Chapters
The video has a length of almost 50 minutes and is divided into eight chapters. The plot takes place in July.
The protagonists are students who came to Menorca in order to participate in the field school, the settings were all real, and different, and the vast majority of the situations were completely improvised.
Chapter II: Sanitja
Day 2. In the morning students have to start learning some important aspects. Two of them, which are fundamental to know before the excavation starts, are learning about the archaeological legacy of the Port of Sanitja, as well as finding out which objects have to be collected on the field in order to carry out the investigation.
Students will learn about identifying metals (bronze, iron, lead, etc), glass, bones and ceramics, all dating from the Roman period between 123 B.C. and 550 A.D.
Chapter III: My first time
Day 2. In the afternoon the course restarts with an introductory lecture on the History of Sanitja, which precedes the first contact with the excavation. In the Roman city, students will learn how to use different tools, while in the necropolis some of them will start excavating the tombs.
Chapter IV: Sweat and Dust
Day 3. The excavation directors have decided to give the different theoretical lessons in the morning; devoting time for laboratory tasks in this part of the day, while the excavation takes places in the evenings. This schedule is due to the hot weather of July. The first thing students do is to visit the exhibition room which is held at the Ecomuseum. All the artifacts on display were found by former students.
At 5 pm the excavation starts, and some ceramics from the 5th century AD are found. In the necropolis students discover a large stone slab which covers a tomb.
Chapter V: Friends for ever
Day 7. After several days working together, friendship binds the group. Meanwhile, the excavation sheds the first results by discovering a new room located in the Roman city and also identifying the first human bones. Soon we will get more information about the interred skeletons, and we will find out their sex and age.
Chapter VI: Enjoying Menorca
Day 10. Relaxing is necessary, especially in an island like Menorca. This is a day off for students to visit spectacular Prehistoric remains and go swimming in a magical beach..
Chapter VII: I already know more than Indiana Jones
Day 18. Oh my God!!! After so many days excavating in Sanitja we could be able to teach Indy¡¡¡. Certainly, this is Archaeology!!
Chapter VIII: The reward
Day 19. There are only two days left for the course to finish. Today is exam day. Students have to show their final projects to the directors of the excavations so that they can be assessed. Nights without sleeping have their consequences. Waking up very early in the morning turns out to be very difficult.
In the evening, in the sun, with the usual atmosphere of dust and sweat, the dream of all archaeologists arrived, and the effort made during so many days was worthy.
Chapter IX: Gladius
Day 20. Day full of moving scenes. Everything comes to an end. Just few of them will be the chosen ones.
Courses 2013
201301: Making a Movie. Archaeological film program
201305: Exploring the Greatest Ancient Cities. Archaeological tour of Athens, Rome, and Pompeii
201306: The Archaeological Dig in the Ancient Roman City of Sanisera
201308: Biological Anthropology: Fieldwork in the Necropolis of the Ancient Roman City of Sanisera
201310: Archaeological Dig: Fieldwork in the Necropolis and the Ancient Roman City of Sanisera
Chapter I: Welcome to the Ecomuseum
Day 1. The student who participates in the course does not know the rest of the group. Most of them come from Canada, United States, Australia and United Kingdom. After a long journe y, during the 1st day they have to attend an introduction meeting, even though they are all suffering from jet lag. In this meeting the teachers explain how the course is organized.