Location: MF7H+4P Redondo, Portugal
Season: May 11, 2025 to June 1, 2025
Application Deadline: April 1, 2025
Deadline Type: Rolling
Website: http://www.caladinho.com/
Program Type:
Field School
RPA Certified:
No
Project Director:
Rui Mataloto, Karilyn Calvert, Joey Williams
Project Description:
The Caladinho Archaeological Project will continue its excavation at the Roman fort of Caladinho and expand its focus to include a landscape survey in the Alentejo region. This year, we’re offering a unique opportunity for students to get hands-on experience in both excavation and survey techniques.
Students will be able to spend some days as part of the excavation team, working to uncover the remains of the Roman fortified structure. On other days, they will engage in a survey of nearby sites in a smaller group. This team will record exposed features and lay the groundwork for a larger, comprehensive study of the region’s settlement patterns.
Previous fieldwork at Caladinho uncovered the remains of a fortified structure related to the Roman colonization of the region in the 1st century B.C.E. Caladinho is the first example of one of these small, fortified, rural structures to be systematically excavated in the Alentejo region. The primary goal of this project is the identification of the inhabitants, the chronology of the site’s occupation, and its place within the larger regional context. This upcoming season of fieldwork will continue the excavation of the domestic area extending to the north and east, and continue targeted archaeological reconnaissance of the remainder of the site.
Period(s) of Occupation: Late Roman Republic
Project Size: 1-24 participants
Experience Required: None
Room and Board Arrangements:
Students will be housed together in the town of Redondo, near the site. Due to space considerations, most rooms will be shared by two or three students. Rooms will be separated by gender. Outside of individual rooms, the rest of the house is communal: kitchen, bathroom, living room etc. As a result, students will be responsible for cleaning and keeping the house tidy. Students will be responsible for doing their own laundry (we have a washing machine).
Meals: The project provides 3 meals a day on weekdays. Breakfast will be eaten at the dig house and students are expected to prepare this meal themselves (cereal, yoghurts, toast, etc.). We will eat lunch at a local restaurant in town. For dinner, we will have food delivered from a local restaurant and eat in the dig house. On weekends, students will be responsible for their own meals (there are a number of restaurants and grocery stores in town). Students should expect to eat the local Alentejan cuisine. The project will do its best to accommodate dietary requirements, but students must inform us of any dietary requirements or allergies in their forms. We are able to accommodate vegetarian diets, but any other diets must be discussed before the start of the project.
