First Field Trip

So as part of all the classes here there are scheduled field trips to different locations and my first one was this past Friday. It was for my Archaeological Discoveries class and we went to various places around Perugia that showed off it's Etruscan history.

We ended the trip at this old Etruscan necropolis (city of the dead - or in the case a hill on which many people happened to be buried outside of town), focusing on this tomb belonging to a rich family. The tomb only had a few people in it, but it's assumed that it was built for many more, and they aren't sure why it wasn't filled up to capacity.

The second place we visited was this old public well, but we didn't view the outside of the well, we went INSIDE it! The well itself doesn't produce potable water anymore so we got to enter it about halfway down. Apparently it is the widest well in all of Italy.

The first place we went to was the ruins of a church from Etruscan/Roman/Medieval times that were beneath our school. This church used to be huge! It ran under the school, through half of Piazza IV Novembre and into a building across the street. While visiting what they think was the old altar I noticed something out of the corner of my eye on the ground. It was a bone! I couldn't believe it, and when I pointed it out people were asking how I could tell it was a bone. Well I've seen quite a few bones to know one haha. Although I can't tell you what kind of bone it was since it was only a fragment, nor can I tell you what species it's from, but someday I will be able to do that. At least that's the end goal anyway.