by Kyra Andresen | Aug 10, 2025 | Research Blog
If a potential employer were to ask about my experiences in Türkiye, I would tell them that I’ve learned how to navigate archaeological fieldwork, collaborative research, and a foreign country. I would explain that my time was spent doing hands-on research, excavating...
by Ella Hillis | Aug 10, 2025 | Research Blog
My understanding of the field of archeology was limited to textbooks and movies. The little that I knew involved digging and wearing a funky hat. There was also the academic portion where important artifacts were involved. And while Indiana Jones is a wonderful piece...
by Henry Quayle | Aug 10, 2025 | Research Blog
It was an expedition at the site Antiochia ad Cragum, at a former residential area. Being on a month-long archaeological dig in Türkiye helped me sharpen a lot of my skills, such as analysis and communications. Finding artifacts and antiquities helped me to more...
by Riley Holets | Aug 10, 2025 | Research Blog
I walk into an office, sit in a stiff but cushioned chair, and make eye contact with the interviewer across from me. I know what’s coming. They are going to ask about that most out-there thing on my resume: Archaeological Work in Türkiye. They, of course, will...
by Grace Jasinski | Aug 10, 2025 | Research Blog
If an interviewer asked me about my archaeological experiences I would start off by mentioning that it’s not as Indiana Jones makes it out to be. As cool as we would look in leather jackets, they would quickly be ruined by soil and the sharp edges of metal...
by Zoe Ottinger | Aug 3, 2025 | Research Blog
I find myself being a lot more conscious of smaller details in the unit as we’ve gone further down, such as noting soil changes and color shifts through the dirt on what’s hopefully pottery. With more contextual layers, I’ve also found myself trying...
by Ignatius Fitzgerald | Aug 3, 2025 | Research Blog
This week, I was told by a professor working on the site that I was not adequately scared of the work I was doing and that being more scared would make me a better archeologist. Between her fear and PHD, she was still unable to distinguish between consumer goods and...
by Parker Johnson | Aug 3, 2025 | Research Blog
More and more, as I look around, I start to see fallen rocks. Spending time doing archaeological work draws one’s attention to things that aren’t the way they once were, like buildings that stood proudly centuries ago but now sag and slump, their stones strewn across...
by Erin Featherstone | Aug 3, 2025 | Research Blog
Although I tragically was unable to see the progress the rest of my team made in the final two days of the week, hearing more about the plaster surface that we reached on Wednesday was very interesting. I think that by seeing layers like this– ones that could...
by Ella Hillis | Aug 3, 2025 | Research Blog
The further down we go, the more I find I am ruined by dirt. Everywhere I go I am looking at the dirt. I am thinking of the different colors, how to level it by removing rocks, wondering if that was ceramic or just schist. I close my eyes and I see our unit. On a much...
