2005 Boston University Archaeological Field School

From: Kevin Mullen (kmullen_at_bu.edu)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:24:39 -0500

Apologies for Cross Posting

The Boston University Mediterranean Archaeological Field School at the site
of Torre d'en Galmes on the Island of Menorca will take place. The program
will consist of a six-week excavation campaign combined with lectures, work
in the museum and laboratories, and study tours of the island's cultural and
historical monuments. Students will enroll for two four-credit courses: AR
503 Archaeological Field Methods and AR 511 Studies in European Archaeology.

The island of Menorca, the easternmost of Spain's three Balearic Islands, is
located nearly midway between Spain and Sardinia, and between France and
North Africa. It has played an important role in the history of the western
Mediterranean, from the time it was first inhabited (ca. 2500 B.C.), through
the Punic and Roman periods (from the 4th century B.C. to the 4th century
A.D.), the Palaeochristian and Arab periods (5th through 13th centuries
A.D.), and into the modern historical periods.

The field school will be based in Mahón, an attractive port city that is the
modern capital of Menorca. The site of Torre d'en Gaumes, located near
Mahón, belongs to the indigenous Talayotic culture of Menorca. It has some
of the characteristic constructions of the culture: three talayots (large
circular towers) and a taula precinct (T-shaped megalithic building).

The Boston University Archaeological Field School on Menorca will work in
collaboration with the Museum of Menorca. Boston University Field
Participants will excavate a series of underground structures, which will
supply crucial new information about the island's Talayotic history,
especially from the early Iron Age through the Roman period.

Students will receive an intensive introduction to all aspects of field
excavation techniques, from methods of discovery and recovery to
documentation, including the creation of site plans and the use of the
Harris Matrix for recording stratigraphy. In the museum laboratory, students
will process excavated material and will be trained in the basic techniques
of artifact recording and illustration.

For full details please visit the BU Study Abroad listing at
http://www.bu.edu/abroad/programs/spain/menorca/index.html

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