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After a day of excavating, UP students and faculty unwind with a vibrant taste of Majorca’s culture, art, and breathtaking landscapes. A perfect blend of discovery and relaxation!
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Pollentia, an ancient Roman town on the island of Mallorca Spain, was established in 123 B.C. and is an active archeological excavation site. University of Portland faculty and student teams participate annually in a collaborative archeological dig hosted by the University of Barcelona.
About
Pollentia, an ancient Roman town on the island of Mallorca Spain, was established in 123 B.C. and is an active archeological excavation site. University of Portland faculty and student teams participate annually in a collaborative archeological dig hosted by the University of Barcelona.
Inspired by Provost Thomas Greene’s goals for the University of Portland’s Academic Division emphasizing Internationalization / Globalization and Learning for the World, the Pollentia Expedition—the “Initiative for Christian Antiquity in the Digital Age” was born as an opportunity for faculty/student academic research in multiple fields of study. Rev. H. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus, serves as coordinator of the Pollentia effort.
Beginning in Spring 2012 and building on his study of early Christianity in the Balearic Islands, Fr. Rutherford and Pollentia Excavation Co-directors Professors Miguel Ángel Cau, Ph.D. and Esther Chávez Álvarez, Ph.D. of the University of Barcelona, proposed a collaborative endeavor whereby the University of Barcelona (UB) archaeological program would host faculty/student researchers from the University of Portland (UP) as participants in the Pollentia excavation beginning in July 2014.
That summer four UP faculty along with six UP alumni and family volunteers traveled to Mallorca to work with the UB Team. Along with an excavation agenda pertaining to the “lost” cemetery in the Can Fanals section of the excavation site, the most important UP goal of 2014 was to explore the potential for such faculty/student teams to carry out research at Pollentia. Upon return in August 2014 the decision was made to invite faculty/student research teams for summer 2015 as UP’s own Pollentia Expedition in collaboration with the UB.
July 2015 saw twenty-one UP faculty, students, and volunteers contributing expertise including chemical analyses of finds such as pottery, grave goods and human skeletal remains, as well as cultural artifacts of the city of Alcudia where the UP team was housed. Simultaneously, another UP project addressed educational goals of the ArchaeoSpain high school field school at Pollentia (in collaboration with ArchaeoSpain leadership).
The Pollentia Expedition provides an opportunity for UP faculty and research students to undertake discipline specific research projects that correspond to the broad framework of an archaeological excavation. While the University of Barcelona brings the archaeological expertise, faculty/student research teams from UP add – always under the direction and supervision of Professors Cau and Álvarez – other discipline-specific research agendas that complement archaeological findings.
To demonstrate the results of their summer 2015 work, UP students and faculty mentors prepared poster presentations for local and regional academic conferences, including the Portland Section ACS Undergraduate Poster Symposium, the UP Summer Research Celebration, the Murdock Symposium, and the Area Conference of the National Science Teachers Association, Reno, NV. The University anticipates additional research projects for summer 2016 and beyond.
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Inspired by Provost Thomas Greene’s goals for the University of Portland’s Academic Division emphasizing Internationalization / Globalization and Learning for the World, the Pollentia Expedition—the “Initiative for Christian Antiquity in the Digital Age” was born as an opportunity for faculty/student academic research in multiple fields of study. Rev. H. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus, serves as coordinator of the Pollentia effort.
Beginning in Spring 2012 and building on his study of early Christianity in the Balearic Islands, Fr. Rutherford and Pollentia Excavation Co-directors Professors Miguel Ángel Cau, Ph.D. and Esther Chávez Álvarez, Ph.D. of the University of Barcelona, proposed a collaborative endeavor whereby the University of Barcelona (UB) archaeological program would host faculty/student researchers from the University of Portland (UP) as participants in the Pollentia excavation beginning in July 2014.
That summer four UP faculty along with six UP alumni and family volunteers traveled to Mallorca to work with the UB Team. Along with an excavation agenda pertaining to the “lost” cemetery in the Can Fanals section of the excavation site, the most important UP goal of 2014 was to explore the potential for such faculty/student teams to carry out research at Pollentia. Upon return in August 2014 the decision was made to invite faculty/student research teams for summer 2015 as UP’s own Pollentia Expedition in collaboration with the UB.
July 2015 saw twenty-one UP faculty, students, and volunteers contributing expertise including chemical analyses of finds such as pottery, grave goods and human skeletal remains, as well as cultural artifacts of the city of Alcudia where the UP team was housed. Simultaneously, another UP project addressed educational goals of the ArchaeoSpain high school field school at Pollentia (in collaboration with ArchaeoSpain leadership).
The Pollentia Expedition provides an opportunity for UP faculty and research students to undertake discipline specific research projects that correspond to the broad framework of an archaeological excavation. While the University of Barcelona brings the archaeological expertise, faculty/student research teams from UP add – always under the direction and supervision of Professors Cau and Álvarez – other discipline-specific research agendas that complement archaeological findings.
To demonstrate the results of their summer 2015 work, UP students and faculty mentors prepared poster presentations for local and regional academic conferences, including the Portland Section ACS Undergraduate Poster Symposium, the UP Summer Research Celebration, the Murdock Symposium, and the Area Conference of the National Science Teachers Association, Reno, NV. The University anticipates additional research projects for summer 2016 and beyond.
2019 University of Portland Student and Faculty Team
Adam Guggenheim, the University photographer, captured the experience of the University of Portland Pollentia student and faculty team in 2019.
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Pollentia Undergraduate Research and Experience