Boyd Archaeological Field School

August 9th to 25th, 2019

Earn two high school credits this summer while getting real archaeological skills.

The course, open to students who have completed Grade 10, is offered as an Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12 University Prep or Open credit (IDC4U/O), and a Grade 11 Co-op credit, DCO3O. The program is run by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) in collaboration with Durham Continuing Education.

The course combines real fieldwork skills at an actual archaeological site, with online and classroom learning.

Participants live in dormitories at Claremont Field Centre, north of Ajax, Ontario and excavate the nearby Sebastien site a 14th century village ancestral to the Huron-Wendat nation. In addition to fieldwork, there are sessions from Indigenous speakers, lectures by leading professionals, seminars, and hands-on workshops in ancient technologies such as flint-knapping (stone-tool making), firestarting kits, cordage, fishtraps and other re-creations. Evaluation is based on fieldwork, written assignments, seminars, workshops and a final project.

The Field School was founded in 1975, and has provided hundreds of students with the foundations of archaeological practice. Many have gone on to post-secondary studies and careers in the field.

Tuition is $2495 CDN ($2795 CDN for non-residents of Canada. Non-residents who wish to receive Ontario High School Credits must arrange to pay a fee of $1775 CDN per credit directly to Durham Continuing Education).

For information email Alex Payne below.