Monday July 14 saw the beginning of the test excavation of the necropolis buried under the old farm Ca’n Fanals. Rachael and Barcelona workers laid out the pit according to Miguel’s specifications, with the trench situated across the intersection of the line of graves excavated by Llabres in the 1920s (now covered, of course) and…Continue Reading Test Excavation Trench at Ca’n Fanals
Pollèntia Directors Miguel Cao and Esther Chávez gave the UP Team three tasks for Week One of the expedition: 1) survey the old farm Ca’n Fanals, site of the Roman era necropolis, and tie the survey to known control points for the current excavations; 2) create a 30 meter x 30 meter grid with 5 meter x 5…Continue Reading Mapping the Necropolis in Pol•lèntia
Catholics are proud of their ancient heritage of cemeteries–from the catacombs of Rome to the churchyard cemeteries of Catholic Europe and early America to today’s diocesan and parish cemeteries. Claims about how the Church has always cared for her dead and kept their memory in her cemeteries are familiar. Yet, apart from famous examples touted…Continue Reading The Ordinary Catholic Cemetery in History: A Story Awaiting the Telling