THE NECROPOLIS EXCAVATION >Staff

Fernando Contreras Rodrigo. (Lleida, 1967). Director of the excavations at Sanitja and of the Ecomuseum de Cap de Cavalleria since 1997. President of the association “Sa Nitja. Gestión del Patrimonio Mediterráneo” founded in 1993. He obtained the Prize Fundació “la Caixa” in 1992: “Revalorització Ciutats Romanes de Catalunya i Illes Balears”. FPI U.A.B. Internship 1991-95. His research fields are: Romanization in Minorca; Archaeological software; Cultural management; Museum development for the heritage of Sanitja and the Cap de Cavalleria. Director of the excavations in Mago (Pla Mirall, 2000-2002), Iamo (Correos, 1999), and Sanisera (Prospection 1993-1995, Excavation 1996-1998). His projects involving Minorca’s cultural heritage include: Defense Tower in Fornells (CIM – 1996), Ecomuseum de Cap de Cavalleria (Leader II – 1997), Cavalleria Lighthouse (Futures – 1998).

Thaïs Fadrique Rubio (Barcelona, 1975). Licensed in history and archaeology from the University of Barcelona.  Maters in Human Biology from the University Autónoma de Barcelona. Currently working on a Doctorate in Human Biology in the University Autónoma de Barcelona.  Member of the Grup de Recerca en Osteobiografia (GROB), dedicated to the investigation and reconstruction of the ancient populations of sites in Catalunya and the Balearic Islands.  Has participated in university excavation projects and in anthropological studies of various site as well as in various national and international conferences, expositions and publications, principally of Asociación Española de Paleo patología, la Sociedad Española de Antropología y la Associació Catalano-Balear de Paleopatologia. Has also worked on various scientific projects as an independent archaeologist specialized in anthropology.

Lana Johnson. (Red Bluff, California, USA, 1980). Secretary and Treasurer of the association “Sa Nitja. Gestión del Patrimonio Mediterráneo” and of the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria. B.A. in psychology (Phi Beta Kappa), University of California Santa Cruz, 2004. Course coordinator, student adviser and translator for the archaeological field school.

Victor Verano. Medical forensic and member of the Spanish Society of Paleontology. Physical Anthropologist that collaborates with the study and processing of human remains found during the excavation.