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2026 Fieldwork Opportunities

Team members at Çadır Höyük, Turkey.

Are you a student or volunteer looking to join an ASOR-affiliated project for fieldwork? The projects below all have fieldwork planned for 2026. Check out the project websites to find the one that is right for you.

Once you’ve found a project, we encourage you to apply for a 2026 Scholarship for Fieldwork Participation. These scholarships are $2,000 and support your travel and participation on an ASOR-afilliated project.

If you’re a project director or specialist on an ASOR-affiliated project, you are invited to apply for 2026 Project Grants. Project grants vary from $2,500 to $5,000. If you’d like your project listed below, please email programs@asor.org.

The deadline for both Fieldwork Scholarships and Project Grants is February 23, 2026.

Note: while some projects may be conducting fieldwork in 2026, not all of them are taking students or new team members. Please check with the project director and staff. The full list of ASOR-affiliated projects can be found here. 

Cyprus

  • Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments Project 
  • Kissonerga-Skalia Excavation
  • Makounta-Voules Archaeological Project
  • Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: Vigla
Digging in the trench
Gabrielle Puckett excavating with the Makounta-Voules Project in 2025.

Egypt

  • Deir el-Ballas Expedition
  • Egyptian–Italian Mission at West Aswan
  • The Ramesses III (KV11) Publication and Conservation Project
  • Tomb of Thutmose IV (KV43) Research Project
  • Wadi el-Hudi Expedition
Figure 2: The EIMAWA team
Lorenzo Guardiano and the 2024 Egyptian Italian Mission at West Aswan team.

Georgia

  • Gadachrili Gora Regional Archeological Project Expedition
Syeda Sukena Zehra working with the Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition in Georgia.

Greece

  • The Athenian Agora Excavations
Hannah Borotsik laying out tile from the Athenian Agora excavations. Photo  by James Razumoff.
Hannah Borotsik laying out tile from the Athenian Agora excavations. Photo by James Razumoff.

Iraq

  • Gird-I Matrab (2005 fieldwork summary)
  • Kurd Qaburstan Project
  • Lagash Archaeological Project
  • ReLand Resurfacing Landscapes: Mosul Dam Archaeological Project 
  • Rural Landscapes of Imperial Iron Age Mesopotamia
Anna Taibi recording a looting pit with the ReLand Project in 2025.
Anna Taibi recording a looting pit with the ReLand Project in 2025.

Israel

  • Caesarea Coastal Archaeological Project
  • Hazor Lower City Excavations
  • Hippos (Sussita) Excavation Project
  • Khirbet Beit Loya
  • Lautenschläger-Azekah Expedition
  • Jezreel Valley Regional Project: Legio
  • Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations
  • Tel Abel Beth Maacah Archaeological Project
Juan Camilo Bonilla Hurtado working with the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations.
Juan Camilo Bonilla Hurtado working with the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations.

Italy

  • Casa della Regina Carolina Project at Pompeii
  • Mozia/Motya, Sicily 
Helen Wong conducting ground-penetrating radar survey at Motya, Sicily.
Helen Wong conducting ground-penetrating radar survey at Motya, Sicily.

Jordan

  • Balu’a Regional Archaeological Project
  • Kites in Context
  • Landscapes of the Dead: Fifa
  • Tall Hisban
Megan Nishida working with the Kites in Context team in Jordan.
Megan Nishida working with the Kites in Context team in Jordan.

Spain

  • Menorca Archaeological Project
The team during our Open Doors Day for the public. Photo credit A. Smith
Menorca Archaeological Project team at Torre d'en Galmes in 2024. Photo credit A. Smith

Turkey

  • Phoenix Archaeological Project
  • Tayinat Archaeological Project
  • Tell Atchana/Alalakh Excavations
  • Yalburt Yaylası Archaeological Landscape Research Project
Lauren Cook and Zeynep Türker, holding a cuneiform tablet at Alalakh/Tell Atchana.
Lauren Cook and Zeynep Türker, holding a cuneiform tablet at Alalakh/Tell Atchana.
Talia Neelis and team members at Kissonerga-Skalia, Cyprus in 2025.

