Current Field Schools
ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL
@ Phenix, Missouri
Sponsored by Missouri State University in collaboration with the Phenix Marble Company.
Summer 2026 (May 18-June 5)
Course: Anthropology (ANT) 351
Course credits: 3
Cost: $1,566 ($906 In-State tuition + $260 Student Services fee + $400 Course Supplemental
fee)
Consider applying for the SAG Department F.C.V. Worman Archaeological Field School
Scholarship; financial aid awards you’ve already received can be applied.
Instructors: Dr. F.S. Worman and Dr. E. Sobel
Student openings: 20
Schedule: May 18 - June 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. weekdays only, excluding Memorial Day
Meet on campus each morning and return to campus each afternoon. Transportation to/from
field site is provided.
Learn archaeological excavation, survey, mapping and site recording methods
Missouri State's 2026 archaeological field school will take place about 20 miles from Springfield at the Phenix town site, where the Phenix Marble Company built a company town to house quarry workers and their families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Students will excavate in areas associated with worker houses, a communal social hall, and trash disposal. We will also survey previously unexplored parts of the property to search for additional evidence of historic and pre-European activity in the area. The field school is part of a larger archaeological study of daily life in working class households and communities during a period of major social, economic and environmental change in the late 19th and early 20th century Ozarks.
Qualifications
Acceptance is based on the applicant’s level of interest, degree of commitment and previous coursework. Interest and commitment are most important. We recommend that students complete ANT 125 and/or ANT 305 before the start of the field school.
Application deadline
We recommend that you apply by March 20, 2026. However, eligible applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and all openings may be filled before March 20. Therefore, interested individuals should apply as early as possible.
Applications are accepted online via the Submittable web app. Create a Submittable account to sign in and apply. Only one submission per applicant.
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