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Temple of Sulis Minerva (All year, 9:30
a.m.-5 or 8 p.m.; closed Christmas). During the Roman period a great complex of
buildingswas erected around Bath's
public
hot mineral springs.Past excavations,have
revealedthe baths and the magnificenttemple, built ca. a.D.60 and in use until ca.
450-500. The site forms part of the Roman
Baths Museum. (See Archaeology,
November/December1983.) Gettingthere:
Located in the city of Bath, between the
MediaevalAbbey and Stall Street. No appointmentnecessaryfor admission;no guide
available; accessibleby bus or train; many
accommodations and restaurants in Bath.
Contact: Stephen Bird or Barry Cunliffe,
Roman Baths Museum, Stall Street, Bath,
Avon,England(tel) 0225-6111, ext.315; or
Sam Hunt, Bath Archaeological Trust, 4
Circus,Bath, Avon, England BAI 5AW.
Wortley Roman Villa (June 6-20; July
25-August 8, 1987). Excavationson this
Romano-Britishsite (ca.200-400 a.D.)have
revealed hypocaust rooms, painted walls,
mosaics, building structures and pottery.
The surrounding Cotswold countryside is
picturesque.The many archaeologicalsites
nearbyincludethe ChedworthRoman Villa.
Getting there: Located near Wotton-underEdge,Gloucestershire;site isat the Thatched
Cottage, Wortley.Appointaient necessary
for admissionand guide; accessiblevia train
to Bristol or Stroud, bus to Wotton-underEdge, then taxi to site; accommodations
and restaurants within 4 miles;local pubs
Stanwick (May-October 1987). This Iron
Paroffermeals;site is wheelchair-accessible.
Aqe settlement was followedby a Roman
ticipantsfor training excavationsaccepted.
villa with extensive outbuildings, mosaic
Contact:DavidWilson,Departmentof Adult
pavementsand clustersof isolatedfarms.It
Education, Universityof Keele, Keele,Stafis the firsttime in Britainthat a villa-estate fordshire, England ST5 5BT (tel) 0782 is being excavated..Raunds-Burysteadand
625116.
West Cotton sites nearby. Getting there:
FRANCE
TakeA45 toward Wellingborough
, Northsite
lies
west
Atelier
Histoire
de Tours (April 15;
amptonshire
of village of
Stanwick.No appointment necessary for
October 15, 1987, daily, 2-6 p.m., closed
admission; no guide available;accessibleby Tuesday). The purpose of the Atelieris the
trainfrom London to Wellingborough,then
scientificstudyof the urbanizationof the city
by taxi; camping nearby. Volunteers ac- of Tours.Exhibitsdocumentthe city'sarchaecepted.Contact DavidS. Neal,EnglishHer- ologyand historyfrom the first centurya.D.
itage, FortressHouse, Room234, SavileRow, through the Late Roman Empire and the
London, England W1 (tel) 01-734-6010, Middle Ages to contemporary times. Just
ext. 390.
outside the Atelier visitors may view an
archaeologicalsite featuring Roman baths
Sutton Hoo (Summer weekends, 2and ramparts, a 13th-centuryrovaichateau
4 p.m.; excavations tentatively April-Sepother remains. Tours offers many
tember 1987). This site became world fa- and
museumsand historicalsights,and isa center
mous through the 1939 discoveryof a 7th- for
visitingthe chateauson the Loire.Getting
centurya.D.Anglianship burialcontaininga
there:
Located about 200 kilometerssouthwealthygravegroup,withmany objectsnow
west
Paris. Appointment necessary durof
housed in The British Museum, London.
ing off-seasononly; accessibleby bus, train
Visitorscan view the excavationsin prog- and
many hotels, camping and restauress of the Anglo-Saxoncemetery,whicnlies rantstaxi;
in
Tours.
Volunteersacceptedfor docabove a multi-periodprehistoricsettlement.
and future excavations.
research
umentary
WoodbridgeMuseumoffersa displayabout
Contact: Henri Galinié or DanielleBisson,
the early work on the site. Getting there: Atelier
Histoirede Tours,Logisdes GouverLocated near Woodbridge, northeast of
25
d'Orleans, Tours, France
neurs,
is
Ipswich,East Suffolk; site on private land 37000 (tel)quai
476672Š7.
off the B1083 road, one mile along a publicfootpath. Publicsite tours on weekends; Grotte des Fieux(July 1-August 15, 1987).
