by brownmt | Aug 19, 2014 | Research Blog
So I’m a couple of days out from participating in an archaeological dig in Turkey and I’m still trying to process what happened. I mean, I know that I moved literally tons of soil, stood out in the boiling hot sun and ate and drank more bread and tea than...
by brownmt | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
At the beginning of the second week in trench AC1 we found floor. It was a lovely floor, plastered and smoothed and perfect in every way, save for one little confused corner. I say confused because it was having a serious identity crisis. Anyway, circumstances being...
by brownmt | Jul 26, 2014 | Research Blog
This marks the end of our first full week of working at Antiochia. My body aches but everyday we strip away a little, or a lot, more soil, which is pretty neat. On Monday we got our trenches and I have been working in the same trench since. It has been a very exciting...
by brownmt | Jul 20, 2014 | Research Blog
The first week of excavation has ended. I have been working on the upper acropolis to clear the debris of rocks and roots away from the surface of the soil. Where all we could see three days ago was a lumpy hill covered in brush and large rocks, we can now see the...
