Gird-i Matrab Archaeological Project – GMAP

Location: Iraqi Kurdistan

Season: June 15, 2025 to July 20, 2025

Application Deadline: May 30, 2025

Deadline Type: Rolling

Program Type:
Field School, Volunteer

RPA Certified:
No

Project Director:
Rocco Palermo, Bryn Mawr College

Project Description:

GMAP focuses on the reconstruction of Mesopotamia’s domestic economy and its rise in social complexity in the 5th and 4th millennium BCE, as well as the inclusion of rural villages and secondary centers in the interconnected, large-scale empires of the later Hellenistic and Parthian-Roman period.

Project Size: 1-24 participants

Minimum Length of Stay for Volunteers: 4 weeks

Room and Board Arrangements:
Lodging and Meals (4-week period): 1200 USD