Summer Semester: May 30th to July 10th, 2010

Boston University’s Menorca Field School in Archaeology and Heritage Management 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.

Students will explore the cultural history of Menorca and the interactions between the indigenous Talayotic peoples of Menorca and the Carthaginians and Romans. Through hands-on experience students learn the fundamentals of field excavation and recording, as well as the identification and analysis of Talayotic, Roman, and Medieval period artifacts. They are also introduced to museum work including restoration, interpretation of materials, and aspects of public education.

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

Download a program one-sheet (PDF).