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quane NationalPark of RockArt and Nadro
RockArt Eco-Museumare the most prominent sites.Visitorsare also welcome at the
Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici. Getting there: The CCSP can be reached from
Milan(Bustibus service,departures several
times dailyfrom the Piazza Castello);and
by SNFT bus and train from Brescia (departures several times dailyfrom Stazione
Ferroviaria).No appointment necessaryfor
admission; appointmentnecessaryfor guide;
hotel 10 kilometersaway,pension nearby;
nearby restaurants include the Ristorante
Pippo in Nadro and the Bottanelli in Pescarlo. Volunteers accepted for summer
school. Contact: E. Anati, Director,Centro
Camuno di Studi Preistorici,25044 Capo
di Ponte, Brescia,Italy(tel) 0364-42091.
Vaste, Lecce (All year; excavations September 1985). Iron Age Vaste was a Messapian town with massivefortificationwalls
and gate. The site was occupied from the
4th to the 3rd centuryB.C.Byzantinegrotto
with frescoes in the vicinity.Getting there:
From Lecce, take road to Poggiardo. Appointment necessary for admission and
guide; accessible by train; hotel in Muro
Leccese; accessible to persons in wheelchairs. Volunteers accepted. Contact :
D'Andria Francesco or Gianni Carluccio,
Dipartimentodi Scienze Antichita, Università-Lecce,Lecce, Italy(tel) 0843-47531.
Vetulonia (May-June 1985). Excavations
of this urban settlement of the HellenisticRoman period have revealed evidence of
town planning,particularlydetails of street
plans and house design. Gettino there: Follow directionsfor Castiglionedella Pesesis
and then for Vetulonia.No appointment
necessaryfor admission;appointment necessary for guide; accessible by bus from
Grosseto (southern Tuscany) or by taxi;
hotel and camping in Castiglione della
Pesesis.Contact:MarioCygielman,Soprintendenza Archeologicaper la Toscana,Via
della Pergola 65, Firenze, Italy (tel) 2478641.
LIECHTENSTEIN
Gutenberg Castle, Balzers (Spring and
Summer 1985). On a hill crowned by the
Mediaeval Gutenberg castle (castle not
open to the public)are severalsites, including a Mediaevalcemetery in use about A.D.
800-1200. The hillshows occupation from
Neolithicthrough Mediaevaltimes; about
200 meters away is another site on the
neighboring hill. Several museums are in
Vaduz,includingthe LiechtensteinNational
Museum (archaeological collection). Getting there: The castle and excavationsare
in the villageof Balzers. No appointment
necessaryfor guide; hotels nearby.Contact:
Jakob Bill, ArchaeologischeForschung im
Fürstentum Liechtenstein, P.O.B. 83, FL9496 Balzers, Liechtenstein (tel) 075-416-66.
Wildschloss,Vaduz (Allyear; excavations
tentatively scheduled for Summer or Fall
1985). Wildschloss,thought to date to A.D.
1200, is a Mediaevalcastle mysteriouslylocated in a remote section of the Rhine Valley.Excavatorshope to determine the economic and settlement patterns of the area
and the reasons for the sites location.The
castle is in ruins but the remaining walls
have been restored. The Castle of Vaduzis
nearby. Getting there: Wildschlossis 860
meters above sea levelin the woods.It can
be reached only by foot: down from Gaflei
in about % hour or up from Vaduzin about
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restaurants in Santiago; accessibleto per% to 1 hour; signposted Wildschloss/
sons in wheelchairs. Contact: WilliamR.
Schalun."Noappointmentnecessaryfor adBiers, Department of Art History and Armission;appointment necessary for guide
(not always available); hotel, camping in
chaeology,Pickard Hall, Universityof MisVaduz; restaurantsin Vaduzand Gaflei.Vol- souri, Columbia,MO 65211 (tel) 314-8826711.
unteers accepted; must be archaeologystudents. Contact:Jakob Bill, Archaeologische
ROMANIA
Forschung im Fürstentum Liechtenstein,
Triana Sarmizegetusa (April-OcUlpia
P.O.B.83, FL-9496 Balzers, Liechtenstein
tober 1985). This urban site was the capi(tel) 075-4-16-66.
tal of the Roman province of Dacia, establishedby Trajanin A.D.107/8, and remained
POLAND
a major city until 272/5. Remainsof a temSobiejuchy, Znin (June-August 1985; 10
ple, forum and amphitheater are visibleon
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily; no excavations until
the surface. Work is currently being done
1986). Located on a plain in northcentral
on the cemetery and palace site. Dera Muthis
fortified
settlePoland,
Biskupin-type
seum and Hunedoara Castle nearby. Onment (600-500 B.c.) is important for the
site museum open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Getting
study of Lusatian culture. Several interestthere: Located beside the main Hateg to
ing museums nearby. Getting there: HighCaransebes
road on the west side of the
E-83
way
from Wrocfaw, Posnañ, Bydvillageof Jamijegetrsa.No appointmentnecgoszcz,Gdansk.No appointment necessary
essaryfor admissionor guide; accessibleby
for admission; no guide available;accessible by bus or taxifrom Znin and Bydgoszcz; bus and train; tours from major hotels; hohotels and camping in Znin (7 kilometers); tels in Dera, Hunedoara and Hateg. Contact:Hadrian Daicoriciu,Muzelde Istoireal
Czapla restaurant in Znin and restaurants
Trasilvanei,Sarmizegetusa, Str. Emil Isaac,
in Bydgoszcz(35 kilometers);accessibleto
Romania.
