Site DirectorInês Vaz Pinto studied History and Archaeology at Universidade Livre, in Lisbon (Portugal), where she graduated. She got a scholarship from the University of Arizona, in Tucson, where she studied Classical Archaeology and got her MA.
Read MoreFounder and Executive Director / Program DirectorMat’s work at Davidson Day expands beyond the classroom and into Anthropology and Archaeology with AFAR. Not only does AFAR operate field schools every summer, but is host to two major conferences, provides a summer program for elementary students, and is building new programs to provide pre-collegiate students an opportunity to discover and learn about archaeology.
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Field DirectorGraduated in Archaeology in 2006 and a Master in Archeology in 2011, with the study of terra sigillata of the archaeological site of Tróia (“A terra sigillata da oficina de salga 1 de Tróia: contextos de escavações antigas (1956-1961)”), submitted at the University of Lisbon, under the guidance of Professor Dr. Carlos Fabião.
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Onsite ArchaeologistFilipa Santos is a young Portuguese archaeologist. She graduated in the University of Lisboa and she participated in several excavations in Portugal and Spain, contributing to the study of archaeological sites from Prehistory, Iron Age and Roman times.
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