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VII FIELDSCHOOL POZZEVERI IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOARCHAEOLOGY The Field School in Medieval Archaeology and Bioarchaeology at Badia Pozzeveri (, ) is an academic program aimed at training students in archaeological and bioarchaeological field and laboratory methods. Excavations take place at the church of “San Pietro a Pozzeveri” in the municipality of Altopascio. Badia Pozzeveri is located approximately 10 miles east of the city of Lucca, capital of the LANGUAGE Tuscan province of the same name. San Pietro’s church was THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE FIELDSCHOOL IS once part of a monastery, which was founded in ENGLISH AND NO KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN IS the 11th century on the shores of Lake . The medieval REQUIRED. lake, now entirely dried up, extended between Lucca and the DATES FOR 2018 FIELDSCHOOL Arno River. The monastery flourished during the 12-13th First session: June 18th to July 13th centuries thanks to its location along the , a Second session: July 16th to August 10th major trade and pilgrimage route, which connected France and Northern Europe with Rome throughout the entire Middle LOCATION Badia Pozzeveri - Altopascio (Lucca), ITALY Ages. The monastery’s decline started in the 14th century and - eventually led to its dissolution in the 15th century. San Pietro’s TUITION AND FEES church remained as the village’s center of worship and is still in COST: $2,250 (1 session) / $4,000 (2 sessions) use. The field school is a project created by the University of Pisa The cost includes Field School activities and managed by IRLAB, investigating biocultural complexity in (excavation practice, lectures, laboratory the region surrounding Lucca during the Middle Ages. activities and instruments), food (MON to FRI: Specifically, the research project has the following objectives: breakfast, lunch and dinner), accommodation • Excavation and analysis of the monastery’s cemetery, with and pick-ups from the arriving airport. particular attention to population demography, burial typology, and funerary ritual. CREDITS • Bioarchaeological analysis of the medieval population buried • Earning of 12 to 24 undergraduate ECTS at Badia Pozzeveri, with particular attention to biological credits through the University of Pisa diversity, paleopathology, and activity patterns. • Certificate of participation from the • Reconstruction of the settlement’s evolution from the Early University of Pisa Middle Ages until Modern times. • Certificate of participation from IRLAB • Analysis of material culture from a monastic center along the Via Francigena, with particular attention to trade dynamics, The field school at Badia Pozzeveri is an outstanding diffusion of technical knowledge and economic activities opportunity for students to gain practical experience related to monastic life. in archaeological excavation and bioarchaeological investigation by working side-by-side with leading researchers in the field. The field school is designed to STAFF provide participants with knowledge of archaeological Scientific supervisor: Field supervisors: field methods – including survey, excavation, and GIS Gino Fornaciari* Alessandro Cariboni, Letizia (Geographic Information Systems) – and Academic Director: Cavallini, Alan Farnocchia, bioarchaeological field and research methods – Valentina Giuffra* Suzanna Tremblay recovery, restoration, and analysis of human skeletal Scientific Director: Informatics supervisor: remains. Practical, hands-on experience in the field Antonio Fornaciari* Taylor Zaneri will be complemented by laboratory activity in Academic Coordinator: Osteolab supervisor: archaeology and bioarchaeology. Lectures by the Francesco Coschino* Chiara Tesi directors and instructors on their research will also Documentation provide students with insights in the theory and *Divisione di Paleopatologia supervisor: practice of archaeology and physical anthropology. (UNIPI) Giuseppina Pisana

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