Archaeological Field School at Antiochia ad Cragum

Be part of a full-scale research and archaeological project while earning UNL credit in Art History! The Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project (ACARP) announces its third archaeological field school for the summer of 2013. Antiochia ad Cragum is located on the south-central coast of Turkey in ancient Rough Cilicia.

The Project is currently excavating a third-century AD Imperial (?) temple, a colonnaded street, and a major bath complex that includes a large mosaic.  In 2013 we plan to begin work on the city’s marketplace.

Participants in the field school will learn comprehensive archaeological methods, including excavation and recording, mapping, surveying, object photography, and basic conservation techniques.

Additional opportunities for field trips include: nearby archaeological sites, such as Selinus, Lamos, Perge, Aspendos, and the Alanya Museum.

Visit the Antiochea ad Cragum Archaeolocical Research Project website for details.

Greek Art and Archaeology...
in Greece!

Imagine touring Greece with your own expert, Professor of Art History Michael Hoff! Greek Art and Archaeology (AHIS311), is taught in Greece during alternate summers.  The course will be offered next during the Summer of 2014.

Need help funding your trip?

The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts provides a limited, fixed number of travel grants to students who are enrolled in an international course organized and delivered by a faculty member from a units within the Hixson-Lied College.

The funds can be used for travel, but cannot be used for tuition. For additional information visit: http://www.unl.edu/finearts/students/grants.
Search the UNL Education Abroad website for additional study abroad opportunities: http://educationabroad.unl.edu/

Fig. 1
Block Documentation at the Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Field School in southern Turkey.
Fig. 2
Following documentation, blocks are carefully moved at the archaeological survey site.
Image of student working
Mosaic conservation (2012)
Fig. 4
Fiberscopic Remote Inspection equipment, utilizing a boroscope, is used to investigate clues to the original structural and architectural design of the temple as well as its current condition.
Image of the temple mound
Excavations have been carried out on the temple mound since 2009.
Students sweeping the mosaic
Cleaning of the mosaic  (2012)
Mosaic and Pool Excavation
Mosaic and pool excavation in progress (2012)