Product Description

This guide contains the listings for some 150 leading organizations and projects concerned with heritage-related voluntary work around the world. There are jobs lasting from a week to a few months for all levels of expertise, not only on archaeological digs but also in museums and conservation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1059881 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"This comprehensive handbook provides an up-to-date and easy to use resource for prospective volunteers interested in working in environmental work world-wide. Detailed entries, indexes and the inclusion of e-mail and internet details enable the reader to quickly identify projects which match their skills and interests. Thoroughly recommended." --Toby Milner, WorldView Publishing

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ARCHAEO-VOLUNTEERS

The World Guide to Archaeological and Heritage Volunteering

THE GUIDE THAT GETS YOU STARTED IN ARCHAEOLOGY
The ideal resource for those who want to experience the excitement of an archaeological excavation. The guide lists sites of 200 projects in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, where no previous experience is required. Excavations range from Palaeochristian churches in Jordan, to the sites of the first native Americans in Alaska, to defence walls on a Venetian island.

CULTURAL HERITAGE WORKCAMPS
For young people and students, the guide provides an extensive list of workcamps and workcamp networks, with hundreds of opportunities to preserve cultural heritage worldwide. You can share the experience with other young people from all over the world. Projects cover rebuilding drystone walls in Italy and Greece, restoring castles in France, and preserving US historical sites in National Parks etc.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN
Dozens of field schools are listed for those who want to learn more about archaeology and excavation techniques. Field schools range from Roman digs in the UK, Italy or the Middle East to an underwater archaeology school for divers in Sicily, and from palaeontology excavation techniques in western Canada to Mayan temples in Belize. University credit may be obtained from most of the field schools.

EXTENDED INTERNET RESOURCES
A detailed annotated list of useful websites allows you to find even more opportunities in heritage restoration and preservation, volunteering in Museums, and discovering other archaeological excavations. An extended list of links is constantly updated on the guide’s website. The introduction gives all the information on how to start and what to expect.