The ability of our laboratories to carry out their activities in archaeological sites around the Mediterranean is their greatest strength. The Institute for Mediterranean Archaeology supports this dynamic and facilitates student participation in operations in France and abroad.

The “Mediterranean sites mobility” scheme supports the deployment of students to the institute’s sites.

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The “fieldwork” scheme supports projects that welcome students.

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Active operations

Aerial view of Orange's ancient theater, source: shutterstock
Ancient theatre of Orange (Vaucluse, France)
Port romain de Fréjus - View of the clearing of the eastern quay during the 2024 campaign
Roman harbour of Fréjus (Var, France)
Megara Hyblaea - General view of the archaic agora and Hellenistic city / Photo: Luigi Nifosi.
Greek colony of Megara Hyblaea (Sicily, Italy)
Fort-Royal 1 - Sampling a section of the wreck's hull
Fort-Royal 1, ancient wreck (Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France)
Saint-Romain-en-Gal - Vue aérienne du mausolée en cours de fouille. Une maison du XIXe siècle, dont les fondations rectangulaires sont visibles, a été construite au-dessus du mausolée / Cliché : Musée gallo-romain de Saint-Romain-en-Gal.
Gallo-Roman mausoleum in Saint-Romain-en-Gal (Rhône, France)
Underwater survey of the ancient port of Olbia (Hyères, Var) / Photo: Loïc Damelet (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
Coastal structures of the Greek colony of Olbia (Hyères, Var, France)
Aerial view of the ancient military port of Aegina (Greece) / Photo: Shutterstock.
Ancient military port of Aegina (Greece)
View, from the north, of the entrance to the Lauvitel integral reserve (Parc national des Écrins) and the RILAUV.01 and RILAUV.02 archaeological sites marked with a yellow star / Photo: Loïc Damelet (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
Agro-pastoral occupations in the Lauvitel reserve (Isère, France)
Modern wreck Laurons XI (Martigues) - Cleaning the bridge for a photogrammetric survey / Photo: Philippe Soubias (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
Laurons XI, modern wreck (Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France)
Namibie - Mission de terrain du projet ARIMAS (ARid environments and Modern humans’ Adaptation Strategies) / Tous droits réservés.
ARIMAS Project (Namibia)
Study of ancient coastal development on Sainte-Marguerite Island (Lérins archipelago, Cannes): discovery of an antefix in the Sainte-Anne cove / Photo: Loïc Damelet (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
Ancient coastal structures on the island of Sainte-Marguerite (Cannes, Alpes-Maritime, France)
Thaenae (Sfax, Tunisia): general view of the Thermes des Mois / Photo: Solenn de Larminat (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
Ancient city of Thaenae (Sfax, Tunisia)
Excavation of an Upper Palaeolithic occupation at Prés-de-Laure (Comps-sur-Artuby, Var) / Photo: LAMPEA.
Prehistory and environments of the Jabron valley (Var, France)
Recovering stone sculptures preserved at Delphi (Greece) / Photo: Loïc Damelet (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
Delphi offerings (Greece)
Mission ISTRIE (Poreč, Croatia) - The Santa Marina villa at the heart of the imperial estate / Photo: Philippe Soubias (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
Maritime villas in Istria (Croatia)
Underwater excavations in the Rhône (Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône) / Photo: Lionel Roux (CNRS - Centre Camille Jullian).
On the Rhône again operation (Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France)
Galermi aqueduct (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) - Underground gallery / Photo: Mission HydroSyra 2016.
The Galermi aqueduct from ancient times to the present day (Sicily, Italy)
Chapelle de la Trinité à Callas (Var) / Cliché : Centre archéologique du Var.
Trinity Chapel (Callas, Var, France)
Oppidum des Caisses de Jean-Jean à Mouriès - Vue d'ensemble du site / Cliché : Patrick Magdinier (Groupe archéologique de Mouriès).
Caisses de Jean-Jean oppidum (Mouriès, Bouches-du-Rhône, France)
Archaeological dig on the Château d'Hyères site (Var) / Photo: Lionel Roux (CNRS - LA3M).
Hyères castle (Var, France)
Projet ARGENTARIA (Sardaigne) - Topographie lasergrammétrique souterrain / Tous droits réservés.
History and archaeology of mining in Inglesiente (Sardinia, Italy)
Puits à neige (nivera) de Cervione (Haute-Corse) - Intérieur sud de la structure / Cliché : François Bartolomei (Aix-Marseille Université - Laboratoire d'archéologie médiévale et moderne en Méditerranée).
Puits à neige de Cervione (Haute-Corse, France)

Operations paused or completed

Xlendi wreck - photogrammetric survey of the wreck's cargo.
Xlendi wreck (Gozo, Malta)
Frankish site of Abu Gosh (Israel) / Photo: Andreas hartmann-Virnich (Aix-Marseille Université - Laboratoire d'archéologie médiévale et moderne en Méditerranée).
Free site of Abu Gosh (Israel)
Auzières Palaeolithic site in Méthamis (Vaucluse, France)
Ancient site of Cuicul-Djemila (Algeria) / Photo: Daniel Istria (CNRS - LA3M).
Cuicul-Djemila Episcopal Group (Algeria)