The Cape of Cavalleria Ecomuseum in Menorca, Spain, has scheduled for 2012, the excavation of three sites. The first is The Roman Necropolis Dig, which involves the excavation of a cluster of roman tombs belonging to a cemetery located on the outskirts of the roman city of Sanisera, which was occupied from 123 BC to 550 AD. The second is the excavation of the Roman City of Sanisera, overlooking the natural port of Sanitja, which presents the same chronology as the above mentioned necropolis. The third archaeological project is The Prehistoric Cave Dig, which is focused on the excavation of funerary deposits made by the first inhabitants of Menorca. The dig takes place in a cave known as “Cueva de la Costa Norte”, very close to the Cape of Cavalleria Ecomuseum.   It is a collective burial site which dates between 2000 and 1350 B.C. It involves the collection of burnt bone samples, pottery vessels, bronze and bone pendants and beads, among other artifacts. 

This course consists of two main parts. The first one deals with filming a video documentary so that the audience can get to know more about the archaeological findings, the history of the three sites and the archaeological work carried out both on site and in the laboratory. In the second part of the course students who participate in this course will learn about the process of creating a documentary: video footage, preparing the plot, selection of scenes, sound and the different elements regarding audiovisuals.

The directors of this program are Macià Florit, an expert in the production of cultural, artistic and fiction videos, and Fernando Contreras, director of the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria. Also, other archaeologists and specialists in physical anthropology and conservation will collaborate during the course.

The course runs 7 hours per day, with time dedicated to both video footage while the archaeologists are excavating, and the processing of the digital documentation in order to create the archaeoplogical movie.

Participants will also be given lectures on methodology regarding multimedia productions. Participants will visit archaeological sites on the island through organized excursions. Courses are given in both English and Spanish. For every seven course days there are two days off.

For more information, please visit www.ecomuseodecavalleria.com or visit me at:

Lana Johnson

Course Coordinator

Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria

Webpage: www.ecomuseodecavalleria.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ecomuseum.cavalleria

Email: sanisera@arrakis.es

Phone: (34) 699 69 55 80

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