by Henry Worden | Aug 16, 2026 | Research Blog
My advice to anyone coming in the future is don’t mess around with your basic needs. Make sure to be bringing plenty of water with you everyday and drink plenty of water when you’re not at the dig. Also make sure to eat. You are burning so many calories...
by Margo Thomas | Aug 16, 2026 | Research Blog
My time in Turkiye was incredibly difficult, yet incredibly rewarding. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone hoping to pursue a career in history. The advice that I would give to a future student hoping to do this internship is to do a lot of preparation. I...
by Henry Worden | Aug 16, 2026 | Research Blog
During my time digging, I found lots of things. I found pottery, bones, glass, slag, mosaic, bronze brackets, coins, a wall, a sewing pin, and a plaster floor. I think that my finds in the great bath suggest one or multiple earthquakes. The large amount of bronze pins...
by Whitney Cowan | Aug 16, 2026 | Research Blog
So you’ve signed up to be employed by the Turkish government…well here are my words of wisdom, and as my peers learned this past summer, Whitney is always right. I will refrain from repeating advice mentioned in previous posts. You know by now that your work days will...
by Bethany Burt | Aug 16, 2026 | Research Blog
The best piece of advice I can give to future interns is to be adaptable and be able to roll with anything. You’ll be in an environment that you’ve never been in before, likely doing work you’ve never done. What is needed and what will be asked of you may change...
by Jacob Halvorson | Aug 16, 2026 | Research Blog
As I am now an experienced archeologist (citation needed), I have some ignorable recommendations for future participants of this program and some personal reflections on the experience as a whole. First of all for some practical advice: avoid the milkshakes at Atom...
by Lydia Shannon | Aug 16, 2026 | Research Blog
Spending this summer in Türkiye has been an experience that I know I will be thinking about for a long time. Before arriving, I had some idea of what archaeological fieldwork would involve, but there is a big difference between learning about archaeology in a...
by Elijah Samuelson | Aug 15, 2026 | Research Blog
What advice would I give to you reading this now? The first thing I will say is you won’t starve. From where you stay you’ll be within a 15 minute walk of at least 5 different grocery stores. In the same area there are a number of restaurants, some quite good, others...
by Fontina Battaglia | Aug 15, 2026 | Research Blog
To future participants, I think everyone needs a small fan of some sort for the first day or two. I also think you should NOT let your mom take you to Marshalls or something to get new dig clothes because you definitely don’t need them. I’m serious! My mom...
by Lily Molinaro | Aug 14, 2026 | Research Blog
After working for two weeks in Room 5 of the Great Bath, conclusions are hard to come to. Everyday our theories were upturned by new finds and without being able to complete our unit, there is no way to say for certain what any of our finds mean. However, our big...
