Archaeology Digs in Europe
Numerous archaeology digs, field schools and other planned excavations are held each year throughout the countries in Europe. Here are a few of the recent listings.
Field schools listed below with dates older than the current year may indicate an ongoing project that has not yet established dates for this season.
Field schools listed below with dates older than the current year may indicate an ongoing project that has not yet established dates for this season.
Acquachiara (Italy)
next scheduled for 2009. Oberlin College and Oxford University. The Sangro Valley Archaeology Project will continue to explore two Iron Age and Roman domestic sites at Acquachiara, on the flanks of Monte Pallano.
next scheduled for 2009. Oberlin College and Oxford University. The Sangro Valley Archaeology Project will continue to explore two Iron Age and Roman domestic sites at Acquachiara, on the flanks of Monte Pallano.
Amphaxitis (Macedonia)
June 4-July 20, 2007. The Texas Foundation for Archaeological and Historical Research (TFAHR); University of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Skopje. Survey and excavation of two closely linked sites in the Vardar (Axios) River Valley, Vardarski Rid and Gloska Cuka.
June 4-July 20, 2007. The Texas Foundation for Archaeological and Historical Research (TFAHR); University of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Skopje. Survey and excavation of two closely linked sites in the Vardar (Axios) River Valley, Vardarski Rid and Gloska Cuka.
ArchaeoSpain
Placement service for archaeology digs in Spain, no Spanish required, mostly for university-based excavations and student credit provided.
Placement service for archaeology digs in Spain, no Spanish required, mostly for university-based excavations and student credit provided.
Briquetage Field School (Moselle, France)
July 16 to 26 August 2006. Projet Briquetage de la Seille. Our training focuses on understanding the Briquetage de la Seille - an Iron Age/Celtic landscape of salt-making workshops, settlements and cemeteries which comprise perhaps the most important centre for proto-industry in Europe.
July 16 to 26 August 2006. Projet Briquetage de la Seille. Our training focuses on understanding the Briquetage de la Seille - an Iron Age/Celtic landscape of salt-making workshops, settlements and cemeteries which comprise perhaps the most important centre for proto-industry in Europe.
Carsulae, Roman Baths (Italy)
June 8-July 19, 2008. Valdosta State University. The Roman city of Carsulae was founded along the via Flaminia when that road was cut through Umbria in the late third century B.C.
June 8-July 19, 2008. Valdosta State University. The Roman city of Carsulae was founded along the via Flaminia when that road was cut through Umbria in the late third century B.C.
Castanheiro do Vento (Portugal)
July-September, 2005. University of Portugal. Archaeological excavations in the prehistoric precinct of Castanheiro do Vento (Horta do Douro V.ª N.ª de Foz Côa- NE of Portugal).
July-September, 2005. University of Portugal. Archaeological excavations in the prehistoric precinct of Castanheiro do Vento (Horta do Douro V.ª N.ª de Foz Côa- NE of Portugal).
Colonia Clunia Sulpicia (Spain)
July 2-July 31, 2008. ArchaeoSpain. ArchaeoSpain participants at the archaeological excavation of Clunia will join a field crew alongside archaeologists from the Universities of Valladolid, Burgos and Barcelona. In the summer of 2007, we will be continuing the excavation of the city’s theater, the largest of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula.
July 2-July 31, 2008. ArchaeoSpain. ArchaeoSpain participants at the archaeological excavation of Clunia will join a field crew alongside archaeologists from the Universities of Valladolid, Burgos and Barcelona. In the summer of 2007, we will be continuing the excavation of the city’s theater, the largest of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula.
Cova Gran (Spain)
July 2-28, 2007. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. La Cova Gran is located in the pre-Pyrenees mountain ranges, near to the town of Balaguer, Spain. The site has Magdalenian and Azilian chrono-cultural occupations.
July 2-28, 2007. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. La Cova Gran is located in the pre-Pyrenees mountain ranges, near to the town of Balaguer, Spain. The site has Magdalenian and Azilian chrono-cultural occupations.
Cueva Negra and Sima de las Palomas (Spain)
July 3-August 14, 2007. Area de Antropologia Fisica, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Murcia, Spain. Ongoing excavation at southeastern Spanish early Palaeolithic sites with hominid remains.
July 3-August 14, 2007. Area de Antropologia Fisica, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Murcia, Spain. Ongoing excavation at southeastern Spanish early Palaeolithic sites with hominid remains.
