by Whitney Cowan | Aug 9, 2026 | Research Blog
ANS9 falls on the eastern side of the hill below the Acropolis at Antiochia ad Cragum. Unlike other units, opened this year and closed in seasons past, ANS9 had limited “special finds” despite reaching cultural level at 298m above sea level. In the last two weeks we...
by Elijah Samuelson | Aug 8, 2026 | Research Blog
From the 28th of July to the 6th of August my team and I worked on the Acropolis North Slope Unit 9 (ANS 9). During this time our team removed approximately one meter of soil and rock in a series of ten centimeter passes. Over the course of this excavation we...
by Jacob Halvorson | Aug 8, 2026 | Research Blog
For the past 2 weeks our group worked in ANS-8 on the northern slope of the acropolis in Antiochia ad Cragum. Our interpretations of the unit changed much over the course of our time as we uncovered new evidence which challenged our preconceptions. Our overall unit...
by Margo Thomas | Aug 8, 2026 | Research Blog
For four weeks in July and August, I worked at the Antiochia ad Cragum archaeological site in Gazipaşa, Turkïye. Throughout this time, I was stationed in room 5 of the Great Bath, right in the center of the site. I worked under the direction of Dr. Tim Howe, Dr....
by Bethany Burt | Aug 7, 2026 | Research Blog
I have been working on the Acropolis of the Antiochia ad Cragum site for the last month. I began by working in ANS 9, then moved to ANS 8 for the last two weeks of the season. For most of the time, our unit was split into approximately 2 separate loci, with 2...
by Margaret Ahlberg | Aug 7, 2026 | Research Blog
From July 11th to August 8th, 2026, I was part of an archaeological research team working on Antiochia ad Cragum in Gazipaşa, Türkiye. For the past two weeks, I have been working at the Acropolis in unit ANS8. Our team consisted of four undergraduate interns and a...
by Margo Thomas | Aug 7, 2026 | Research Blog
This is a re-write of my week 4 blog post that got eaten by the void. Trowel in hand, I bravely entered the void and slayed the no-wifi dragon, reclaiming the blog post and delivering it to the emperor (Dr. Howe). I did an archaeology internship at the Antiochia ad...
by Henry Worden | Aug 4, 2026 | Research Blog
I would tell the employer about all of the background information regarding the dig site, the time period it was active and who lived here. I would talk about how it was an internship through school and we had a fairly small team that we came with. I would explain the...
by Margaret Ahlberg | Aug 3, 2026 | Research Blog
In an ideal world, I wouldn’t panic about any question asked and would answer everything beautifully and eloquently. This blog post is set in an ideal world. If an employer noticed archaeology on my résumé and asked me about it, I would probably start by saying...
by Claire Malone | Aug 2, 2026 | Research Blog
Personally, I like to picture myself stumbling into an interview room looking frazzled and dusty as I usually do when coming back from a day at site. I think that’ll really set the precedent for what we’ve been doing for the past few weeks, and I’m so proud of myself...
