Topic ID #16100 - posted 1/26/2012 10:36 AM
sanisera
The Roman City Dig
sanisera
For 2012, we will be excavating the Roman City of
Sanisera that overlooks the natural port of Sanitja. Students will learn and
gain experience in excavation using the Harris Matrix. Various instruments and
tools will be used to record stratigraphy and document the plans and
photographs of the excavation. In the museum laboratory, students will study
excavated material and learn basic techniques of artifact recording, focusing
on Roman pottery. In addition to the daily excavation and laboratory work,
students will also participate in conferences on methodology and Roman
archaeology, and will visit other museums and archaeological sites on the
island. Courses are given in English and Spanish.
The Romans first arrived on Menorca in the year 123 B.C. when the Roman army conquered the Balearic islands. For 600 years more, Menorca would form a part of the immense Roman empire. On the island, the Romans formed three cities. Of those cities, Sanisera (our archaeological site) was built around the port of Sanitja in the northernmost part of the island. The city flourished due to the heavy maritime commercial industry that received boats going from Spain to Italy and from France to Africa. The impressiveness of Sanisera can be appreciated in the present by the quantity and quality of the amphoras and other roman artifacts that have been found in recent excavations. Sanisera is situated in a spectacular natural reserve next to the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria.
For more information please visti www.ecomuseodecavalleria.com or contact me at:
The Romans first arrived on Menorca in the year 123 B.C. when the Roman army conquered the Balearic islands. For 600 years more, Menorca would form a part of the immense Roman empire. On the island, the Romans formed three cities. Of those cities, Sanisera (our archaeological site) was built around the port of Sanitja in the northernmost part of the island. The city flourished due to the heavy maritime commercial industry that received boats going from Spain to Italy and from France to Africa. The impressiveness of Sanisera can be appreciated in the present by the quantity and quality of the amphoras and other roman artifacts that have been found in recent excavations. Sanisera is situated in a spectacular natural reserve next to the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria.
For more information please visti www.ecomuseodecavalleria.com or contact me at:
Lana
Johnson
Course
Coordinator
Ecomuseum of
the Cape of Cavalleria
Webpage: www.ecomuseodecavalleria.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ecomuseum.cavalleria
Email: sanisera@arrakis.es
Phone: (34)
699 69 55 80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanisera
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