Course Details
Country:
Italy
Institution:
External - University of Pisa Summer School
Course Title:
Summer School Vada Volaterrana Archaeological Field School
Course Number:
Course Description:
Together with carrying on scientific researches, training students is the main aim of our project; during their three weeks at the Summer School, students will experience all the different activities of an archaeologist. Practical, hands-on experience in the field will be complemented by laboratory activities and lectures with a strong focus on the history and archaeology of the harbour of Vada Volaterrana and its surroundings. Moreover classes will deal with excavation techniques, pottery and material culture, anthropology, archaeobotany, underwater archaeology.
Student will be constantly followed and guided in the following activities:
– Excavation of a new sector of the Vada Volaterrana settlement,
– GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) Lab,
– Pottery Lab,
– Anthropology Lab,
– Flotation Lab,
– Underwater archaeology (theory).
Lectures will include a visit to the Archaeological Museum in Rosignano, where the most important findings from Vada Volaterrana (e.g. the marble statue of the oriental god Attis) are preserved.
The staff will be available at all times to clarify anything and assist where necessary.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ANTH 325
Course URL:
https://vadavolaterrana.cfs.unipi.it/programma/
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