Fash says his summer experience is the one extended period of time that he is able to work in the field. But it is not the pure research that excites him.
Fash says it is the opportunity to lead students in the activities about which they have been learning during the academic year that truly excites him --even though only half of those who accompany him to Central America study at Harvard during the year.
In the field, the students are first trained in different methodologies of archaeology and how to approach the past. Then they put their knowledge to use on Mayan digs.
"I live for my field school," Fash says. "Many people assume that Harvard professors would want to spend their summer reading and thinking big thoughts in the Ivory Tower."
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Each September, when Buck begins to prepare for the coming summer, he speaks to all the FAS department chairs.
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