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DIRECTORS

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RUI MATALOTO is the archaeologist and cultural officer for the Municipality of Redondo, Portugal. He holds an MA in Prehistory and Archaeology from the University of Lisbon (2004) and has worked as an archaeologist in the Alentejo region for over two decades. Rui has also served as a researcher for UNIARQ, the Center for Archaeology at the University of Lisbon, as vice president of the PortAnta Archaeological Cooperative, and founding board member of Western Iberia Archaeology. He has published extensively on the archaeology of the Alentejo, with many articles on topics from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman Republican periods. Rui has extensive experience directing excavation and survey projects. Rui directs several archaeological field schools in Redondo, and his research interests encompassing lithics, prehistoric landscapes, and interactions between indigenous Alentejans and Roman settlers. 

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BIANCA VISEU​ holds an MA in Archaeology from McMaster University (2021). Her thesis, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, utilized data gathered from excavation at Castelo and explored the emergence of the Late Bronze Age in the Central Alentejo. She received her BA from the University of Toronto in 2017, majoring in Archaeology and Classical Civilization. Since 2016, Bianca has worked on several excavation and survey projects involving sites dating from the Neolithic to the Roman period in Portugal. Bianca's current research interests encompass the Chalcolithic to Bronze Age transition in the Iberian southwest and the application of post-processual approaches to Iberian prehistory. Bianca currently works as the Outreach and Communications Officer for the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto.

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GONÇALO "POUCA" BISPO is currently pursuing a Master's in Archaeology at the University of Lisbon and is writing his thesis on the ditched enclosure of Montoito and the wider Iberian Chalcolithic. He received his BA in Archaeology in 2017 from the University of Lisbon. Pouca's research interests lie from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. He has worked as a professional archaeologist in Portugal from 2017, having participated on various projects around the country at sites ranging from the Lower Paleolithic to the Modern Age, and has excavated extensively at the ditched enclosure of Montoito, the pre-Roman site of Rocha da Mina, and the Roman-period sites of Caladinho and Santa Susana. Pouca has previously worked as a CRM archaeologist in Ontario, Canada and has conducted Stage II-IV work in the region.

TEAM

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CAMPANHA 4/2023
​STAFF
Rui Mataloto
MA Archaeology, University of Lisbon

Bianca Viseu
MA Archaeology, McMaster University 
Gonçalo "Pouca" Bispo
MA Student in Archaeology, University of Lisbon
Hugo Morais
MA Student in Archaeology, University of Lisbon​
Students & volunteers
Student Representing:
Sinead K. (Macquarie University)
Regan S. (University of Rhode Island)
David M. (McMaster University)
Kat H. (Oxford University, SOAS University of London)
(Lyon College)
(Florida State University)
(Cleveland State University)
(Duke University)
(University of Victoria)
(University of Western Ontario)
(Randolph-Macon College)
(California Polytechnic State University)
(KU Leuven)
(Loyola University Chicago)

(University of Lisbon)
(University of Évora)

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Summer 2022 Team
CAMPANHA 3/2022
​STAFF
Rui Mataloto
MA Archaeology, University of Lisbon

Bianca Viseu
MA Archaeology, McMaster University 
Gonçalo "Pouca" Bispo
MA Student in Archaeology, University of Lisbon
Hugo Morais
MA Student in Archaeology, University of Lisbon
Filipa Santos
MA Archaeology, University of Lisbon
Rachael Breen
BA Archaeology, University of Queensland
Emily Jonsson
BA Classics, Georgetown University
Students & volunteers
​Students
Spencer B. (Collin College)
Lois C. (University of Illinois)
Karina G. (Texas A&M University)
Kat H. (
Texas State University)
Sinead K. (Macquarie University)
Max L. (St. Olaf College)
David M. (McMaster University)
Anna M. (UCSD)
Faith R. (Trent University) 
Catherine R. (University of North Florida)
Regan S. (University of Rhode Island)
Emily W. (University of Missouri - Kansas City)
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Volunteers
Lourenço M. (University of Évora​)
Seraphina V-H. (McMaster University)
​Pedro C. (University of Lisbon)​

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Summer 2020-2021, Study Seasons
2020-2021 / STUDY SEASONS
No fieldwork due to pandemic
STAFF
Rui Mataloto
MA Archaeology, University of Lisbon

Bianca Viseu
MA Archaeology, McMaster University 
Gonçalo "Pouca" Bispo
MA Student in Archaeology, University of Lisbon

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Summer 2019 Team
CAMPANHA 2/2019
STAFF
Rui Mataloto
MA Archaeology, University of Lisbon

Bianca Viseu
MA Student in Archaeology, McMaster University
Gonçalo "Pouca" Bispo
MA Student in Archaeology, University of Lisbon
Kathryn Bryles
MA Student in Public History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
​Hugo Morais
BA Archaeology, University of Lisbon
​STUDENTS & VOLUNTEERS
​​Students
Calvin B. (Dickinson College)

Lauren B. (McGill University)
Christopher C. (Boise State University)

Gui F. (Sonoma State University)
Eduardo F. (Rhode Island College)
Anya I. (University of Winnipeg)
Delicia I. (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Olivia K. (MacEwan University)
Ethan R. (Dickinson College)
Erika S. (University of Toronto)
Crystal S. (UC Riverside)
Justin S. (Brandeis University)​
Seraphina V-H. (University of Toronto)

Volunteers
Rachael B. (MOLA)
Pedro C. (University of Lisbon)​​
Mariana C. (University of Porto)

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Summer 2018 Team
CAMPANHA 1/2018
Staff
Rui Mataloto
MA Archaeology, University of Lisbon

Bianca Viseu
MA Student in Archaeology, McMaster University
Gonçalo "Pouca" Bispo
MA Student in Archaeology, University of Lisbon
Kathryn Bryles
MA Student in Public History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
​STUDENTS & VOLUNTEERS
Students
​Christopher C. (Boise State University)
Gui F. (Sonoma State University)
Rachel L. (University of Hong Kong)
Erika S. (University of Toronto)
Seraphina V-H. (University of Toronto)
Teika V. (Trent University)

Volunteers

Rachael B. (Cotswold Archaeology)
Francisco M.L. (University of Lisbon)​​​

The Castelo Archaeological Project is an archaeological field school investigating a Bronze Age / Iron Age site in Portugal.
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