Roman fish-salting production center at Tróia, Portugal

About

The CEAACP – Tróia Summer School is a new archaeological fieldschool program offering students the opportunity to participate in a scientific archaeological project in the largest fish-salting production center so far discovered in the Roman Empire. Nowadays the site is known as the Roman Ruins of Tróia and has been a National Monument since 1910. This project results from an agreement between TROIA RESORT, the Archaeology, Arts and Heritage Sciences Study Center and the University of Arizona.

Course leader

Dra. Inês Vaz Pinto

Target group

Students and people with an interest in archaeology.

Course aim

The project for the summer 2014 is the excavation of a large fish-salting workshop, only partially dug in the 70’s, that is still more than half covered by sand and that has large vats 2.15 m deep. The main goals are to uncover its complete plan and excavate one vat to study and date the abandonment levels and hopefully find the remains of the last fish-salting production.

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