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Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A cuneiform tablet recording
Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A cuneiform tablet recording a land transfer document from ancient Girsu, Iraq dated to ED IIIB period (ca. 2500-2340 BCE). CBS10000. Credit: Penn Museum.
#Archaeology #Iraq #Mesopotamia #Cuneiform


Anna Taibi, a 2025 Strange/Midkiff Families Fellow
Anna Taibi, a 2025 Strange/Midkiff Families Fellowship recipient, joined the ReLand Archaeological Project in Iraq this past fall. A MA student at the University of Palermo, Anna helped document looting threats on newly emerged archaeological sites and supervised excavations at a Late Chalcolithic village in the Mosul Dam Reservoir. Read her fieldwork report by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/fieldwork-report-taibi) in our bio.


There's still room on the tour — register by March
There's still room on the tour — register by March 1!
Join the Friends of ASOR Philadelphia Tour from April 16–17, 2026 for exclusive, behind-the-scenes access at the @pennmuseum, @barnesfoundation, and @visitpham, featuring expert-led tours by Penn Museum Director Chris Woods, Richard Zettler, Michael Danti, Phil Jones, Steve Tinney, Marie-Claude Boileau, Katy Blanchard, Kaelin Jewell, among others, with special lectures, and insights into archaeology, art, and artifact analysis. Time is running out, reserve your place now: https://www.asor.org/news/2026/01/tour-philadelphia-2026
#FOATours #Philadelphia


ASOR is pleased to announce an award from the Gerd
ASOR is pleased to announce an award from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung supporting critical site security and infrastructure improvements at the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. Working in coordination with the Sudanese National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), ASOR will expand safe access to the property, with a focus on rebuilding the damaged enclosure wall and making priority repairs to the electrical, water, and sewage systems. Read more about the project by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/sudan-national-museum) in our bio.
#Sudan


We’re thrilled to share an exciting update about t
We’re thrilled to share an exciting update about the Friends of ASOR Cyprus tour—it just got even better. In addition to Andy Vaughn and Rachel Bernstein, the tour will now feature three additional tour leaders: ASOR President Prof. Jane DeRose Evans, along with Professors Eric and Carol Meyers (who will join the group from June 18–24). These three world-renowned archaeologists will bring extraordinary depth and expertise to an already exceptional experience. Reserve your spot here: https://www.asor.org/news/2025/08/tour-cyprus-2026
#FOATours #Cyprus


Make sure to get your applications in for our fiel
Make sure to get your applications in for our fieldwork scholarships and project grants by Monday, February 23! Grants and scholarships are eligible for work only on ASOR-affiliated projects. To find out more, click the link (https://buff.ly/gD3Uiou) in our bio.


Can we use digital tools to test whether fragments
Can we use digital tools to test whether fragments and museum objects might be related? Can we recover parts of their histories that were previously inaccessible? Read the newest ANE Today, republished from The Conversation, by clicking the link (https://anetoday.org/connecting-objects-3d-scanning/) in our bio.


Sponsored by ASOR, the William Leo Hansberry Socie
Sponsored by ASOR, the William Leo Hansberry Society is hosting a Zoom event on African heritage, "[RE]PRESENT: Museums & Access", on Saturday, February 21 at 12:30PM ET. Register by clicking the link (https://asor-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oxzsiN13ScOCJ0PMAXw2qA#/registration) in our bio.


To those observing, ASOR wishes you a Ramadan Muba
To those observing, ASOR wishes you a Ramadan Mubarak!


Make sure to tune in TOMORROW at 7:00 pm ET for th
Make sure to tune in TOMORROW at 7:00 pm ET for the next FOA webinar presented by Carl Walsh: "'An elegance of spirit adorns all its works.': Auguste Rodin and the Art of Ancient Egypt". If you haven't already signed up, click the link (https://buff.ly/gD3Uiou) in our bio to register.


