October 14, 2015
The short courses we run for a wide variety of students the last two weeks of each Achill Island season prove to be a lot of fun!
August 26, 2015
After a last day of major excavation, the final week at House 3 in Keem Bay involved cleaning, recording and backfilling.
August 24, 2015
Our goal was to work on the house at Keem Bay and backfill before the final group arrived to excavate elsewhere in the Keem settlement.
August 10, 2015
The students learned about the various recording methods this week, and we took a field trip to nearby Achillbeg Island.
August 7, 2015
After a course on ceramic identification and analysis, we opened up two new trenches to complete the excavation area.
August 6, 2015
This week, we wanted to make sure we could link the deposits we were working on back to the descriptions contained in the 2009 excavation report.
August 5, 2015
Our field school has relocated to start a new excavation at Keem Bay at the far western end of the island.
July 21, 2015
Our last week at the Cromlech Tumulus was spent planning and recording Quadrant 3 for a final time.