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Location: Santa Eulalia de Tábara (Zamora), ES
Season: October 1, 2018 to October 26, 2018
Session Dates: 1st season: October 1st to October 12th; 2nd season: October 15th to October 26th
Application Deadline: July 31, 2018
Deadline Type: Contact for details
Website: http://zamoraprotohistorica.jimdo.com
Discount for AIA members: None cost
Program Type:
Field school, Volunteer
RPA Certified:
no
Affiliation:
ZamoraProtohistórica Archaeological Society
Project Director:
José Carlos Sastre Blanco, Patricia Fuentes Melgar, Manuel Vázquez Fadon y Raquel Portilla Casado
Project Description:
El Castillón, is an archaeological site located in the Spanish hamlet of Santa Eulalia de Tábara, in the municipality of Moreruela de Tábara, province of Zamora, region of Castile and León on the Spanish mainland.
The site covers an area of about 4 Hs and it situated over a plateau at the top of a hill located on the right riverside of the River Esla (tributary into the Douro). The site has been inhabited since the Iron Age, but the most known period of the site belongs to the Late Roman Era as a large number of late Hispano-Roman red gloss pottery testifies (TSHT). Early Modern period is clearly represented by pieces of grey and printed pottery type DSP. Hand made pottery is in a few number and it has been unearthed in limited areas and secondary depots, In spite of it, it clearly belongs to the 1st Iron Age.
The site is enclosed by a U-shaped wall surrounding the settlement but the east where an abrupt cliffs falls to the river.
It belongs, since 1985, to the Regional Government of Castilla y Leon Inventory of Protected Heritage in the category as Cave Painting Sample, because just below the site, in a shelter of the cliff falling to the river, schematic art samples where found in the site known as The shelter of El Castillon.
More information: http://zamoraprotohistorica.jimdo.com
Period(s) of Occupation: Late Roman period / Medieval Age
Project Size: 1-24 participants
Minimum Length of Stay for Volunteers: one season
Minimum Age: 18
Experience Required: None
Room and Board Arrangements:
Accomodation and food is provide by the project Cost: None cost
