Roman coin The Sanisera Archaeology Institute for International Field Schools offers over international courses focusing on archaeology, school-work alternance archaeology programs and anthropology. Student's fieldwork centers on the survey and excavation of classical sites.

2027 Courses

Group of students in Sanisera

Are you ready to learn archaeological dig techniques, or exhume skeletal remains, or practice on the recognition of archaeological materials, or learn advanced osteological analysis?

006 Dig in the Roman City of Sanisera

Group of students digging in Sanisera

The excavation at the Roman city of Sanisera provides all the archaeological documentation necessary for the student to acquire enough training and experience in all aspects involving an excavation of the Roman civilization.

008 Digging Anthropology in the Sanisera Necropolis

Group of students in Sanisera

If you are interested in studying anthropology or are already doing so in your school and would like to gain experience as a fieldwork volunteer excavating cemeteries and graves, this may be the best choice for you.

018 Advanced Osteological Analysis in Sanisera

Group of students digging in Sanisera

This course focuses on the in-depth analysis of human skeletal remains excavated from the Roman necropolis of Sanisera. In this course we will use advanced osteological techniques to gain a better understanding of the lifestyle of population of Sanisera.

050 GIS, AutoCAD & Digital Illustration in archaeology

GIS AutoCAD Illustration Archaeology

This course is designed for students that have participated in an archaeological excavation and would like to learn about archaeological tools used to document research information collected with rigor and quality through AutoCAD and ArcGIS.

053 Bioarchaeological fieldwork in San Mateo Church

Burial niches from 17th century San Mateo Church

The objective in this course of bioarcheological fieldwork will be to excavate the burial niches dating from the seventeenth century of the underground funerary crypt that belongs to the San Mateo Church.

060 Lidar, photogrammetry, GIS & Claude AI in Pyrenees

Pantocrator Sant Climent Pyrenees

In the Pyrenees of Lleida and Huesca, students will use Lidar, drone photogrammetry, GIS and Claude AI to locate and assess churches, castles, abandoned villages and medieval necropolises. Within 70 minutes of our base, 37 sites and 20 villages have been inventoried.

061 Archaeological Tour in Egypt

Giza Sphinx and Pyramids Egypt

Ten days in Egypt with an expert guide: the pyramids of Giza, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Saqqara, Dahshur, Dendera, Abydos, Luxor, and a Nile cruise to Aswan through Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae. Hotels, meals and transport included. Sessions in May, July and October 2027.

062 Zooarchaeology: classifying the domestic fauna of Sanisera

062 Zooarchaeology classifying the domestic fauna of the Roman port of Sanisera Menorca

More than half of the animal bones found at Sanisera belong to sheep and goats, followed by cattle and pigs. In the laboratory of the Sanisera Archaeology Institute in Ciutadella, students learn to classify these remains and to read in them the diet and husbandry of a Roman and late antique port.

A laboratory course of 16 days, with no excavation, limited to six students per session.

List of Universities where our students get credits

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10 reasons

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