The deep stratigraphyof this cave site feaappointment necessaryfor admission and
guide all other times; buses to Woodbridge; tures 25 distinctlevelsranging in age from
train to Melton; taxi available;hotels, bed the Palaeolithicto the Neolithicperiods. Exand breakfasts,camping and many restau- cavatedfindsincludea rich varietyof faunal
rants nearby; site is wheelchair-accessible. n>aterialand tools. The many other sites
in the area include Pech Merle and RocaVolunteersaccepted;archaeologystudents/
madour. Getting there: Located in Miers;
experience preferred. Contact: Jenny
Glazebrook, Sutton Hoo Research Trust, writeor callfor directions.No appointment
Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge,Suffolk,England necessary for admission or guide; accessiIP12 3DJ (tel) 03943-7673.
ble by train and taxi; hotels and camping

nearby; Hotel du Lion d'Or with restaurant
in Miers,46500 Gramat; site is wheelchairaccessible.Volunteersaccepted; minimum
age 18 years,knowledgeof Frenchrequired.
Contact Fernand Champagne,3 rue LouisMorard,Paris,France 75014 (tel)45421028.
Malain-Mediolartum(July 1987). A GalloRoman town of pre-Romanoriginwithwellpreserved ruins of temples, cellars and
hypocausts, this site was destroyed in the
late 3rd century a.d. and was never
reoccupied.The Mediaevalcastleof Malain,
museums, Alesia, Dijon and other attractions nearby. Getting there: Located 25 kilometers from Dijon;exit at Point-de-Pany;
site is outside of Malain on the road to
Ancey. No appointment necessaryfor admissionor guide during July; accessibleby
train to Malain;hotels,campingand restaurants in vicinity.Volunteersaccepted. Contact: Louis Roussel, 52 rue des Forges,
Dijon, France 2100 (tel) 80300520.
Monastery of St.-Jean-des-Vignes(Tentatively July 1-August 15, 1987). This site
dates from the monastic period, ca. 1076
to the French Revolution,with some evidence of Roman occupation.The ruins of
the Gothic abbey feature 225-foot towers
and ca. late 13th-centuryrefectoryand cloister. Municipalmuseum with archaeological
collection and 9th-century St. Medard in
town. Getting there: Located in the townof
Soissons,over an hour's drive northeast of
Paris; the abbey is located in on a hill;
signposted; TouristBureau on-site.No appointment necessaryfor admissionor guide;
accessibleby bus, train and taxi;many hotels and restaurants nearby. Volunteersaccepted. Contact: Clark Maines,Art Department, WesleyanUniversity,Middletown,CT
06457 (tel) 203-347-9411, ext. 2253; or
Sheila Bonde, Art Department,BrownUniversity, Providence, RI 02912 (tel) 4Ò1863-3134.
Mont Beuvray-Bibracte (May 3-October 16, 1987). The site dates to the Late
Iron Age and Early Gallo-Romanperiods.
Excavationsthis season investigatea settlement, defensiveworks, a temple and subsequent Christian edifices. Museums in
Autun and in nearby tówns. Mont Dardon
in the vicinity.Gettingthere: Located in the
Parc Du Morvan on the boundary of
Saone-et-Loire and Nievre, Burgundy;
signposted from St. Leger-Sous-Beuvray.
No appointment necessary for admission,
but necessary for guide; not accessibleby
public transportation;hotels, camping and
restaurantsin St. Leger-Sous-Beuvray
5 kilometers. Volunteers accepted; minimum
age 18 years; minimum stay one month.
Contact: J.P. Guillaumet, Bas Archéologique, Glux-en-Glenne , Villapourçon,
France 58370.
Mont Dardon (Allyear). Excavationsin this
region have yieldeda record of its use from
700 b.c. until the end of the 15th century.
Evidence of Celtic defenses, Roman villas,
an earlyChristianchapeland Mediaevalfortificationshas been found. (See Archaeology,May/June 1983.) RegionalDynamics:
Burgundyas Polityand Province,edited by
C.L. Crumley and W.H. Marquardt (Academic Press, Orlando, FL 1987), offers a
commentary on the site and guide to the
region. Getting there: Located in southern
Burgundy near the villageof Uxeau,45 kil7

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