Cost: check2027
Tanzania: Zanzibar Excavation (IFR)
Help uncover a different side of Swahili history through the first archaeological project of its kind on Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island. While most research on the East African coast has focused on grand “stone towns” built by Muslim elites around 1000 CE, this field school shifts the lens to the cave-dwelling and forager communities who lived in the surrounding landscapes. Using archaeological and anthropological field methods, you’ll explore how these communities lived, worked, and interacted with
| Country | Tanzania |
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| Region | Mfumbwi Twins Villa Zanzibar, Jambiani, Tanzania |
| Period | Zanzibari Cave dwellers, Field, Community, and Environmental archaeology |
| Dates / season | June 5 – July 5, 2027 |
| Status | Listed on AFOB |
| Type | Field School |
| Application deadline | February 1, 2027 |
| Cost | Unknown, ask the project |
| Minimum age | 18 |
| Academic credit | 8 semester (12 quarter) - anticipated |
| Accommodation | Students will stay in a field research station located in the fishing village of Mfumbwi, just a 7-minute walk from the island’s white-sand beaches. |
| Last checked | 2026-10-16 |
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