internships focusing on archaeology laboratory work, such as artifact processing, curation of collections, and research
When I was eight and nine years old, my family and I lived in Bulgaria and on weekends we would travel to Greece. Every time I saw the ruins of ancient Greek life I fell in love a little bit more with what I would come to know as archaeology. I knew I wanted to… Continue Reading Jessica Shafer, Texas Historical Commission – Historic Sites Division
Introduction: During the Summer of 2018, I interned at the Prehistory Research Project at Texas State University. The focus of my internship was the analysis of the Native American projectile points known as dart points. These dart points were provided by collector J.D. Zeptner, who obtained them in a pay-to-dig operation at the Gault archaeological… Continue Reading Connor Laszewski, Prehistory Research Project
During the fall semester of 2011 I conducted an internship at the Gault School of Archaeological Research. I had three main areas of work: the cleaning, sorting, and novice level processing of artifacts and debitage, the organizing of the abundant amounts of CaCO3 in the laboratory, and to develop an investigation in how Andice Channel… Continue Reading Sergio Ayala, The Gault Archaeological Project
During the summer of 2018, I held an internship position at the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. The National Parks Service is an agency of the federal government that preserves and protects national parks integrity for future generations. The NPS manages four missions in San Antonio: Concepción, San José, San Juan, and Espada. My… Continue Reading Annette Romero, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
This past semester I obtained an internship with the Texas Historical Commission in order to gain practical knowledge about the inner workings of curation and preservation in historical archaeology and modern day archival techniques. The Texas Historical Commission was established in 1953 as a state agency employed with the task of identifying and preserving important… Continue Reading Alyssa Parsons, Texas Historical Commission – Historic Sites Division