Zita Project in the Archaeology, Anthropology, and Ethnography of Southern Tunisia The Zita Project is an international collaboration of scholars and students.
We engage in archaeological and ethnographic methods and practice in the region of Tripolitania, southern Tunisia. Based at the urban mound of Zita—"Olive City" in the Punic language—this protected cultural site contains remains from Carthaginian and Roman eras, including a Roman Forum, a Phoenician sacrificial precinct (Tophet), industrial ceramic and metal zones, and baths. Our staff and student
08/04/2015
Thanks to the Institute for Field Research (IFR) for producing a great video about the INP/UCLA/Brown collaboration at Zita!
https://youtu.be/rwqzR7UvH4E
Tunisia-Zita Field School In Focus The site of Zita is an urban mound located in southern Tunisia and situated along an ancient trade route from Carthage to Tripoli. Identified by a Latin insc...
08/04/2015
As we gear up for the 2015 season with nostalgia for last summer, we thought it was a good time to share some pix from our 2014 field season.
10/03/2015
Co-Director Hans Barnard featured along with the Zita Project in UCLA's Daily Bruin:
http://dailybruin.com/2015/03/09/archaeologist-hans-barnard-excavates-educates-using-stem-background/
Archaeologist Hans Barnard excavates, educates using STEM background | Daily Bruin Archaeologist Hans Barnard excavates, educates using STEM background By Allison Ong Posted: March 9, 2015 3:38 am News, Science & Health Hans Barnard, an assistant adjunct professor at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, has crisscrossed the globe to analyze ancient societies in locales such as Chi…
31/01/2015
Zita featured in Popular Archaeology:
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-01012015/article/archaeologists-excavate-roman-and-punic-city-in-tunisia
Archaeologists excavate Roman and Punic city in Tunisia. The site of Zita contains remains of a Roman forum and a Punic child sacrifice precinct.
31/12/2014
We're happy to share that Tunisia has been selected as The Economist Magazine's 2014 Country of the Year:
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21636748-has-been-bad-year-nation-states-someand-one-particulardeserve
Hope springs EVEN with the best will in the world—which, in 2014, has not been conspicuously forthcoming—the outgoing year could not be regarded as one of the planet’s...
21/04/2014