Sep 23, 2007

CfA: BH field school for 2008 projects

Dear colleagues, partners, students and friends,
Balkan Heritage (BH) fieldschool has just opened the application session for BH projects in 2008 located in both Bugaria and Macedonia.

Balkan heritage (BH) field school by BYC association- Bulgaria has operated since 2003 implementing projects in the areas of study, protection, restoration and promotion of sites, artifacts and practices presenting cultural heritage of Southeastern Europe. Our participants are students, scholars and volunteers from all over the World.

BH field school admits participants in the following types of projects:

Field school session s usually attached to an excavation, expedition or other kind of research project. Each includes 3 basic modules:
educational (lectures, trainings and workshops)

practical (excavations, lab work, fieldtrips, documentation, restoration and conservation etc.)

excursions to attractive archaeological and cultural sites around the project's location.

Volunteer workcamp s supporting in various ways local heritage protection in Southeastern Europe.
Projects' duration 15 - 45 days
Projects' location: Bulgaria, Macedonia
Projects' language: ENGLISH
Projects 2008:

AVGUSTA TRAIANA-BEROE- BORUI rescue excavation (Bulgaria)
June 30 - August 16, 2008 (season dates). 3 field school sessions available. Rescue excavation at the Roman, Late Antique and Medieval period site beneath Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

"FRESCOES-HUNTING" PHOTO EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL CHURCHES OF WEST BULGARIA
May 1125, 2008. 1 field school session available. An expediition to some abandoned West Bulgarian medieval churches and chapels (in bed condition) to document frescoes preserved inside.

KALOYANOVETS Cataloging Project(Bulgaria)

June 15 - July 14, 2008 (season dates). 2 field school sessions available. Field surveys and cataloging an artifact collection from Late Neolithic site Kaloyanovets (6-th millenium B.C.) at the museum of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
STARA ZAGORA heritage workcamp (Bulgaria)

July 16-30, 2008. Balkan Heritage. Rescue excavations and maintenance of archaeological sites in the town of Stara Zagora.
BITOLA heritage workcamp (Macedonia)

July-August, 2008. Balkan Heritage. Excavations and maintenance of archaeological sites in the ancient town of Heraclea Lyncestis near Bitola, Macedonia.
HERACLEA LYNCESTIS (Macedonia)

July - August, 2008 (season dates). 1 field school session available. Excavation at the Hellenistic, Roman, Late Antique town near Bitola, Macedonia.
For more detailed information about BH projects please visit our web site at: www.bhfieldschool. org

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