Week 5 (Final): After All is Said and Done

by | Aug 13, 2024 | Research Blog

When I first arrived in Gazipaşa, I found the idea of spending over four weeks here a bit daunting. It is both the farthest I’ve been from home and the longest I’ve ever been away. However, I very quickly became quite comfortable here, and despite a fairly...

Week 4: What I Learned in Turkey is…

by | Aug 4, 2024 | Research Blog

If I were to be asked in a job interview about my time doing archaeology in Turkey, I fear I would have so much to say that it would take up the entire interview. The first thing I would want to emphasize is the daily schedule. I wake up at 4:45 every weekday, and we...

Week 3: It’s Still Really Hot

by | Jul 28, 2024 | Research Blog

To say that my time in Turkey has been a learning experience would be an understatement. There has been a constant influx of knowledge since my arrival, both academic and personal in nature. My academic growth is fairly easy to pin down. I came into this with very...

Weeks 1-2: It is really hot

by | Jul 21, 2024 | Research Blog

We’ve officially spent one full week living and working in Turkey, and it has certainly been an eventful one. Through every experience since my arrival, there has been one common throughline: it is really, really hot. I didn’t think it was possible to...

Week 0: Pre-Dig Blog Post

by | Jul 10, 2024 | Research Blog

It’s difficult to pick just one thing that I want to see on-site, as I really want to see all of it. That being said, I think the thing that intrigued me the most in the readings was the explanation surrounding the honorific inscriptions that decorate some of...