The program offers educational tours and programs highlighting prehistoric and historic sites in national forests. Fees collected are used to protect and manage heritage sites for the public. Archaeo Expeditions , sponsored by Cultural Expeditions MEC Canada, Inc., offers opportunities for those 18 years of age and older to participate in archaeological projects with museums, heritage programs, and archaeologists working in the field. This year's projects take place in Russia, Peru, Jordan, Italy, Israel, China, as well as Canada. Discovery Passages , American Indian owned and operated, offers tours of Native America, with a focus on the Southwest and the northern Plains.
Native people act as hosts and guides.
College credit available. Students live with Costa Rican families in the coastal town of Quepos. When requesting an application, send a letter or email message introducing yourself and your background. Excavations of the El Pllar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna consist of one and two week programs, led by Dr. Anabel Ford of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Circumpolar Ethnographic Field School , sponsored by the University of Northern British Columbia, with cooperation of Yakutsk State University, will run from May 14 to August 24.