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Field School in Mortuary Archaeology
Poland 2025

The Field School in Mortuary Archaeology provides students with instruction in archaeology, mortuary archaeology, and human osteology. Over the course of the field school, you will gain experiential know-how in excavation techniques, documentation of authentic archaeological features and artifacts, and recovery of human skeletal remains from the 11th century cemeteries in rural western Poland, the sites of great importance in the country's history. We offer you an opportunity to get the most of bioarchaeology both in the field and laboratory while immersing yourself in the Polish culture.

This program is an intense but rewarding research-based learning experience providing hands-on training in the evaluation of historical human remains in an archaeological context. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Through osteology instruction, students will learn to:


The Field School in Mortuary Archaeology is run in cooperation with:






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