The Josep M. Portús Archaeology Scholarship, organized by L’Esquerda Private Foundation, together with the IQAP group of companies and in memory of Josep M. Portús i Vinyeta, was held for four consecutive editions, from 2005 to 2008.

Its general objective was to promote and stimulate archaeological research in any field and subject, and to facilitate relations and exchanges between students and universities, companies, and national and international research centres.

The scholarship was intended for students, graduates, or PhDs in any branch of history or any other higher education, who wanted to further their specialized training in archaeology and methods of archaeological analysis. Preferably, the training had to be abroad, in a university, research centre, or specialized company. The duration of the scholarship was one year and the prize was €12,000.

Winners of the Josep M. Portús Archaeology Scholarship Programme

2005 call for applications

ORIOL AMBLÀS I NOVELLAS.

Archaeometallurgy, ethnoarchaeology, and experimental archaeology for the study of metalworking in the Iberian and Mediaeval settlement of L’Esquerda (Roda de Ter - Masies de Roda. 8th century BC - 14th century AD).

ANNA GUTIÉRREZ I GARCÍA-MORENO

Reductive firing ceramics from L’Esquerda (Les Masies de Roda, Osona): provenance and production based on the application of petrological analysis techniques.

2006 call for applications

PhD. CARMEN CUBERO I CORPAS.

Forest resources and uses in L’Esquerda, from the Iberian oppidum to the Mediaeval settlement.

2007 call for applications

Extension of the previous project
Extension of the study

2008 call for applications

ALEJANDRO VALENZUELA I OLIVER.

High-Mediaeval livestock and hunting: an approach to diet and exploitation of faunal resources from the archaeozoological record.