Archaeology Courses
Advanced and Specialist Archaeology Courses
Achill Archaeological Field School has the archaeology experience and the necessary field school infrastructure to provide the best possible academic and technical training for undergraduate and graduate archaeology and anthropology students throughout Ireland, the UK, USA and Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the world.
Our archaeology Field School is able to offer a variety of advanced and specialist archaeology and anthropology courses. Click here to download a Course Overview (PDF) with dates and prices.
All our modular archaeology courses qualify for Academic Credit from NUI Galway - National University of Ireland. We also welcome students and other participants who do not wish to enrol for academic credit.
Enrolment is open until all Courses are filled, so please check course availability with our administrator.
The Achill Archaeological Field School offers a broad range of high-quality courses in Irish archaeology ranging in length from three days to ten weeks. These all combine both academic and practical fieldwork components and include introductory courses, modular courses and advanced courses. |
These courses seek to introduce participants to Irish archaeology in a practical way and can be taken by students and non-students alike - perfect for those with an abiding interest in the subject who seek hands-on experience.
These courses include the 1-week Introduction to Irish Archaeology and the... |
A three-week course with a varied syllabus which includes excavation, field survey and data processing to publication standard - ideal for undergraduate and post-graduate archaeology students and other interest groups. |
Our Introductory Courses are available throughout the summer to non-residential students at a discount of over 15% - ideal for people looking for an active holiday on Achill Island. |
The Achill Archaeology Field School on Achill Island in Ireland was established to address the very real need for hands-on archaeology field school training for students of archaeology and anthropology from around the world. Core components include archaeology methodology, archaeology survey and archeaology recording procedures, environmental archaeology and introduction to archaeological ceramics.
These archeaology field school course components are backed up by weekly archaeology lectures provided by experienced Achill Archeaology Field School staff and visiting archaeologists from NUI Galway and other Irish universities.
A weekly archaeology Field Trip with on-site archeaology lectures is held on Wednesday of each week to introduce our archaeology students to the wealth of archaeological sites on Achill Island, Achill Beg Island and the Corraun peninsula.