Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "archaeology" projects in France

Like the tree previous workcamps, you will be restoring a part of the archeological site: weeding, restoring the low walls using traditional masonry.

You will be staying in a collective accommodation under tents in a field with toilets and bathroom in a local football club building. Meals will be taken there. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of dishes with good products from the market and local producers.

Aubigné-Racan is located 40km south from Le Mans, 15 km west from the Château du Loir. Meeting with inhabitants will be organize by exchanges of services. For more information, have a look at: http://www.association-capra.com/content/view/20/64/ and http://www.aubigne-racan.com/

You will be cycling on a daily basis to go from the city to the workcamp (4km). Please bring gardening gloves, good shoes and working clothes. As the nights can be quite cold, remember also to bring warm clothes. Don't forget to bring a sleeping-mat, a warm sleeping bag (and a tent if you have your own!). Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.

18-99

Aubigne-racan, 72800, france

English

PARThis project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available

Commit to save a 2,000 years old heritage and discover the history of Camblanes, a submerged village in the Bordeaux countryside!As a former Roman village, the city of Camblanes now wants to highlight the remains of that past. Abandoned for over 20 years, diggings around a Gallo-Roman villa requires the intervention of motivated volunteers to protect them from attrition and to help maintaining the area. Throughout your experience, you will participate to local celebrations and visit the surrounding area.

You will participate to the cleaning of the site and protection of the Gallo-Roman villa of Camblanes. This year's work will focus on clearing the area, cleaning walls and partially cover the buildings to protect what remains from corrosion.You will also prepare the site to accommodate a Gallo-Roman educational garden accessible to local youth.

Camping. Tents for 2, with boys and girls separated, will be provided . Please bring your mat and sleeping bag. A collective tent for cooking and other group activities will also be provided to the group. The group will share collective tasks, manage the budget along with the camp leaders, shop and prepare meals made of local healthy products as a team.

Camblanes is a village populated by 3,000 inhabitants and located about twenty kilometers from Bordeaux. Surrounded by vineyards, it offers many attractions such as hikes along the Garonne, visits of Bordeaux city or an excursion on the Atlantic Ocean side.

Bring clothes, gloves and work shoes, a raincoat, hiking shoes, a flashlight and a swimsuit. The nights can be cool; so take warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also take recipes from your country, musical instruments and games. . Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.

15-17

Camblanes, 33360, france

English

BOD: Merignac (Bordeaux, France)This project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available

The Gallo-Roman site of Mirandes Towers is dated back to 1st – 3rd century CE and is stretched over more than a hundred hectares. First discovered in the 19th century, it was a target of many excavations and rescues at the beginning of 60's. It is a big secondary agglomeration composed of residential and hand-manufacture neighborhoods, a sanctuary, theater and an esplanade that was called forum for a long time. Since the beginning of the excavations, a building with a hypocaust – a floor heating system used in warm halls of antique thermae – has been discovered. Today, the site, especially this heating system needs a restoration and rehabilitation.

Supervised by the archaeologist who is responsible for the site, you will be working on the restoration of this heating system. You will scrape and clean the site to then be able to implement the ducts with a specific system. Your work will allow making the site recognizable for the visitors and, in such a way, understanding how this hypocaust system works. Once the ducts are restored, you will have the opportunity to create an explanatory sign; this information will complete the realization of the system and will be a trace of your passage on the Gallo-Roman site.

Collective, indoor, in a classroom of a village primary school.

Leisure activities: Volunteers from the Mirandes Towers Site and people from Vendeuvre will keep you company to discover the richness of the archaeological heritage and history of the surrounding areas that are abundant with old sites and troglodyte houses. The outings will be organized with the young people who are regulars in this area (cinema, plays, open-air activities…). During your leisure time you will participate in the local festivities, a national holiday, night farmers' markets, and you will be able to visit big cities such as La Rochelle or Poitiers and discover a French theme park "Le Futuroscope".

Vendeuvre-du-Poitou, Vienne Department, 15 km from Poitiers

Jaunay-Clan

18-99

Vendeuvre-du-poitou

English