Summer Semester: May 23 - July 4, 2008

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Boston University’s Mediterranean Archaeological Field School will take place at the site of Torre d’en Galmès on the island of Menorca, Spain. The program will consist of a six-week excavation campaign combined with lectures, museum and laboratory work, and study tours of the island’s cultural and historical monuments. Students will excavate a structure built during the late Iron Age period, dating back to 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.

Menorca, the easternmost of Spain’s three Balearic Islands, is located midway between Spain, Sardinia, France, and North Africa. The field school will be based in the beautiful port city of Mahón, now the modern capital of Menorca.

Boston University will work in collaboration with the Universitat de les Illes Balears in Menorca. Upon successful completion of the program, students earn eight Boston University credits.