by Kit | Jul 18, 2015 | Research Blog
Mentally preparing myself for new experiences is not one of my strong suits– even if I have been planning something for months and months, I can’t accept that it will be my reality until it’s right in my face. This is exactly what happened when...
by evansm | Jul 18, 2015 | Research Blog
The first day at the Acropolis has been such a fun experience already! I was working with Lizzie (one of the TA’s) and a few other students at Trench 2A which we figure is a church. We’ve come across a couple of significant structures which we found under...
by Anna Lund | Aug 20, 2014 | Research Blog
The materials we were given in preparation for our time on the Semester in the Mediterranean (something myself and David C. are both venturing off to now that the season has ended at Antiochia) jokingly included the advice to not fall in love with the places we would...
by lovely1 | Aug 20, 2014 | Research Blog
These past five weeks have been absolutely amazing. I have learned so much during my time in Turkey. For example, how much I dislike schist! In all seriousness, I learned so much about the history of the area, and how important Antiochia was as a harbor and city. I...
by carpentd | Aug 19, 2014 | Research Blog
If I was to say I moved very specific dirt and rocks for an entire month, it would not sound that impressive. However, when it is rephrased that such landscaping was done for the discovery of ancient knowledge and to learn the ropes of being an archaeologist, then we...
by brownmt | Aug 19, 2014 | Research Blog
So I’m a couple of days out from participating in an archaeological dig in Turkey and I’m still trying to process what happened. I mean, I know that I moved literally tons of soil, stood out in the boiling hot sun and ate and drank more bread and tea than...
by Anna Lund | Aug 18, 2014 | Research Blog
Why does Trench 3 rule? Simple, of all the trenches to be closed on the acropolis, it provided us with some of the most incredible detail and information regarding the acropolis’s usage and purpose towards the end of its occupation. The pottery remains, broken glass,...
by lavangej | Aug 18, 2014 | Research Blog
Looking back on my experience in Turkey on the long plane ride home, I realized that I have learned so much not only about archaeology, but about working efficiently with a team and traveling and living in a foreign country. It was hard to see how much I truly learned...
by Nicholas Bowlin | Aug 17, 2014 | Research Blog
Before this project, my only experience with archaeology were the Indiana Jones movies and I had only a vague idea of what real archaeology entailed. This program taught me that attention to detail is vital to successful archaeology. We detailed every soil change,...
by white | Aug 17, 2014 | Research Blog
When I heard about this program it seemed so outrageous that I just had to go. I never imagined that I would have the opportunity to do real archaeology– it was one of the careers that my parents joked about me doing, but not something I could ever picture...