Helike (Greece)
July 1-August 9 2008. Helike Society and University of Patras. The Classical city of Helike, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 373 B.C.; an Early Bronze Age town; an early Hellenistic town (ca. 300 B.C.); and a long section of the Roman road between Corinth and Patras.
July 1-August 9 2008. Helike Society and University of Patras. The Classical city of Helike, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 373 B.C.; an Early Bronze Age town; an early Hellenistic town (ca. 300 B.C.); and a long section of the Roman road between Corinth and Patras.
Idalion (Cyprus)
June 20-August 6, 2008. Lycoming College. Idalion was founded in the Late Bronze Age; excavation will include the Lower City South, a Cypro-Geometric to Roman period cultic installation, and the terrace of the East Acropolis, believed to be a Sanctuary to Adonis.
June 20-August 6, 2008. Lycoming College. Idalion was founded in the Late Bronze Age; excavation will include the Lower City South, a Cypro-Geometric to Roman period cultic installation, and the terrace of the East Acropolis, believed to be a Sanctuary to Adonis.
Iklaina (Greece)
May 31-July 4, 2008 (2 sessions). Iklaina Archaeological Project, University of Missouri-St. Louis. Survey, GPS/GIS, geophysics; and excavation of a Bronze Age settlement and Tholos tombs at Koukounara, near Iklaina, one of the district capitals of the ancient kingdom of Pylos, in southwest Peloponnese.
May 31-July 4, 2008 (2 sessions). Iklaina Archaeological Project, University of Missouri-St. Louis. Survey, GPS/GIS, geophysics; and excavation of a Bronze Age settlement and Tholos tombs at Koukounara, near Iklaina, one of the district capitals of the ancient kingdom of Pylos, in southwest Peloponnese.
Kalavasos Kokkinoyia and Pamboules (Cyprus)
July 16, 2007-August 24, 2007. University of York. Kokkinogia and Pampoules are two closely located prehistoric sites situated on the eastern side of the Vasilikos Valley, approximately 3km to the southeast of the modern village of Kalavasos.
July 16, 2007-August 24, 2007. University of York. Kokkinogia and Pampoules are two closely located prehistoric sites situated on the eastern side of the Vasilikos Valley, approximately 3km to the southeast of the modern village of Kalavasos.
KU in Ancient Greece
May 22-June 21, 2008. University of Kansas. Every year classicist John Younger takes a group to Greece, where they tour the museums and archaeological sites, for course credit and or just the plain fun of learning something new. No digging, just tours, travel, monuments and museums.
May 22-June 21, 2008. University of Kansas. Every year classicist John Younger takes a group to Greece, where they tour the museums and archaeological sites, for course credit and or just the plain fun of learning something new. No digging, just tours, travel, monuments and museums.
Malloura (Cyprus)
Next scheduled for 2007. Davidson College Athienou Archaeological Project. The Project involves excavation at the site of Malloura (occupied from the Archaic through Ottoman periods - 7th century B.C. to 19th century A.D.) and field survey of the surrounding valley in south central Cyprus.
Next scheduled for 2007. Davidson College Athienou Archaeological Project. The Project involves excavation at the site of Malloura (occupied from the Archaic through Ottoman periods - 7th century B.C. to 19th century A.D.) and field survey of the surrounding valley in south central Cyprus.
Maritime Archaeology in the Netherlands
May 20-27 2007. Nautical Archaeology Society. A study tour of Dutch East India Company (VOC) sailing ships and the archaeology of them, including a series of lectures on the history of the VOC and VOC shipbuilding practices.
May 20-27 2007. Nautical Archaeology Society. A study tour of Dutch East India Company (VOC) sailing ships and the archaeology of them, including a series of lectures on the history of the VOC and VOC shipbuilding practices.
Mas D'Is (Spain)
August 3-September 14, 2003 (three sessions). University of Valencia AMAPA. Neolithic site in the valley of Alcoià-El Comtat; investigation of the cultural interaction between hunter-gatherers and farmers arriving in Mediterranean Spain from Middle East.
August 3-September 14, 2003 (three sessions). University of Valencia AMAPA. Neolithic site in the valley of Alcoià-El Comtat; investigation of the cultural interaction between hunter-gatherers and farmers arriving in Mediterranean Spain from Middle East.