ASOR invites members to submit paper abstracts and
ASOR invites members to submit paper abstracts and workshop presentation proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting taking place November 18-21 in Chicago and online. Abstracts of 250 words or less may be submitted between now and March 15. Read more in the Call for Papers: https://www.asor.org/am/2026/call-for-papers-2026


Hannah Borotsik, a 2025 P. E. MacAllister Fellowsh
Hannah Borotsik, a 2025 P. E. MacAllister Fellowship recipient, returned to the Athenian Agora excavations in Greece for her third season last summer. A PhD student at the University of Western Ontario, Hannah served as apotheke supervisor managing the processing of finds and training volunteers. Read her report, "Just a Girl and Her Whiteboard," here: https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/fieldwork-report-borotsik
#Archaeology #Greece #Athens


ASOR is accepting applications for two 2026 Study
ASOR is accepting applications for two 2026 Study of Collections Fellowships of $2,000 each. These fellowships are intended to support the study of collections including museum and archival collections, repositories, or collections of national authorities. Applications are due February 23, 2026. Learn more by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/fellowships/study-of-collections-fellowships/) in our bio.


The Early Career Scholars (ECS) Committee is looki
The Early Career Scholars (ECS) Committee is looking for new members. We especially seek those interested in supporting ASOR’s Early Career (undergraduate to pre-tenure) community through creative, informal mentoring opportunities. Learn more by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/01/early-career-scholars-call) in our bio.


Join us for the next FOA webinar on Wednesday, Feb
Join us for the next FOA webinar on Wednesday, February 18th at 7:00pm ET: "'An elegance of spirit adorns all its works.': Auguste Rodin and the Art of Ancient Egypt," presented by Dr. Carl Walsh. Most people would not conceive of any connection between the works of the master French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and the art of ancient Egypt. In this talk, Dr. Walsh will discuss how Rodin became interested in ancient Egyptian art in his waning years and the profound—if subtle—impact it had on the sculptor’s practice through the objects in the current exhibition Rodin’s Egypt, now on display at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. Click the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/01/webinar-walsh ) in our bio to read more and register.


If you are in the greater Washington D.C. area, yo
If you are in the greater Washington D.C. area, you are welcome to join this special lecture by Dr. Ahmad Emrage at George Washington University on Tuesday, February 10 from 5:30–6:30 PM. Dr. Emrage, a member of the Libyan Department of Antiquities and an ASOR member, will be discussing the cultural heritage of Libya.


ASOR is supporting archaeological fieldwork for ou
ASOR is supporting archaeological fieldwork for our members in 2026 by offering Project Grants (for directors) and Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation (for students and volunteers). Both grants and scholarships are for work on ASOR-affiliated projects. The application deadline for both is Monday, February 23. Learn more by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/fellowships/) in our bio.


Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A series of grave goods from
Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A series of grave goods from a cemetery in Kedurma, Sudan, dated to the Meroitic period. ca. 3rd cent. BCE–4th cent. CE. Photo credit: Mohamed Bashir, CC by-SA 4.0.
#Archaeology #Nubia #Kush #Sudan


Narrative accounts of genocidal violence appear mu
Narrative accounts of genocidal violence appear multiple times in the Hebrew Bible. Why are they there and what do they have to do with modern genocides? Read the newest ANE Today by T. M. Lemos by clicking the link (https://anetoday.org/genocide-hebrew-bible/) in our bio.


ASOR is pleased to announce that recordings from t
ASOR is pleased to announce that recordings from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston are now available to view on the 2025 ASOR Online Schedule and ASOR’s Online Library. This initiative not only helps preserve the wealth of knowledge shared but also ensures that those who couldn’t attend the event in person still have access to session and workshop presentations (nearly 500 in total). Learn how to access the recordings by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/am25-recordings) in our bio.



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