THIRD SESSION

Dates:

August 31, 2003 (Sunday) to September 13, 2003 (Saturday)

Number of vacants as today= 4 (This session is still tentative)

DESCRIPTION

Since the 80s, archaeologists have been uncovering artifacts at the valleys of Alcoià-El Comtat, an isolated, ten-mile long valley that rises dramatically from near sea level to over 1000 m.a.s.l. This area contains evidence of the important transition that occurred as their prehistoric inhabitants began to cultivate plants and to herd animals.

Participants will assist Professors Joan Bernabeu, Teresa Orozco and. Agustín Diez-Castillo of the University of Valencia, to excavate a Neolithic village at the site of Mas D'Is. This research will help understand the cultural interaction between hunter-gatherers and farmers arribing from Middle Orient to Mediterranean Spain. One day trip to some of the more important Neolithic sites in the area ( v.g. Petracos) and some very important rock art sites like La Sarga and Petracos will be include

DUTIES

Participants will assist Project staff under the direction of prof. Joan Bernabeu to dig Neolithic layers containing house pits, hearths and other kind of structures at the Site of Mas D'Is. They will help analyze and catalog artifacts as well as photograph and map the site.

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION:

1350 Euros

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