The Magura Uroiului Project
Magura Uroiului, Romania
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What, When and Where
Daily program
7am - breakfast at the campsite
8am - head to the excavations
12pm - lunch break (1 hour) - lunch will be delivered to the excavation
sites or we will return to the campsite
2pm - artefact processing
4pm - return to the excavation sites
6pm - dinner at the campsite
7pm - evening classes (field school students) and daily progress report
meeting (research members)
8pm - free time
Note: The daily schedule is not always fixed. The afternoon schedule is largely influenced by the heat and weather. On cooler days we might eat a light lunch at the excavation sites and then continue on until 3pm, return to the campsite and not return to the excavations that day. On very hot sunny days, we might stay at the camp site longer until it's not as hot. When it unexpectedly rains, we usually have to run out to the excavation sites and cover them with plastic sheets and then spend the rest of the day in the military tents or in town.
Optional field school courses
The following field training courses will be held in the evenings:
-history and pre-history of the region
-artefact drawing
-plan and profile drawing
-excavation planning (where to dig and why)
-project management skills related to an excavation
Weekly program
Sunday - arrival in Deva for orientation followed
by transport to the project's field camp.
Monday to Friday - excavations and classes
Saturday - excursion
Sunday - free day for guest participants (possible hiking trip in the nearby mountains)
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morning excavations for fieldwork students; afternoons are free
If this is your last day,
we will arrange for transportation back to Deva.
Excursions
We can visit the following locations on the weekend excursions.
Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
Ulpia Triana Sarmisegetusa (Roman capital city)
Roman baths and castrum of Germisara
Hunedoara castle (15th century)
Deva Citadel (13th - 19th century fortress)
Several caves of the regions