Category Archives: Archaeology

  • ROMARCH: Archaeological Field School in Roman Pottery, Sangro Valley Italy, Summer 2014

    7 February, 2014

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    A new Field School in Roman Pottery, associated with Oberlin College’s Sangro Valley Project, is accepting applications for its session to be held from 3 July to 27 July 2014.

    APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 7 MARCH, 2014

    The program’s aim is first to introduce the participants to the study of
    Roman pottery and then for them to apply their knowledge under the guidance of the director and the assistant in processing the ceramic material from the Italian Superintendency’s excavations in the forum on Monte Pallano (Tornareccio, Abruzzo).

    Potsherds constitute the most frequent group of finds on archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. Pottery usually offers the most important evidence for dating sites. Furthermore, ceramological databases provide a good source for investigating issues ranging from trade relations to the consumption patterns of food and questions of identity. Nevertheless, the study of Roman pottery is often considered daunting, and the necessary hands-on experience is difficult to obtain.

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  • ROMARCH: Liverpool Research Day: Pompeii

    4 February, 2014

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    MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH DAY

    Pompeii

    POSTPONED
    (further information will be posted when it becomes     available)

    Saturday 15th February 2014

    The Gallery, Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool

    Pompeii is the most iconic city of the ancient world and has come to stand as a symbol for the ancient world in the popular imagination and contemporary media. However, there is still much that we do not fully understand about this most famous of archaeological sites and exciting new research directions are taking seek to contextualise our understanding of Pompeii as a living community within its contemporary Roman context as well as an enduring emblem of the achievement of Roman culture and the destructive power of nature.

    Aimed at researchers, learners and the general public, this day consists of lively illustrated lectures on all aspects by leading international researchers on their latest research into ancient Pompeii and modern perceptions of the city and its cultural legacy. Papers cover aspects of history, archaeology, geology and the reception of Pompeii by contemporary societies. There will also be a hands-on demonstration of Roman artefacts during the break.

    To book a place online go to: http://payments.liv.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=38&catid=45&prodid=190

    <see below for the full programme>

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  • ROMARCH: update on stolen Ganymede statue; guards arrested

    26 November, 2013

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    The Ganymede statue

    An update via Mohamed Halouani on the Ganymede statue stolen about two weeks ago from the Paleo-Christian Museum in Carthage, Tunisia.

    “Officials responsible for monitoring the Paleo-Christian Museum of Carthage are suspected, during the night of Fri. 8 Nov. to Sat. 9 Nov., of stealing the statue of Ganymede. In fact, they have been jailed pending trial.

    According to the newspaper La Presse, citing Bahri Fathi, director of sites and monuments at the National Heritage Institute (INP), there was no break-in at the time of the theft. The suspicions of investigators, the source said, were then shifted to the guards, noting that the window by which the thieves broke into the museum had been broken from the inside.”

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  • ROMARCH: Archaeological Field School, Heraclea Sintica, Summer 2014

    25 November, 2013

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    AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN SOFIA SUMMER ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM, 2014

    ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL AT HERACLEA SINTICA WITH EXCURSIONS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN BULGARIA, MAY 31 – JULY 7, 2014

    Deadline: February 15, 2014

    The American Research Center in Sofia (www.arcsofia.org) is pleased to announce the third summer Archaeological Field School at Heraclea Sintica (Bulgaria).

    Students will arrive in Sofia on May 31 and will spend two full days exploring the archaeology and history of this beautiful city. On June 3, the team will begin an archaeological journey, visiting sites and museums in Veliko Tarnovo, Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv and other smaller sites. We will arrive in the city of Petrich or Sandanski on June 7, the home base of the ARCS excavations at Heraclea Sintica. The excavation team will reside in a hotel in Petrich or Sandanski during the 4-week excavation season. Archaeological work is conducted Monday-Friday with additional excursions to southwest Bulgaria, northern Greece and Republic of Macedonia on Saturdays. The team will be accompanied back to Sofia on July 6, where they will stay one night, departing from Sofia on July 7.

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