Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Season: May 31, 2026 to July 1, 2026
Application Deadline: February 1, 2026
Deadline Type: Exact Date
Website: https://app.studyabroad.uconn.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10386
Program Type:
Field School
RPA Certified:
No
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University
Project Director:
Dr. Jayson P. Gill
Project Description:
Students will participate in research at Stone Age sites in Armenia that document a variety of important milestones in human biological, cognitive, and cultural evolution. Fieldwork will focus on exploratory survey and targeted test excavations in the Hrazdan River Gorge of central Armenia. Lab work will focus on material excavated at the site of Ptghavan-4, a Late Pleistocene open-air site in northern Armenia dated to roughly 100,000 years ago.
Students will be trained in a variety of field and laboratory methods, including systematic and targeted survey, digital geospatial recording, stratigraphic interpretation, environmental sampling, and artifact processing, documentation, analysis, and curation.
Through this program, you will gain an exciting hands-on perspective on human evolution and archaeology, and the chance to experience a rich and vibrant culture, while working side by side with a team of international experts and Armenian scholars.
Period(s) of Occupation: Middle/Upper Palaeolithic/Late Pleistocene
Project Size: 1-24 participants
Experience Required: None
Room and Board Arrangements:
Participants will share rooms in a house in the capital city of Yerevan in central Armenia. The house is shared with an Armenian family that has been hosting field school participants for over a decade. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided by the program. Meals include traditional Armenian and Georgian dishes, like khorovats (barbeque) and khinkali (dumplings). Purified drinking water is provided. There are both indoor and outdoor common areas where we eat, relax, and chat. The city center is a short walk or quick taxi ride from the accommodations (~10–20 minutes). Yerevan is a sprawling capital with numerous museums, restaurants, and cultural attractions.
Academic Credit:
6 honors credits
