Dig Staff: Carlos Sanz, Ph.D. Dr. Sanz has been performing extensive research at the site of Pintia for more than 25 years. A professor of Archaeology at the University of Valladolid, he founded the Federico Wattenberg Center Dates: June 1 - 18 June 22 - July 9 July 13 - 30 Program Fees: for Vaccean Studies which oversees all the research US$1,675 per session The excavation of Pintia focuses on the Vaccean work at Pintia. necropolis. The Vaccean culture was an Iron Fees Include: Rita Pedro Age people with Celtic links that settled in • Full Room and Board north-central Spain around the 5th century BC, Rita is an archaeologist with • Seminars and workshops a degree from the University later conquered by the Romans. The cemetery, • Pintia literature of Porto in Portugal and located about 300 meters (984 feet) from the • Excursions and other activities she has just completed main settlement, was used between the 4th • Airport transportation on first/last days of program her master’s degree in History and Anthropology century BC and the 1st century. • Medical Insurance of the Americas at Madrid’s • Application fee Complutense University. Rita • Administrative costs speaks fluent Portuguese, Since 2004, archaeologists have uncovered Spanish, and English. around 150 cremation tombs, most of them Fees DO NOT include airfare belonging to warriors and featuring a bounty of Carlos Jimeno war-related artifacts. But women and children Accommodations: Carlos has been working also appeared. Around 100 grave goods came Participants will share a dorm-style room with bunk and excavating at Pintia for from a single burial of two girls. beds at the site’s research facilities, which are co-ed. more than a decade. An artist and archaeologist, Food will be prepared by a local cook and eaten in the Carlos specializes in Vaccean We also found the first Celtiberian coin minted facilities’ dining area. pottery and will teach the in Navarra, plus one grave in perfect condition group how the Vacceans made and decorated their with artifacts such as a ceramic tripod, a double- Historical Excursions: pots. bellied ceramic bottle and a bronze belt buckle The group will also tour the main places of interest in inside a funerary urn. the Peñafiel area, including the Roman city of Clunia, Seminars: the Old City and Roman aqueduct of Segovia, and the This coming summer we will continue digging capital city of Valladolid. Each week the archaeologists will prepare seminars in the necropolis in June and July. Students will and workshops concerning the fieldwork and the learn excavation techniques (from picks and history of Pintia. is all about getting your • The Vacceans, Pintia, and the Archaeological Record “Archaeology hands dirty, and the shovels to fine-tool excavation at tomb level), Pintia course shows you archaeological mapping, and how to extract • The Archaeology of Death and Osteology what a career in field archaeology is really like. We and process artifacts ranging from 2,500-year- • Archaeological Drawing were encouraged to take part in every step of the • The osteology seminar will be a day-long theoretical excavation process, and all the staff were experienced old swords to children’s toys. You will also learn in their fields and helped play a part in making our how to take samples of the biological materials and practical course in human and animal bone studies experience well-informed, enjoyable and rewarding. found in the cremation jars, excavation by professors from the Valladolid University Medical Also, we were immersed in Spanish culture as each School. week we went on well-organised excursions to various photography, and how to clean and classify historic cities. We had plenty of time to let our hair bones. • Vaccean Pottery Workshop, during down too, with a canoe trip down the Duero river and which we will look at the ancient pottery an exhilarating fiesta experience in nearby Peñafiel. and produce our own replicas. This course is first-rate, an unforgettable month.” Participants are expected to contribute to all aspects of the project, including excavation, —Aileen Tierney, County Meath, Ireland mapping, artifact conservation and cataloguing. v Dig Staff: Magdalena Salas Burguera, MA Ms. Salas is both the Son Peretó project leader and the director of the Manacor Historical Museum. Salas Dates: May 25 - June 20 (to be confirmed) Program Fees: has led other similar projects such as S’Hospitalet Vell, US$2,750 ArchaeoSpain participants will be joining one of the most interesting the ongoing archaeological excavation and prehistoric sites on the island. restoration of the Early Christian and Byzantine Program Fees Include: settlement of Son Peretó, located in the eastern • Full Room and Board Antoni Puig, Ph.D. • Seminars part of Mallorca, the largest of the Balearic Mallorca-native Antoni is • Excursions and other activities Islands. a veteran ArchaeoSpain • Airport transportation on first/last days of program group leader, working