LibarnaULP

LULP is a unique research project & field-school exploring the Roman city of Libarna in NW Italy. If you have $5 to spare, support us via

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Our kit is all packed away safely until next year with the nativity horse and cow (not pictured.

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Post-ex photography day.

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Behind-the-Scenes

A photographer on the set of BEN-HUR (1959)

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Last day of our 2024 field season. Lots of hard work put in by our @BoiseState and @UUtah students! Tool cleaning/inventory and flotation to start the day.

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And just like that our trenches are closed. A few more days of post-ex work and our second season will end. #archaeology

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Our amazing 2024 crew!! Students from @BoiseState & @UUtah have done a brilliant job this season with their amazing trench supervisors Richard Chadwick and Alexis Mosley.
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Thursday is #Farinata day at #Libarna.

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Our Associate Director Dr. Alexis Christensen really loves tile! And this is a good year for tile!! #LULP #Archaeology
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Since it’s #AncientSiteSunday here’s a nice view of Libarna, a Roman colony established ca. 148 BCE when the Via Postumia was built to connect Genoa to Aquileia across the Po Valley. Read more: https://t.co/RIMzOieF3q 📸 M Boyles

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Field trip to Torino’s archaeological museum. Our ceramics expert Melania Semeraro gave our @BoiseState and @UUtah students a tour of the @MuseiRealiTo.

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The end of our first week!! A success despite the rainy start. Our director, Prof. Huntley high-fives our Associate Director, Prof. Christensen. #Lulp #Archaeology @BoiseState @UUtah

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Another good day in the trenches. Our @UUtah and @BoiseState students finished cleaning trenches and learned how to draw a trench plan. #Archaeology #LULP

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We have blue skies and flowers at Libarna!! An excellent first day in the trenches. #LULP #Archaeology

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White wine has been identified among the contents of a 2,000-year-old tomb of two men and two women within an intact, circular Roman mausoleum in southern Spain.

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Our @BoiseState and @UUtah students have mastered trench gridding thanks to Pythagoras. #LULP #Archaeology

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Finally made it into the field for some bailing and then laying out trench grids.

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“…toward the River Po, the richest of Italy, all the region abounds in well-known towns: Libarna, the colony of Dertona,…”

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A #LibarnaFact: Pliny the Elder mentions Libarna (3.49). “ab altero eius latere ad Padum amnem Italiae ditissimum omnia nobilibus oppidis nitent, Libarna, Dertona colonia,…”

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Starting our second rainy morning with a talk by our Director, Prof. Huntley, on Libarna and it’s place in ancient Italy/Liguria. #LULP #archaeology

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Our afternoon was then filled with exercises on measuring and mapping in the gym.

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When it’s chilly and the rain is filling up your trenches you make a run to the local designer outlet mall to get some sweatshirts and rain gear. #ArchaeologyLife #LULP #SerravalleScrivia #McAurthurGlenOutlet #BiggestDesignerOutletMallInEurope