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Balkan heritage projects 2010:
WORKSHOP FOR RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTATION
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 Two images above by courtesy
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Project type: field school (workshop)
THE PROJECT IS SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS! Venue/s: 1. The first ten workshop days will be held in the coastal village of Emona on the Black Sea, Bulgaria; 2. The last four days will be in the coastal town of Sozopol on Black Sea, Bulgaria (established as an ancient Greek colony called Apollonia Pontica). Nearest Air Terminals: Varna (100 km) and Burgas (90 km) airports.
Period(s): Antiquity: Ancient Greek and Hellenistic (seventh century BC - first century BC) Travel/access to the venue: The project will start in Emona in Nessebar Municipality, Bulgaria. On the arrival day all participants will be given a lift from the bus station in Obzor - a small town 20 km away from Emona. Obzor may be reached by bus/car from the major Bulgarian cities with international airports (Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv and Sofia). A direct pick-up transfer to Emona may be arranged upon request from Varna or Burgas (Please, specify this in your application form!). The transfer's price may vary from 25 to 55 EUR depending on both distance and number of participants. Ask for details!
Description: The WORKSHOP FOR RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY, 2010 is one of two follow-up projects of the Workshop for restoration and documentation of Ancient (Greek and Roman) pottery, 2009 by Balkan Heritage. It will be hosted by both Balkan Heritage and the Apollonia Pontica Excavation Project. It will guide the participants through the history of Ancient Greek pottery, its production and consequent stages of archaeological conservation, documentation, study, and restoration. Both the theoretical and practical courses will be based on Ancient Greek pottery found in Sozopol (the ancient Greek city of Apollonia Pontica on the Black Sea). The project includes three modules: practical work in documentation and restoration of ancient pottery; educational course (lectures, trainings, study - and behind-the-scenes visits) and excursions to the ancient coastal towns of Nessebar (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Sozopol , and the city of Varna (including visits to the Archaeological Museums in Sozopol, Nessebar and Varna and to a contemporary pottery workshop)Refer to the Course description and Workshop agenda! By the end of the workshop the participants will:
All participants will receive a Balkan
Heritage Field School Certificate specifying the fieldwork hours,
educational modules, and sites visited.New Bulgarian University grants to students 6 academic credits for
participation in the project. Transcripts
are available
upon request for an additional tuition fee! Click for details! Archaeological and historical context: Apollonia Pontica is one of the most ancient towns on the Western Black Sea coast. The city, founded by Miletian colonists around 610 B.C., was named Apollonia Pontica, in honour of the patron-deity of Miletus – Apollo. Chronicles mention the temple of Apollo, which stood at the center of the city, decorated with a 13 meter high bronze statue of the god. The Ancient authors identify the philosopher named Anaximander as the founder of the city . It became an autonomous and strong democratic polis and important trade center between Ancient Greece and Thrace. Thanks to its strong navy and naturally protected harbors, Apollonia kept control of the major merchant road Via Pontica for several centuries. The city preserved its independence during the campaigns of Phillip II of Macedon (342-339 B.C.) and Alexander the Great (335 B.C.) but in 72 B.C. it was conquered, pillaged and burned by the Roman legions of Marcus Luculus. The victors took to Rome the most prised trophy: the statue of Apollo. The city succeeded to restore its former glory and was known in the Roman World as Apollonia Magna (Great Apollonia). Following the Christian mainstream, its name was changed to Sozopol in the 4th century AD. Despite the damages, it survived the period of the Great Migration of People (4-7 century AD) and entered the Middle ages as a focal point of long-lasting Byzantine-Bulgarian conflicts. The large necropolis of Apollonia Pontica, dated to the 6th – 2nd century B.C., is Sozopol's most important archaeological site today. Once it was outside the ramparts, along the sea coast in what is today the Harmani beach area. Here archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient graves. Some of them contained impressive artifacts such as painted pottery, funerary reliefs, jewels and terracotta statuettes. The most representative collection of finds is kept in the Sozopol Archaeological Museum, but some artifacts are now in the Louvre Museum (Paris, France), the Hermitage Museum (St.Petersburg, Russia) and the Pergamon Museum (Berlin, Germany). Affiliation: Balkan Heritage and Apollonia Pontica Excavation Project
Project coordinators: Kalina Stoyanova and Teodora Bogdanova
Session dates: 6-19 September 2010
Application Deadlines: 10 August 2010
Minimum length of stay for volunteers: 1 session (14 days) Minimum age: 18 Number of field school places available: Maximum 7 Language: English
Special requirements: No
Experience required: No
Room and Board arrangements: In comfortable hotel rooms (with two to three beds), equipped with air-conditioning, televisions and full bathrooms (single rooms are available upon request for an additional fee of 280 EUR). Three meals per day will be served in the local tavern. Participants are not expected to bring any additional equipment. Local food is a mix between heavy meaty Balkan cuisine and light Mediterranean food, characterized by a great variety of salads and milk and yogurt based meals. Requests for vegetarian food are accepted!
Free time: Beach activities and walks in an environmentally protected area on daily basis in the siesta time and guided visits in/around the towns of Varna
Admission fee: 1199 EUR (app. 1430 USD but check current exchange rates!) including all educational and practical activities, tools and materials, full-board accommodation (hotel + 3 meals per day), excursions/sightseeing tours/entrance fees and administrative costs. 10% discount off the admission fee available in case of: 1. Early registration (before 1 January 2010) 2. Participation in more than 1 BH project or project session in 2010. (10% discount is valid for the second, third etc... project/session to be attended) 3. Participation in any BH project/s in the past. NOTE, 7% OF EVERY ADMISSION FEE FOR THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE BALKAN HERITAGE PROTECTION FUND’S ACTIVITIES! ... COURSE DESCRIPTION Balkan Heritage Field School Lecturers and Trainers:
Lectures:
-Review of basic methods for uncovering, “first aid”, consolidation in situ, cleaning, sorting out and storing of ceramic artifacts; -Conservation and restoration of ancient pottery; -History of Apollonia Pontica and the Western Black Sea coast in Antiquity (seventh century BC - first century BC); -Technology, Typology and Chronology of the Ancient Greek pottery with examples from Apollonia Pontica; -Archaeological documentation (drawing, graphic reconstruction, photographing, description, etc.) of ancient pottery. Workshops -Basic methods for uncovering, “first aid”, consolidation in situ, cleaning, sorting out and storing of ceramic artefacts – training/workshop -Conservation and restoration of ancient pottery (with fragmented pottery from Apollonia Pontica) – 8 workshops; -Archaeological documentation (drawing, graphic reconstruction, photographing, description, etc.) of Ancient Greek pottery – 8 workshops. Study visits and archaeological excursions to:
- Pottery-makers’ workshop;
- City of Varna;- Varna Archaeological Museum; - Sozopol Old Town quarter; - Sozopol Archaeological Museum; - Ancient town of Nessebar (UNESCO World Heritage Site); - Nessebar Archaeological Museum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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