by Lucy Court | Aug 11, 2023 | Research Blog
1) What advice you would offer future participants (i.e. what to expect, what to pack, what to study beforehand, where to go while in Turkey, what food to try, etc.). I would advise that people bring an extra pair of sheets (the sheets often come off of the beds), a...
by Lucy Court | Aug 9, 2023 | Research Blog
If an employer asked, I would begin by explaining a bit of background about how I ended up here: one of my favorite college professors suggested that I might be a good fit for the team that he was putting together for that year’s work at the site he co-chaired....
by Lucy Court | Aug 1, 2023 | Research Blog
My time here so far has begun to show me the full extent of what my body can do, both in the sense that I am now very aware of the limits created by my lack of physical exercise before this, but also in that I can see what my body can possibly do when I push myself....
by Lucy Court | Jul 25, 2023 | Research Blog
My time in Turkiye so far has been amazing, both intellectually and physically. While in retrospect, I probably should have worked harder to be ready physically for the dig, I feel like I am doing fairly well and working as hard as I possibly can. Though I was told...
by Lucy Court | Jul 13, 2023 | Research Blog
The thing I most want to see once I arrive in Turkiye is the landscape and geography in and around the site and surrounding land. I have been traveling for most of the summer so far and learned a lot about how strongly geography directs the way that people live....
