{"id":118,"date":"2017-02-01T21:59:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T21:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multi.madabaplains.org\/hisban\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2021-12-29T22:26:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T22:26:08","slug":"field-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/field-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Field School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Field School<\/h1>\n
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Students riding camels at Petra<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Enjoying tea on the Tell<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2022 Field School Dates: 10 June to 11 July, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Optional cultural preservation opportunity in Petra with Sela<\/em><\/p>\n

The Jordan Field School offers opportunities for field-based training in the country of Jordan for students of anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, communication and digital media, community development, documentary film, global studies, landscape design, history, and religion. The field school is an undertaking of the Institute of Archaeology at Andrews University (Michigan, USA) in collaboration with the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the School of Architecture and Interior Design, and the departments of Religion and Biblical Languages, Visual Art, Communication and Design, and Sustainable Agriculture.<\/p>\n

The School also collaborates with faculty and students from other universities and has a long-standing association with the Madaba Plains Project (of which our Hisban project was a founding member), Calvin University (formerly Calvin College in Michigan, USA), and the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn (Germany). In-country partners include the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, Sela<\/em> for Vocational Training and Protection of Cultural Heritage, the Hisban Women\u2019s Association, the Hisban Cultural Association, and various other individual supporters of the project in the town of Hisban.<\/p>\n

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Preparing, Packing, and Traveling<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staying Safe and Getting Along<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Non-Student Volunteers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Participating Schools\u00a0and Departments<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Current excavations at the site have focused on four areas: the Islamic village on its western slope; in and around the four towers of the citadel; the massive Iron Age reservoir (perhaps one of \u201cthe pools of Heshbon\u201d); and restoration of the foundations and mosaics in one of the Byzantine churches. Examples of the types of outreach activities that our field school has been doing in the local community include the following:<\/p>\n