Final Week- Reflection

Working at Antiochia and Cragum has been such a wonderful experience for me. Just being with a group of hard working peers and forming connections with the Turkish students who are just as hard working, interested in learning about the site, and have other outside...

Hassanapalooza!

This weekend, I got to experience a wonderful Turkish tradition. Hassan, one of the Turkish archeological workers, invited our whole archeology group to his party in which all his family and friends celebrate him partaking in the military. It is required by law that...

Week 2 Busted Knee

As we’ve continued learning the necessities in working at our site, such as taking measurements to see how deep we’ve dug at the end of the day and labeling our finds (such as a glass base, bones, pottery, and architectural remains) in bags, I’ve had...

Week 1 The Dig Begins

The first day at the Acropolis has been such a fun experience already! I was working with Lizzie (one of the TA’s) and a few other students at Trench 2A which we figure is a church. We’ve come across a couple of significant structures which we found under...