Required Equipment
Personal Equipment
Students must bring with them:
- canvas or leather hiking boots: these are essential wear on the site.
- thick socks
- small day packs for field trips
- rain jacket: there can be heavy thunderstorms in Italy in the summer.
- personal hygiene items including towel, wash cloth and any allergy medicine that you may need or use fairly consistently.
- thermos flask or canteen
- pocket knife
- swimming gear--a possibility on the weekends
- alarm clock
- drinking cup for meals at the school and tea on the site
- optional: camera and film. Film in Italy is very expensive and you are advised to buy it in Canada or the U.S. To avoid exposure to X-rays in airport security controls, high speed film should be carried on your person.
- suntan lotion/sunscreen: there is a high risk of sunburn.
- change of clothing suitable for cold nights and hot days: this should include a sweater.
- Sleeping bag, towels, pillow cases and sheet for hot nights
- Gatorade powder, iron pills, mineral salt supplements, multiple vitamins are advised.
There are facilities for hand washing clothes at the school. and students should pack accordingly. All students MUST wear long pants for work on the site. Students should ensure that they are able to cover their arms and heads. Long sleeved shirts and sun hats are recommended.
Archaeological Equipment package
Students/Volunteers are responsible for bringing the following to the site:
- University of Alberta site notebook. The regulation notebook is a University of Alberta Physics notebook with a hard black cover. (students from outside of Edmonton can purchase a notebook at the site) *The notebooks must be deposited in the excavation archive at the end of the course.
- pointing trowel (not a garden trowel)
- line level which can be attached to string
- pencils/erasers
- pencil sharpener
- black ball point pens