{"id":249,"date":"2025-07-15T15:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:13:07","slug":"field-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/field-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-249\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-249-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-249-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-249-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>St. Mary\u2019s students and faculty value applied research and field study to enhance classroom study.<\/h3>\n<h3>Affiliations with Historic St. Mary\u2019s City and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum \/ Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory generate rich opportunities for students to engage in internships, independent studies, laboratory work, and hands-on professional research.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-249-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-249-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-249\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/07\/27076908333_1bb2161825_o.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/07\/27076908333_1bb2161825_o.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/07\/27076908333_1bb2161825_o-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/07\/27076908333_1bb2161825_o-768x695.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" alt=\"Four small pottery and ceramic fragments partially buried in brown soil, including a decorated pottery shard, a cylindrical object, and two smaller pieces.\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-249-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-249-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-249-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_smcm-title panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-smcm-title so-widget-smcm-title-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h2 class=\"smcm-section-title navy\" style=\"\">The Archaeology <strong>Program<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-249-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The Anthropology Department offers several opportunities to gain experience in the field. Formal field schools include the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/anthropology\/2015\/02\/field-school-archaeological-survey-methods\/\">Summer Survey Course in southern Maryland<\/a>,\u00a0Colonial Maryland NSF-REU, or\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsmcdigshistory.org\/research\/field-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Historic St. Mary\u2019s City Field School<\/a>. Students also gain field experience in ANTH385: Anthropological Research Methods and work with collections in ANTH202: Archaeology Practicum, and ANTH 357: Analysis and Curation. Additional Opportunities, including paid positions are also available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary\u2019s students and faculty value applied research and field study to enhance classroom study. Affiliations with Historic St. Mary\u2019s City and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum \/ Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory generate rich opportunities for students to engage in internships, independent studies, laboratory work, and hands-on professional research. The Anthropology Department offers several opportunities<a class=\"tribe-events-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/field-study\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" > Find out more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-249","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}