Recently, as I was brainstorming ideas for ArchaeoDirt, I posed a question on Twitter about how my fellow Twitter archaeologists came to attend the field schools that they did.
Meghan made an interesting observation that stuck with me: "In retrospect, we weren't told WHY we needed a field school."
Meghan made an interesting observation that stuck with me: "In retrospect, we weren't told WHY we needed a field school."
This rang very true to me. Thinking back to my undergrad days, I knew I needed to go to field school because it was just something that everyone did. I wanted to be an archaeologist, and I saw field school as one of the motions I had to go through to get there.
If you stumbled upon this post because you're an undergrad looking into field schools, I hope you'll go into things a little better informed than I was. Field school can be very expensive, so if you're going to do it, it's good to consider why it's important for your future career and professional development.
If you stumbled upon this post because you're an undergrad looking into field schools, I hope you'll go into things a little better informed than I was. Field school can be very expensive, so if you're going to do it, it's good to consider why it's important for your future career and professional development.
So, without further ado, why do you need to go to field school?