Mitrou (Greece)
June 15-June 28, 2008. University of Tennessee. The aim of the basic field school is to explore the archaeology of Greece focusing on the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, at the site of Mitrou, a tidal islet on the North Euboean Gulf of central Greece.
June 15-June 28, 2008. University of Tennessee. The aim of the basic field school is to explore the archaeology of Greece focusing on the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, at the site of Mitrou, a tidal islet on the North Euboean Gulf of central Greece.
Monte Abraão, Estria, and Pedra dos Mouros (Portugal)
May 21-August 10, 2007. Geological Museum of Lisbon and the Township of Loures. Osteological analysis of human materials from three megalithic tombs, dated to the Final Neolithic/Chalcolithic period.
May 21-August 10, 2007. Geological Museum of Lisbon and the Township of Loures. Osteological analysis of human materials from three megalithic tombs, dated to the Final Neolithic/Chalcolithic period.
Monte Palazzi (Calabria, Italy)
May 26-June 20, 2008. Mamertion Foundation and the Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria. The 2007 archaeological investigations at Monte Palazzi, ca. 25 km. inland from ancient Kaulonia, are aimed at obtaining new data on the architectural history and the internal organization of a Greek fort built on a granitic mountaintop (
May 26-June 20, 2008. Mamertion Foundation and the Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria. The 2007 archaeological investigations at Monte Palazzi, ca. 25 km. inland from ancient Kaulonia, are aimed at obtaining new data on the architectural history and the internal organization of a Greek fort built on a granitic mountaintop (
Monte Polizzo (Sicily, Italy)
May 26-June 21, 2008. Northern Illinois University, University of Palermo, University of Gothenburg, and Stanford University. Monte Polizzo is a proto-urban hilltop site used for nearly 1,200 years and encompasses the Bronze, Early Iron, Elymian, and Hellenistic periods in the island's history.
May 26-June 21, 2008. Northern Illinois University, University of Palermo, University of Gothenburg, and Stanford University. Monte Polizzo is a proto-urban hilltop site used for nearly 1,200 years and encompasses the Bronze, Early Iron, Elymian, and Hellenistic periods in the island's history.
Monte Testaccio (Italy)
September 21-October 5, 2008. ArchaeoSpain. Testaccio was the largest archive of Roman commerce in the world. Monte Testaccio is an artificial hill of testae and crockery 45 meters (135 ft.) high. Participants at this site will interact in all aspects of the archaeological process, including artifact extraction, documentation, drawing, recording and restoration.
September 21-October 5, 2008. ArchaeoSpain. Testaccio was the largest archive of Roman commerce in the world. Monte Testaccio is an artificial hill of testae and crockery 45 meters (135 ft.) high. Participants at this site will interact in all aspects of the archaeological process, including artifact extraction, documentation, drawing, recording and restoration.
Mycenae (Greece)
July 3-31, 2008. University of California, Berkeley and the Archaeological Society of Athens. Students will participate in archaeological excavation and museum study in Greece at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae (Petsas House).
July 3-31, 2008. University of California, Berkeley and the Archaeological Society of Athens. Students will participate in archaeological excavation and museum study in Greece at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae (Petsas House).
Nemea (Greece)
June 1-28, 2008. University of California, Berkeley. Through this field school students will participate in archaeological and museum study in Greece at the site of Nemea and the Classical Sanctuary of Zeus.
June 1-28, 2008. University of California, Berkeley. Through this field school students will participate in archaeological and museum study in Greece at the site of Nemea and the Classical Sanctuary of Zeus.
Olloy-sur-Viroin (Belgium)
July 2-28, 2008 [three sessions]. ArcheoStage. Excavations at a late Bronze Age fort near Viroinval, Belgium.
July 2-28, 2008 [three sessions]. ArcheoStage. Excavations at a late Bronze Age fort near Viroinval, Belgium.
Phalasarna (Greece)
July 13-August 3, 2008. Hellenic Education & Research Center (HERC). Students receive extensive instruction in Archaeological Drawing and Archaeological Conservation while participating in the on-going excavations at the ancient port city of Phalasarna.
July 13-August 3, 2008. Hellenic Education & Research Center (HERC). Students receive extensive instruction in Archaeological Drawing and Archaeological Conservation while participating in the on-going excavations at the ancient port city of Phalasarna.