persons in wheelchairs. Contact: Janusz
Osiedle
Zwyciçstwa2/ 70,
Ostoja-Zagórski,
RUSSIA
61-643 Poznan, Poland (tel) 20-42-80; or
Afrosiab, Samarkand, Uzbek SSR (Daily,
Anthony Harding, Department of ArchaeJune-September 1985). This capital of
ology, Universityof Durham, 46 Saddler
Street, Durham DH1 3NU, England (tel)
Sogdiana is dated 3rd B.C.-A.D.12th cen64-466.
tury.The ramparts,palace and dwellingsare
preserved.Gettingthere: The site issituated
Wyszogród, District of Plock (Excavain the territoryof the cityof Samarkand and
tions planned in 1985). Wyszogródwas
is accessible by public transportation. No
the
Mediaeval
during
Early
peoccupied
riod (7th-8th centuries A.D.),with a second
appointment necessary for admission or
guide; hotels and restaurants in city. Conphase of settlement in the lOth-llth centact: G.V. Shishkina, Institute of Archaeturies.The site, an open settlement close to
a 6th or 7th century hillfort,is important in
ology, Academy of Sciences, 3 Afrosiab
Street, Samarkand, UzbekSSR.
documenting the startingpoint of the Early
Mediaevalperiod in Central Europe. Three
Yunvsabad, Tashkent, Uzbek
hillfortsitesare in Wyszogród;other hillforts Ak-tepe,
SSR (Daily, April-September 1985). Loare in Radzikowoand Orszymowo,10-15
cated in the city of Tashkent, this fortress
kilometersaway;a 12th-centurymonastery
site consistsof tne rulers palace and housewith Romanesque wall paintings is in Czerhold buildings.It was occupied A.D.6-7th
winsk, 10 kilometersaway;and a complex
century.Getting there: Site is located in the
of historicalmonuments is in Plock, 40 kicity.No appointment necessaryfor admislometers away.Getting there: Wyszogródis
sion or guide; hotels and restaurantsin city.
80 kilometersfrom Warsaw,a 2-hour bus
Contact: Yo.F.Buryakovor M.I.Filanocich,
ride. The site is on the edge of a high plaThe TashkentBranch of the Instituteof Arteau above the river,3.5 kilometers north
Academyof Sciences,5 Radzhabi
chaeology,
of Wyszogródalong the river bank by foot
Tashkent, UzbekSSR.
Street,
or bicycle.No appointment necessary for
Nisa, near Ashkhabad, Turkmenian SSR
admission or guide; hotel and restaurants
(Daily,April-October 1985).The Parthian
in Wyszogród;camping possible on site.
capital of Nisa was occupied 3rd B.C.-A.D.
Contact: WojciechSzymanski,InstytutHis3rd century.The ruins of monumental temtorii KulturyMaterialnej, Polska Akademia
Nauk, 00-140 Warszawa,Swierczewskiego ples and palace are preserved. Getting
105, Poland or during excavationsat Wys- there: Nisa is 15 kilometersfrom the cityof
Ashkhabad.No appointment necessaryfor
zogród, ul. Kosciuszki8, Poland.
admissionor guide; hotels and restaurants
availablein the city. Contact: N Khalidov,
PORTUGAL
Director of Nisa Museum, Institute of HisMirobriga (All year, daily, 9 a.m.-l p.m.
tory,Academyof Sciences,15 GogolStreet,
and 3-7 p.m., except Monday). OccupaTurkmenianSSR.
Ashkhabad,
tion at Mirobrigadates from the Iron Age,
SCOTLAND
but the site is noteworthy for its Roman
ruins. Recent excavations have identified
Eyemouth Comfort (All year, Mondayan Iron Age temple and stratified Late
Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; no excavations
Bronze Age material. Earlier work on the
planned). Earthen ramparts of the Comsite revealeda significantRoman town,with
fort, which can still be seen, attest to Eyemouth's strategic importance as well as its
the remains of a bath complex, paved
economic importance. EyemouthMuseum
streets, temples, forum, a circus,and buildand Auld Kirkand the Marine Reserveare
ingswithwell-preservedwallpaintings.The
nearby.Gettingthere:Eyemouthlieson the
MunicipalMuseum of Santiago do Cacém
southeast coast of Scotland near the Enis nearby. Getting there: The site is 140 kilometers southeast of Lisbon,2 kilometers
glishborder; the site may be reached at the
north end of Northburn Caravan site; signfrom the modern town of Santiago do
Cacém. No appointment necessaryfor adposted in Eyemouth High Street. No apmission or guide (Portuguese speaking).
pointment necessary for admission; no
Bus or train to Santiago, then taxi to site
guide available; accessibleby public trans($1.50).Hotel Pousada,Pensão Gabrieland
portation; camping at Northburn Caravan

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