In the last weeks of July, this archaeology course included the participation of ten students<\/strong>, under the supervision of Chlo\u00eb Duckworth<\/a>, professor at\u00a0Newcastle University<\/a>\u00a0and an expert in glass kilns.<\/p>\n They were accompanied by Albert Ribera<\/a>, one of the site directors and a researcher affiliated with ICAC-CERCA, and David Govantes-Edwards<\/a>, a specialist from the University of C\u00f3rdoba, as well as the rest of the team of archaeologists from ICAC-CERCA, who were excavating the site under the coordination of \u00d2scar Cald\u00e9s<\/a> (MIRMED).<\/p>\n The students worked in two different areas of the site, intending to excavate the glass kilns discovered recently at the late antique site of Valencia “la Vella”. The work began with the kiln in sector 1000, discovered during the 2018 campaign, and the kiln in sector 6200, discovered during the 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During the excavation, levels with adobe, ceramics, and animal bones showing signs of having been exposed to the fire were found, which increases the previously known significance of the potential combustion structure, which will be of great interest in the future.<\/p>\n All the excavated archaeological materials have been studied and documented, and have been transferred to the archaeological storage of the Visigothic Museum of Pla de Nadal<\/strong><\/a> (MuPla), located in the Castle of Riba-roja.<\/p>\n During one of the visits to places of interest in the area, Mayor Robert Raga<\/strong> welcomed the students of the archaeology course from Newcastle University<\/a> to the Castle of Riba-roja, also accompanied by Josep Maria Macias<\/a><\/strong> (ICAC-CERCA), one of the promoters of the archaeological project at Valencia “la Vella”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These excavation works followed the archaeological campaign led by ICAC-CERCA at the site of Valencia “la Vella” this summer of 2024, which, since mid-June, has extended for nearly seven weeks and included a preliminary excavation and cleaning campaign (thanks to a grant from the Culture Area of the Provincial Council of Valencia<\/a>), archaeological work within the framework of the ICAC-CERCA research project, the seventh edition of the Christian and Visigothic Archaeology Course<\/a>, or the ninth edition of the Conference Series<\/a>, among other activities; in addition to the mentioned archaeology course from Newcastle University.<\/p>\n After a short break, activities will resume in October, with the probable participation of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen\u2013N\u00fcrnberg<\/a> from Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\nAbout the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC-CERCA)<\/h6>\n