Balkan Heritage Field School

Balkan Heritage Field School (BHFS) was established in 2008 and offers field school programs in archaeology and historic preservation.

About Us

Over 1500 students from over 60 countries have attended BHFS.
Field schools take place in Bulgaria, Greece, R. of Macedonia and Montenegro
Credit hours awarded through Connecticut College (USA), New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria) and Queen’s University (Canada)
International pool of instructors & Instruction in English
Excursions to historical and archaeological sites including UNESCO world heritage sites

Learn, Travel, Discover and Support cultural heritage with Balkan Heritage Field School

BHFS archaeological digs & archaeological field schools at:

Neolithic settlement - 6th mill. BCE
Prehistoric tell and one of Europe’s first proto urban centers in the earliest age of metal: Copper Age - 5th mill. BCE
Sacred area of an Ancient Greek & Byzantine city on the Black Sea coast - 7th c. BCE - 7th c. CE
Ancient Greek trade-center/ emporion in Ancient Thrace - 5th- 3rd c. BCE
Two Roman provincial capital cities - 1st c. BCE - 6th c. CE
Early Christian Byzantine monastery on the Black Sea coast - 5th -6th c. CE

Historic preservation programs in:

Conservation of Ancient Greek pottery & Roman pottery & glass & mosaics & mural paintings
Byzantine and Post-Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture & mural paintings
Vernacular architecture
Historic metal & paper & textiles
Training courses in surveying & recording:
Archaeological recording practices & Archaeometry
Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) & Computational photography & Digital illustration
Geomatics: photogrammetry & GPS & total station & GIS etc.

Why choose BHFS?