Archaeology Work Experience Placements Overseas

General Info

Volunteers have the opportunity to carry out fieldwork, either working on digs or assessing sites like the Saxon fortified churches that dot the countryside around Brasov. During the winter work focuses on restoration and experimental archaeology.

Alongside the practical work, volunteers write up documents and reports concerning the work they are doing, and produce proposals for new sites in the area. These are then presented to potential national and international donors. Volunteers can also spend time in the Brasov's History Museum, helping to update the literature and producing documents that will encourage tourism at the archaeological sites.

The volunteers' time is split between site excavation, analysis of finds and museum presentations. Volunteers might also help in the museum itself, translating documents and designing tourist information.

In order to maintain the focus on practical aspects of archaeology, and to ensure a high level of variety for our volunteers, it is not possible to participate on an archaeology project in Romania during the winter months from November to March. During these months, digs are not possible due to the frozen ground. Volunteers with specific skills or those wishing to focus on a specific research project can still be accommodated during the winter months.