Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-14-2025
Abstract
Entry into the profession of archaeology generally requires the completion of an archaeological field school, which teaches proper field, laboratory, and curation methodologies. Archaeology as a discipline has been making strides towards integrating cross-disciplinary methods to increase the depth and breadth of the subject and enhancing inclusivity. These efforts have been mirrored in the approaches of some archaeological field schools, but not necessarily in a systematic fashion. This paper presents a cohesive framework for an archaeological field school that integrates cross-disciplinary training and inclusivity by model of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), specifically SDGs 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, 13: Climate Action, 4: Quality Education, and 11: Reduced Inequalities. Both how the framework could be implemented across a variety of archaeology field schools and how it has been implemented in the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) field school held in Jupiter, Florida, are discussed. Furthermore, we present preliminary survey data from field school participants to demonstrate how this field school supports SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.
Publication
Sustainabilty
Publisher
MDPI
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
588
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Publication History
Submission received: 17 August 2024 / Revised: 10 December 2024 / Accepted: 10 January 2025 / Published: 14 January 2025
Recommended Citation
Lecher, A. L., Napora, K. G., Ayers-Rigsby, S., Fenn, M., Lehman, M., De Witt, P., & Sullivan, J. (2025). A framework for a sustainable archaeology field school in South Florida. Sustainability, 17(2), 588. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17020588
Comments
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Higher Education: Curriculum Design and Materials Development)
Conceptualization, A.L.L. and S.A.-R.; writing—original draft preparation, A.L.L., K.G.N., S.A.-R. and M.L.; writing—review and editing, P.D.W. and J.S.; visualization, M.F.; project administration, S.A.-R.; funding acquisition, S.A.-R.; formal analysis, M.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.