The Preservation Archaeology Field School in southwestern New Mexico will offer students an opportunity to learn excavation, survey, and analysis methods in a beautiful, remote, and archaeologically rich part of the American Southwest. The program will integrate research, education and preservation to investigate compelling questions about the past. 

This six-week program will provide undergraduate students an opportunity to test excavations at the Gila River Farm site in New Mexico. The program will primarily focus on how different earlier traditions have allowed people of various cultural background to live together, which includes questions such as how local plants and animals are used and how raw materials are obtained. 

PROGRAM DATE- MAY 25 2016 - JULY 5 2016

APPLICATION DEADLINE- MARCH 18 2016

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Rutgers University in Newark is offering a 8-week summer research opportunity for undergraduates who are interested in the fields of environmental studies and environmental systems. 

The program involves multidisciplinary topics such as geophysics, urban geochemistry and urban ecology in northern New Jersey. 

Each scholar will choose an area of specialization and show students how the research experience relates to the urban research project, how the research affects real-life issues that affect them and their families and how they can pursue research careers stemming from this experience. 

Benefits include:

1. $4000 stipend
2. Free housing at Rutgers University- Newark