Christian Hasler on the Kenan Archaeology Field School

  My name is Christian Hasler, and I am an Anthropology major at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I attended the UIUC Sapelo Island Field School of 2021, and here is a little bit about my experience!   To get to the island, we drove from Davenport Hall to Dalton, GA, then...

Daniela Gradilla on the Kenan Archaeology Field School

  My name is Daniela Gradilla and I am a senior majoring in anthropology with a concentration in archaeology. As many of you know, archaeology students are required to do a field school during their undergrad. I had always wanted to be a part of a field school and to experience what...

Rachel Burdette on the Kenan Archaeology Field School

  Much of our field school was spent digging shovel test units and the proper way to dig these units. We focused heavily on the correct technique to cut walls with shovels to ensure the walls would not collapse and there would be a sturdy structure to continue digging down, as some shovel...

Jenny Sun reflection on the Kenan Archaeology field school

The field school I attended this summer would be one of the most treasurable memories. This one and half month's experience not only gave me hands-on learning experience in my major archaeology but also offered me a chance to meet lovely people who shared similar interests and passions. In field...

Miles Ury on the Kenan Archaeology Field School

I am Miles Ury, a senior at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana(UIUC) pursuing a double major in Archaeology and Statistics.  This past summer(2021) I attended a field school run by UIUC that took place at the Kenan Field site on Sapelo Island, Georgia, and was spearheaded by Dr....

Sofia Sato on the Liebman Engaged Anthropology Award

Sophia Sato (pictured at the upper left) is a senior who received a Liebman Undergraduate Internship Award for the Spring 2021 semester. She worked closely with Dr. Korinta Maldonado as an intern for Indigenous Languages on the Move, which is a language justice and interpreters collective in the...

Brooke Blaszynski on Kenan Archaeology Field School

  My name is Brooke Blaszynski and I am a Junior in Archaeology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I attended this summer’s Field School with Dr. Ritichson on Sapelo Island in Georgia to conduct research at a native site, known as Kenan Field.  This site was occupied by...
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