006: Dig in the Roman City of Sanisera

Learning Outcomes

In the Fieldwork

• How to dig and which archaeological techniques are used.
• Use and handling of the tools that are used during the excavation process.
• Basic principles of stratigraphy.
• Recording the data obtained during the excavation using the Harris Method.
• Practice on the recognition of archaeological materials and Roman finds from the II century B.C. - VI A.D.
• Basic procedures for sample collection.

In the Laboratory

• Study and typological classification of archaeological objects of Roman archaeology: ceramics, numismatics, faunal remains, metals and glass.
• Relative dating based on the classification of archaeological objects discovered in stratigraphic sequence.

Theory

• History, archaeology, economy and culture of the Roman civilization.
• Introduction to the History of the Sanisera Site.
• Minorcan archaeology before the Roman conquest of the Balearic Islands.