Reconstructing the Past

Along with digging in the trenches, John Dunne and I have been conducting CURI research learning the best tactics for taking and processing photos in the archaeological field. So far this has included taking photos of coins and using RTI–an imaging...

Chipping Away at the Language Barrier

    I’ve traveled to a handful of European countries, and in my experience, it’s usually not that hard to find English speakers there. You speak it tentatively at first, and you feel bad about it, but when you try speaking in the local language,...

Ancient Adaptation

We talked earlier this week about the landscape here. In our discussion, we realized that this landscape is bit harsh because humans came in and destroyed it. In reality, this landscape is harsh because that’s what happened after the last great ice age. And...