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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; color: black;
font-size: 10pt;">The field school at the <span class="il">Roman</span>
<span class="il">baths</span> at Carsulae will commence its
seventh season this summer,
and applications for students and volunteers are still being
accepted.<br>
<br>
The <span class="il">Roman</span> city of <st1:city w:st="on">Carsulae</st1:city>
was founded along the via Flaminia, when that road
was cut through <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Umbria</st1:place></st1:state>
in the late third century BC. Located
near the town of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Gemini</st1:place></st1:city>, the area has been associated
with healing waters
since Umbrian times. The <span class="il">Roman</span> <span
class="il">baths</span>, which lie at the threshold of
southern entrance to the
city, were excavated in the 1950s by the then-superintendent of
archaeology,
Umberto Ciotti. The site has lain exposed since then. The goals
of the project
are to consolidate the exposed remains and to explore the
structure further in
order to determine its full plan and the form of its earliest
phase, which, if
contemporary with the founding of the city, may be one of the
oldest <span class="il">Roman</span> <span class="il">baths</span>
in existence. In fact, our
most recent excavations have revealed <span class="il">Roman</span>
reuse of
massive structures that appear to be earlier than the
traditionally accepted
date of the founding of the city.<br>
<br>
Recent seasons have also focused on a
wall of opus polygonale to the east of the bath structure. It
consists of two
arms at right angles to each other, one leading toward a cistern
in opus
caementicum, which served the <span class="il">baths</span> in
the Imperial
period, and the other toward a flight of five steps, which
appear to lead up to
the Via Flaminia. The former has revealed an extension in wattle
and daub: a
transitional wall between the polygonal wall and the
concrete-built cistern. The
latter arm is overlaid with a shallow pool in tile-paved
concrete, which may be
a public fountain at the southern entrance to the city. All
three zones within
the current excavation area have revealed various forms of
masonry construction,
which indicate long use and many centuries of rebuilding.<br>
<br>
Participants
will be instructed in:<br>
• excavation strategies,
techniques and recording<br>
• handling and conservation
of artifacts<br>
• drafting of site plans<br>
•
analytical rendering<br>
<br>
Additional
details:<br>
• Minimum age: 16
years<br>
• Minimum stay: 3
weeks<br>
• No experience
necessary<br>
• Cost $800/week (includes housing &
weekday meals)<br>
• Participants will be housed in
various apartments, monasteries or palaces in San
Gemini<br>
• Application deadline: April 2,
2011<br>
• Application available on our
website<br>
• Academic credit available through Valdosta
State University<br>
<br>
Further
information:<br>
<br>
website:
</span><span lang="IT"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.valdosta.edu/%7Ejwhitehe/Carsulaeweb/Carsulae_home.htm"
target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family:
Palatino; font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">www.valdosta.edu/~jwhitehe/Carsulaeweb/Carsulae_home.htm</span></a></span><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; color: black;
font-size: 10pt;"><br>
<br>
Excavation
Director: <span style=""> </span>Prof. Jane
Whitehead (</span><span lang="IT"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jwhitehe@valdosta.edu" target="_blank"><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; font-size:
10pt;" lang="EN-US">jwhitehe@valdosta.edu</span></a></span><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; color: black;
font-size: 10pt;">)<br style="">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; color: black;
font-size: 10pt;">For
information Contact:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;
font-family: Palatino; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span
style=""> </span>Wendy Hallman at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wchallman@gmail.com">wchallman@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; color: black;
font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; color: black;
font-size: 10pt;">Downloadable
flyer:<br>
</span><span lang="IT"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.valdosta.edu/%7Ejwhitehe/Carsulaeweb/Carsulae_program_details.htm"
target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family:
Palatino; font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">http://www.valdosta.edu/~jwhitehe/Carsulaeweb/Carsulae_program_details.htm</span></a></span><span
style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Palatino; color: black;
font-size: 10pt;"> <br>
(scroll
down to "2011 Poster for Carsulae")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span
style="font-family: Times;">Prof.
Jane Whitehead</span></b><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family: Times;">Department
of Modern and Classical Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family: Times;" lang="IT">Valdosta State University,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family: Times;" lang="IT">Valdosta, GA 31698.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family: Times;">call:
229-249-4915, fax: 229-333-7416. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family: Times;" lang="IT"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jwhitehe@valdosta.edu">jwhitehe@valdosta.edu</a><br>
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