Application Instructions for the 2025 Field School
2025 season dates: June 1 - July 5 with session dates June 1 - June 15, June 15 - July 5, June 1 - July 5
Application deadline: May 1, 2025 (but once we are full, we are full!)
Tuition payment deadline: May 15, 2025
The Santa Susana Archaeological Project is seeking qualified applicants for its eleventh season of survey and excavation. This site, never systematically excavated, holds a villa complex important to our understanding of the processes of colonization and settlement in this part of the Roman Empire. Preliminary work at the site suggests a rich artifact assemblage dating from the 1st cent. C.E. through the 5th cent. C.E. In our next season, geophysics, landscape survey, and aerial photography paired with several test pits will complement our open area excavation in the pars urbana and aid in understanding the extent and nature of occupation at the site.
Field school students will receive instruction in excavation and surveying techniques, GIS, the handling and processing of artifacts, and the drawing of exposed areas and features.
Participants may attend for 2, 3, or 5 week sessions.
Individual session dates June 1 - June 15, June 15 - July 5, June 1 - July 5.
Tuition is $1200 for 2 weeks, $1800 for 3 weeks, or $2800 for 5 weeks and includes room, board (on weekdays), and the cost of transportation within Portugal. Participants are responsible for their own medical insurance, travel insurance, and plane tickets to and from Lisbon. More information about the field school program and life on the project can be found on our Field School page.
To apply, contact Emma Ljung at eljung at princeton.edu with the following:
- Your name, email address, nationality, and birth date (minimum age is 18)
- A copy of your CV or resume (please attach as a DOC or PDF file)
- Names and contact information (email please!) for two references: please alert these recommenders that they will be asked to submit an informal assessment rather than a formal letter of recommendation
- Names and contact information for two emergency contacts
- In a short paragraph, please describe why you are interested in participating and what you hope to achieve from being a part of the program
- Any and all special dietary needs, allergies, or relevant health issues
- Indicate whether you wish to attend the program for the full five weeks or for Session 1 or Session 2 (session dates TBA).
All applications must be completed by mid-spring 2025. Qualified applicants are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, so it is possible and indeed likely for all spots to be filled before the application deadline. Once accepted, participants will need to fill out a number of forms and to pay tuition. The deadline for tuition payment is May 15, 2025.
Student tuition is the primary source of funding for this project. All payments made to the project go towards the conservation of the site and artifacts, accommodations for the crew, and funding for specialist analyses.
Please contact Emma Ljung at eljung at princeton.edu for more information.
