European Archaeology Skills Exchange 2010

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FULL-Bronze Age Settlement- Slovakia

Dates: 19th June to 31st July 2010

Number of UK participants: 8

Duration: 6 weeks

The Slovak/Hungarian border town of Sahy has been the location for Grampus archaeology placements since 2001. The initial focus of these excavations was the medieval monastery, where participants have gained invaluable experience of excavating a site with complex stratigraphy and where several medieval burials have been discovered, recorded and excavated. Although the focus of the placement has now changed to a Bronze-Age site on the outskirts of the town, the following reports will give applicants a good insight into the earlier monastic excavations in Sahy and the experiences of previous UK participants living and working in this part of Slovakia. The Leonardo da Vinci funding available for these placements will cover travel (return travel from an allocated UK airport), insurance, subsistence allowance (equal to three meals a day) and accommodation.

In 2006, a new factory construction led to the discovery of a new bronze-age site on the outskirts of Sahy. Our partners in Slovakia therefore moved the focus of the excavations from the monastery to the investigation of this incredibly important site. We are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity for UK archaeology students to join the Bronze-Age excavations at Sahy again in 2010.

 

Read the report written by Daniel Wray, a participant in the 2005 Sahy excavations

Read the report written by Helen cartwright, a participant on the bronze-age excavations in Sahy during summer 2006.

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EASE-Undergraduate Archaeology Placements 2010

Settlement Period

Portugal

Copper Age

Stone Age

Slovakia

Bronze-Age

Bulgaria

Roman Thermae & Thracian Cult Complex

Germany

Medieval

Monastic

 

Italy

Etruscan

 

Medieval Fortress

 

Early Christian Basilica