Pintia (Spain)
June 1-September 3, 2008 (3 sessions). University of Valladolid and ArchaeoSpain. The participants at the archaeological excavation of Pintia will work as field crew on the Iron Age necropolis of Las Ruedas and the ancient settlement of Las Quintanas.
June 1-September 3, 2008 (3 sessions). University of Valladolid and ArchaeoSpain. The participants at the archaeological excavation of Pintia will work as field crew on the Iron Age necropolis of Las Ruedas and the ancient settlement of Las Quintanas.
Poggio Colla (Italy)
June 21-August 1, 2008. Southern Methodist University. Excavations at an Etruscan settlement site in the Mugello near the modern town of Vicchio, about twenty miles northeast of Florence, Italy.
June 21-August 1, 2008. Southern Methodist University. Excavations at an Etruscan settlement site in the Mugello near the modern town of Vicchio, about twenty miles northeast of Florence, Italy.
Pollentia (Spain)
July 8-August 2, 2008. ArchaeoSpain. In 70 B.C. the Romans founded the city of Pollentia on the northern side of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. This is a program designed specifically to give younger students (16 and older) the opportunity to be introduced to the challenges and rewards of archaeological methods and practice.
July 8-August 2, 2008. ArchaeoSpain. In 70 B.C. the Romans founded the city of Pollentia on the northern side of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. This is a program designed specifically to give younger students (16 and older) the opportunity to be introduced to the challenges and rewards of archaeological methods and practice.
Pompeii (Italy)
July 1-August 7, 2005. University of Bradford (Anglo-American Project in Pompeei). In the 2005 season, we will continue to research the whole of Pompeii’s society. We’ll be looking at a large house, a shrine, workshops and bars.
July 1-August 7, 2005. University of Bradford (Anglo-American Project in Pompeei). In the 2005 season, we will continue to research the whole of Pompeii’s society. We’ll be looking at a large house, a shrine, workshops and bars.
PortAnta (Portugal)
Placement service for excavations in Portugal.
Placement service for excavations in Portugal.
Pylos Archaeological Project (Greece)
May 31-July 4, 2008. University of Missouri - St. Louis and Athens Archaeological Society. The UM-St. Louis archaeological project in Pylos, Greece, seeks to examine the historicity of the Greek kings of the Trojan war, especially the legendary king Nestor.
May 31-July 4, 2008. University of Missouri - St. Louis and Athens Archaeological Society. The UM-St. Louis archaeological project in Pylos, Greece, seeks to examine the historicity of the Greek kings of the Trojan war, especially the legendary king Nestor.
Roca dels Bous (Spain)
Apirl 1-14, 2007. Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. Roca dels Bous may represent one of the last Neanderthal settlements located in the Pyrenees and apparently concurrent with the first Upper Paleolithic tradition in sites as la Cova de l´Arbreda or la Cueva del Castillo.
Apirl 1-14, 2007. Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. Roca dels Bous may represent one of the last Neanderthal settlements located in the Pyrenees and apparently concurrent with the first Upper Paleolithic tradition in sites as la Cova de l´Arbreda or la Cueva del Castillo.
San Gemini (Italy)
May 24-August 7, 2008. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Survey and restoration of the Church of San Giovanni Battista (12th century); survey and conservation of the Roman public baths in the nearby ancient city of Carsulae; survey of the church of Santo Gemini, (13th Century).
May 24-August 7, 2008. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Survey and restoration of the Church of San Giovanni Battista (12th century); survey and conservation of the Roman public baths in the nearby ancient city of Carsulae; survey of the church of Santo Gemini, (13th Century).
San Vincenzo al Volturno (Italy)
September 23-26 2004. Soprintendenza archeologica of Molise and the Instituto Universitario di Suor Orsola Benincasa. Excavation of Samnite, Roman (Republican and Imperial), and early medieval occupations under rural vineyards.
September 23-26 2004. Soprintendenza archeologica of Molise and the Instituto Universitario di Suor Orsola Benincasa. Excavation of Samnite, Roman (Republican and Imperial), and early medieval occupations under rural vineyards.
