The Department offers a 6-credit summer field program in archeology for undergraduate and graduate students.
Training includes excavation techniques, sampling, mapping, stratigraphic analysis, and photography.
Bioarcheological Field School. Robert L. Stigler Jr. Memorial Lecture Series in Archeology. Initiated in 1987, this lecture series honors Dr. Robert L. Stigler Jr., a native of Pine Bluff who served on the faculty of Columbia University. After passing away in 1980, his parents established this lectureship to commemorate his career. The department invites outstanding archeologists each year to campus for lectures and workshops.