Archaeology & Community

CODE: LUNAR33

PARTNER : The workcamp is organized in collaboration with The Valle Sabbia Archaeological Museum and
the Gavardo municipality. The museum of Gavardo is founded in 1956 by the Associazione Museo Gruppo
Grotte Gavardo, later transferred to the municipality. Housed in a 15th-century building, the Museum offers
a broad view of the archaeology of the Valle Sabbia and western Garda area, from the Middle Palaeolithic
to the post-Renaissance period. Particular attention is paid to materials from the Bronze Age pile-dwelling
settlements of Lucone di Polpenazze, included in the UNESCO site ‘Prehistoric pile-dwelling sites of the
Alpine arc’.
PROJECT : Within this project the volunteers will support the archaeologists at the archaeological museum
in Valle Sabbia and the excavation in the selection of samples of ancient woods and sediments. The aim is also to renovate and clean some public space of the Gavardo municipality. By joining this workcamp you
will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities and Climate
Action-SDG13;
WORK : Volunteers will be involved in 2 activities type. They will collaborate in the arrangement of
archaeological materials and in the restoration of ancient ceramics. The excavation is on a Bronze Age pile
dwelling (4000 years ago) in Polpenazze del Garda, a World Heritage List UNESCO site. The second part of
the activities will be organize to support the municipality of Gavardo in some renovation and manual work
in public space, such us gardening, cleaning of green spaces, waste collection and plogging.
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD :Volunteers will hosted in 2 differents place, for the most of the camp in
the Museum's guesthouse with all facilities and for 4 days they will move in a tent campsite to some
specific work in the area. Volunteers will prepare their meal for for dinner and breakfast while lunches are
provided by the organization.
LOCATION AND LEISURE TIME: Gavardo is a small Italian municipality in the province of Brescia in
Lombardy. It is located in the lower Valle Sabbia, near Lake Garda and an hour away from Brescia. The
town is mainly hilly, with some mountains surrounding it. Opportunities to explore the area are planned.
TERMINAL : Nearest Airport Milano/Bergamo(BGY) and Verona. Nearest train station Gavardo