2017 Expedition

The 2017 UP Expedition to Pollentia saw chemistry faculty Valerie Walters and Kara Breuer, along with Fr. Mark Ghyselinck, C.S.C. (fine arts), as padre and artist in residence, and Andrea Nelin-Roth (development) as staff mentor/activities director, fully engaged in...

Reflecting on Pollentia 2017

The Daily Dig For twenty days in July, each morning we trekked to the site.  For those staying in the Artists House, each wakeup was the same: breakfast together, gathering in the street, and going through the routine of the checklist: hat, sunscreen, gloves and...

Where’s Cesar? #5

Hello and welcome to my last post! As part of my project for the Gilman Scholarship I will be writing once a week about the work, the food, the fun, and the people of Alcúdia. Let’s dive in! Final week Work has wrapped up and I am writing this from home in Portland!...

Where’s Cesar? #4

¡Hola! As part of my project for the Gilman Scholarship I will be writing once a week about the work, the food, the fun, and the people of Alcúdia. Let’s dive in! Week Three Work at Can Fanals is wrapping up! We found five of the previously excavated graves, and we...
A day in the life digging at Pollentia, July 2017

A day in the life digging at Pollentia, July 2017

Action scenes illustrating the work of some 90 professional archaeologists, collaborators, and volunteers at Pollentia this summer, including scenes of UP PURE teammates at work excavating the late Roman cemetery in the area known by Can Fanals, after the historic...