Location: Populonia, Livorno, Italy

Season Dates: June 30, 2013 - July 27, 2013
Application Deadline: March 1, 2013

Website: http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/populonia-archaeological-excavati...

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Program Type
Field school

Affiliation: Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage in Tuscany, University of Arizona, University of Florence, Past in Progress Association, and Parchi Val di Cornia Society

Project Director: Andrea Camilli, Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany, David Soren, University of Arizona, Giandomenico De Tommaso, University of Florence, and Carolina Megale, Archeodig Project

Project Description

Populonia, located in the region of Italy once known as Etruria, was one of the most important Etruscan cities, the only one overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was for centuries one of the most flourishing centres of iron smelting and trade in the whole of Mediterranean. 

Populonia is composed by a lower city, an area centred on the port and on the metallurgical activities (located outside the city walls), and an upper city, the Acropolis, with the houses and the temples, on the summit of the promontory. In the lower city are the monumental tombs (tumuli and aedicule-shaped) of the San Cerbone necropolis (seventh-fourth centuries B.C.E.).

The purpose of the research is to investigate a portion of the lower city still intact, where it have been identified traces of an early Roman building for iron smelting activity and, underneath, a portion of the Etruscan necropolis.

 

Period(s) of Occupation: From Etruscan (7th century B.C.E.) to Roman Age (1st century C.E.)

Project Size: 1-24 participants

Minimum Length of Stay for Volunteers: 4 weeks

Minimum Age: 18

Experience Required: No pre-requisites and no archaeological experience

Room and Board Arrangements

During this four-week program, students will stay in apartments (3-5 students per apartment) at 1 of 2 area four star resorts: Resort Poggio all'Agnello or Villaggio Orizzonte. These beautiful resorts with swimming pools are in close proximity to the beach and have cooking facilities available for students. 

Cost: $4,800 (4 weeks)

Academic Credit
Name of institution offering credit: University of Arizona
Number of credits offered: 6
Tuition: included in the participation fee

Contact Information
Kendra Corey, University of Arizona, Study Abroad & Student Exchange
University Services Building 888 N. Euclid Avenue, Room 301
Tucson,, Arizona 85721
United States
kcorey@email.arizona.edu
Phone: 520-626-3427
Fax: 520-626-1102

Recommended Bibliography

A. Semplici, Baratti and Populonia Archaeological Park. A guide to discovering the landscape, 2008, Firenze.

G. De Tommaso, Populonia. A city and its territory. Guide to the Archaeological Museum of Piombino, 2004, Tavarnelle V.P. (FI).

A. Zifferero (ed.), L'archittettura funeraria a Populonia tra IX e VI secolo a.C.. Atti del convegno (Castello di Populonia, 30-31 Ottobre 1997), 2000, Firenze.

F. Fedeli, A. Galimberti, A. Romualdi, Populonia e il suo territorio. Profilo storico-archeologico, 1993, Firenze.

F. Fedeli, Populonia e il suo territorio, 1983, Firenze.