Disert Ireland Archaeological Field School- Excavations at an early ecclesiastical site in Co. Donegal, Ireland
by
Megan Donham, Cal State LA Graduate Student
Pont de Bonn (Commune de Modave) is an excavation site in Belgium. The site of ‘Le vieux chateau’ is located on a cliff and shows evidence of pre-Roman occupation that could correspond to the mysterious oppidum of tribe Condruze (which gave their name to the region, ‘le Condroz’) described by Julius Cesar. The site also show later phase of medieval occupations on the defense wall and on the plateau, with a chapel dating back to the Merovingian dynasties. Marlena will talk about the history of the area and discuss her experience at the Pont de Bonn field school.
Marlena is an undergraduate in Anthropology at University of California Davis. She has been an intern at the UCD Center for Experimental Archaeology and focused on experimenting with the production process for rondelles. This research took her to France where she had access to museum artifacts and collected high resolution images of rondelles to continue her research. Sacramental Archeological Society, Inc. provided her with a scholarship in 2021 to support this work. Attendance at the Pont de Bonn field school expands her archaeological experiences.