also at • Medical Insurance Son Peretó is one of the most important sites for Pollentia and Monte Testaccio • Application fee the period on the islands and a notable example in Rome. He completed his • Administrative costs of Early Christian architecture. Archaeologists doctorate at the University Fees DO NOT include airfare. have already uncovered a basilica, a baptistery of Barcelona, writing a thesis with two baptismal basins, and two sectors of on the Romanization of adjacent rooms used for housing and funeral Accommodations: Mallorca. rites. The group will be staying at a house in the village of Mateu Riera Rullan Son Peretó was discovered in 1912 in a Port Nou for the duration of the program (a 20-minute Now finishing his Ph.D. on field near the town of Manacor. The first drive to the site). The Mediterranean is a stone’s the Byzantine Monastery archaeological work uncovered a basilica- throw from our patio overlooking the surf. We will eat of Cabrera (Mallorca) at breakfast and dinner at the house, and have lunch at a shaped church 21 meters long and 14 meters Barcelona’s Autonomous restaurant near the site. wide, with three naves separated by rows of University, Mr. Riera is an columns. Subsequent excavations took place in experienced archaeologist 1967 by the University of Barcelona, focusing Historical Excursions: dealing with the Late on the mosaic floors. ArchaeoSpain at Son Peretó involves The group will also tour the main places of interest on Antiquity and Islamic periods. Aside from co-directing the restoration, excavation, mapping and artifact the island, including visits to its great beaches. Son Peretó project since its This coming year we will focus on the conservation. • Roman city of Pollentia. The most important Roman inception in 2005, he is also excavation and restoration of the rooms next so much about to the baptistery, and there is a good chance site in Mallorca, next to the Medieval, walled town of the co-director of the Cabrera “We learned archaeology: the prep project. we’ll also be digging inside the basilica. work needed when Alcudia. opening a site, proper labeling of containers, the • Byzantine monastery of Cabrera National Park (6th importance of soil layers and what they may indicate, century) The current project, managed by the Manacor to name just a few. And cleaning pottery, bones and Historical Museum and the University of other finds can be a great way to unwind after a long • The capital city of Palma: Gothic quarter, Bellver day, especially with good music. The people who Castle (14th century), Cathedral (12th-15th centuries), Barcelona, began in 2005, and since then we would get the most from the program are those with Archaeological Museum have aimed to restore the remains uncovered open minds, adventurous spirits, enthusiasm for trying • Capdepera Castle (13th-18th centuries) during the 20th-century excavations, especially new things, a willingness to work hard and take pride in what you accomplish no matter how small the task. • Bronze and Iron Age settlement of standing structures such as the foundations They should appreciate every experience and learning S’Hospitalet Vell of several walls and untouched graves. So far opportunity because there will be many and they will • Son Real Talayotic necropolis (700 BC) be remarkable!” the 50 graves uncovered have been found in • Byzantine Santueri Castle excellent condition. —Erin McKendry, Tampa, Florida • Closos de Can Gaià (17th century BC) Staff: José M. Blázquez Martínez, Ph.D. Dr. Blázquez is Professor Emeritus at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and member of the Spanish Royal Academy of History. He is considered Spain’s most important Dates: August 31 - September 14 (to be confirmed) Ancient History specialist Program Fees: and has been recognized Heralded as one of the most important research programs about Roman epigraphy and commerce US$2,945 as Doctor Honoris Causa today, Monte Testaccio combines the efforts of two universities and ArchaeoSpain to process the by several universities. pottery shards from an artificial mound created by centuries of discarded amphorae – many of Fees Include: which still bear the markings of the contents and the exporters who transported them. Once an José Remesal Rodríguez, • Full Room and Board (excluding Saturday dinner Ph.D. ancient pottery dump, Monte Testaccio is now one of the and Sunday lunch) Dr. Remesal is a professor largest archives of Roman commerce in the world. • Workshops and seminars of Ancient History at the • Airport transportation on first day of the program University of Barcelona and Monte Testaccio is located south of central Rome and • Medical insurance also works as director of the university’s Center for behind the old river port. Those who join us will participate • Application fee the Study of the Provincial in all aspects of this project, including artifact recovery, • Administrative costs Interdependency in the cataloguing, and restoration.