Sanisera (Spain)
May 12-October 31, 2008 (8 sessions). Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria. The excavation will be situated in a Roman fort (123 B.C. - 50 B.C.), investigating the buildings and artifacts of the soldier’s provisions stockrooms and living quarters
May 12-October 31, 2008 (8 sessions). Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria. The excavation will be situated in a Roman fort (123 B.C. - 50 B.C.), investigating the buildings and artifacts of the soldier’s provisions stockrooms and living quarters
Sanisera Necropolis (Spain)
May 12-October 31, 2008 (8 sessions). Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria. Excavation of a cluster of roman tombs belonging to a cemetery located on the outskirts of the roman city of Sanisera that was occupied from 123 BC to 550 AD
May 12-October 31, 2008 (8 sessions). Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria. Excavation of a cluster of roman tombs belonging to a cemetery located on the outskirts of the roman city of Sanisera that was occupied from 123 BC to 550 AD
Sopeña Rockshelter (Spain)
July 29-August 31, 2007. Dept. Prehistoria CSIC Madrid Spain. Excavations at the Sopeña rockshelter, where a long sequence of prehistoric occupations has been revealed, including both with Neanderthal and Cro magnon occupations.
July 29-August 31, 2007. Dept. Prehistoria CSIC Madrid Spain. Excavations at the Sopeña rockshelter, where a long sequence of prehistoric occupations has been revealed, including both with Neanderthal and Cro magnon occupations.
Souskiou-Laona Settlement Excavation (Cyprus)
March 31-April 28, 2008. Lemba Archaeological Research Center, University of Edinburgh. Souskiou consists of four contemporary cemeteries and an associated settlement of c. 3000 BC. Since the 1950s, the cemeteries have yielded striking objects including a vast number of cruciform female figurines. We now have the opportunity to make the first sustained excavations at the settlement.
March 31-April 28, 2008. Lemba Archaeological Research Center, University of Edinburgh. Souskiou consists of four contemporary cemeteries and an associated settlement of c. 3000 BC. Since the 1950s, the cemeteries have yielded striking objects including a vast number of cruciform female figurines. We now have the opportunity to make the first sustained excavations at the settlement.
Tiermes (Spain)
July 1-August 30, 2007 (two sessions). Junta de Castilla y León and ArchaeoSpain. Participants of this program will join the field crews unearthing the Celtiberian, Roman, and Medieval site of Tiermes, one of Spain's most diverse archaeological centers.
July 1-August 30, 2007 (two sessions). Junta de Castilla y León and ArchaeoSpain. Participants of this program will join the field crews unearthing the Celtiberian, Roman, and Medieval site of Tiermes, one of Spain's most diverse archaeological centers.
Torre d'en Galma (Spain)
May 2-July 4, 2008. Boston University. Students will excavate a structure built during the late Iron Age Period, around the third century BC, that was later reused during the Roman occupation of the island. The field school will focus on the use of domestic space from the late Iron Age through the Roman Period to Medieval times.
May 2-July 4, 2008. Boston University. Students will excavate a structure built during the late Iron Age Period, around the third century BC, that was later reused during the Roman occupation of the island. The field school will focus on the use of domestic space from the late Iron Age through the Roman Period to Medieval times.
Torre de Palma (Portugal)
May 21-June 29, 2007. National Museum of Archaeology, Lisbon, Portugal. Osteological analysis of human interments recovered from the largest Roman villa in Iberia.
May 21-June 29, 2007. National Museum of Archaeology, Lisbon, Portugal. Osteological analysis of human interments recovered from the largest Roman villa in Iberia.
Valcamonica (Italy)
July 23-August 6 2007. The Archaeological Cooperative Society "The Footsteps of Man" of Cerveno (Valcamonica-Italy). Field school searching, drawing and cataloguing the engraved rock art of Paspardo, Valcamonica.
July 23-August 6 2007. The Archaeological Cooperative Society "The Footsteps of Man" of Cerveno (Valcamonica-Italy). Field school searching, drawing and cataloguing the engraved rock art of Paspardo, Valcamonica.
Villa Vignacce (Italy)
June 17-July 27, 2008. American Institute for Roman Culture. An opportunity to excavate a significant ancient site in Rome. The second season will continue excavation of the imperial bath complex (caldarium and apodyterium with marble veneer and glass paste mosaics in the vaulting) discovered during the first season.
June 17-July 27, 2008. American Institute for Roman Culture. An opportunity to excavate a significant ancient site in Rome. The second season will continue excavation of the imperial bath complex (caldarium and apodyterium with marble veneer and glass paste mosaics in the vaulting) discovered during the first season.