Running on Ekmek

To start off, I have a lot of advice for future participants. I think the most important advice is to pace yourself. It takes time to learn all the archaeology that you learn, and it takes time to acclimate to the heat as well as the work itself. Part of this involves...

Bite into the work

The most marketable skill that I have developed during this internship program is the ability to bite into the work. Digging is not easy. Not remotely. It is physically and mentally draining. The sun is hot, the air is thick, your progress is slow and oftentimes...

Three Things

During my time in Turkey, there were a few primary things that I learned that are important to the kind of work I want to do in my future. The first is the plain work ethic. I would wake up at 5 every morning and get ready for a long day of digging. Now this digging...

Week 4: What I Learned in Turkey is…

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...

The Archeologist Who Munselled Me

(Other working titles included “Sherds Are Forever,” “From Antiochia with Love,” and “The Man with the Golden Trowel”) I step off the helicopter, taking in the sights and sounds of the private jungle island. I make my way into the secret base inside of the volcano,...

An extremely anthropological experience

If I were to be asked in a job interview about my experiences doing archaeology in Turkey, I would want my potential employer to know not only about the physical aspects of archaeology, but also what this experience has taught me about myself, being abroad, and...

Talking About Turkey

If I were asked in a job interview to talk about my experience doing archaeology in Turkey, I would probably respond initially by saying there was a lot I could say, and then asking if there was anything in particular the interviewer was interested in and responding...

Archaeology for Anthropologists ._.

The option of doing a archeological internship, despite not planning and currently studying Archaeology as a professional career can be random to some people in their own professions. But for me as a future Anthropologist, I beg to differ. Even though their...