulated scenarios.

Archaeology students excavate small shovel test units

Terrestrial Field School

The Terrestrial Field School will take place June 5th through July 28th 2023

Students will participate in excavations in the heart of Tristán de Luna y Arellano's 1559-1561 settlement on Pensacola Bay, opening excavation units in areas that have previously been demonstrated to have evidence for possible structures and other activity areas at the site. This will be the 7th UWF terrestrial field school at the settlement, which possesses material traces of short-term inhabitation by the 1,500 members of the colonizing expedition from Mexico to Florida.

Deadline to apply is April 7, 2023

Combined / Maritime Field School

The Combined / Maritime Field School will take place June 5th through July 28th 2023