The CAA assists knowledge institutions, local communities, governmental bodies, NGOs and interested individuals by organising Expert Masterclasses on cultural resource management, archaeology, conservation, interpretation and project management.

Our Expert Masterclasses are designed and supervised by our principal consultants, professional experts in their fields, and taught by experienced staff from the CAA in collaboration with staff of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. These are designed to improve skills in:

• Archaeological Field Techniques – Excavation, Surveying, Research.
• Cultural Heritage – theory and international context.
• Archaeological site management.
• Recording techniques for archaeological remains and standing buildings.
• Artefact conservation & storage.
• Conservation Planning.
• Ceramic and finds recording and analysis.
• Environmental Archaeology.
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Surveying and Geophysics.
• Photography (including digital photography).
• Interpretation & Education.
• Sustainable tourism – visitor surveys, tourism planning.

How?
The Masterclasses combine theory with real practical outcomes. This often means that courses will be taught in a classroom (making use of a wide range of supporting materials), which will then be followed up by fieldwork on an archaeological site or museum. The Expert Master Classes can consist of:

1. Major residential training courses on site
A number of fieldwork training courses (lasting between 1-6 weeks) focusing on specific issues of conservation, site management, recording, interpretation, and documentation. These would be supervised by our principal consultants, developing specific skills and approaches, while practically achieving substantial advances in the management, documentation and conservation of the resource. These will be linked to the provision of short-courses (below) and training materials.

2. Seminars and short-courses
Short-courses – international experts providing focused short-courses (1 to 4 weeks in duration) developing core skills. Supported by translated key learning resources.

3. Work Programmes
Developing individual work programmes, with specific practical outcomes, managed locally but supported by appropriate visits from our specialists.