Jay VanderVeen recently presented a paper about how archaeological field schools make more engaged citizens at a Twitter Conference on Public Archaeology. His findings suggest that the power of an archaeological field school can be more than an investigation into the past and training of specific excavation and analytical skills. It can also be positively linked to the development or increase of commitments to social and political concerns. Jay’s tweets (see Public Archaeology Twitter Conference 2017-24k2ztp) were viewed by nearly 1500 people!
