A full educational program with undergraduate and graduate credit will be provided. No experience is necessary to take part in the dig. Each year, volunteers include men and women from all walks of life and from many countries. All volunteers must be in excellent health, and must be willing to work hard in sometimes difficult conditions, including hot weather. The work includes hand digging with picks and hoes, moving dirt in buckets and wheelbarrows, and sifting, washing, and sorting pottery finds.
Field work is carried out under shades.
During the afternoons, volunteers will help in pottery washing and analysis. Accommodations and Cost Volunteers will live at Kibbutz Nir David, located about eight kilometers from the site. Accommodation is in air-conditioned wooden cabins that accomodate up to five people in a bedroom, main living room, and loft. Swimming facilities are available at the nearby Sachne springs. The expedition office and pottery washing and sorting facilities are close to the rooms.