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...
by redelfs | Aug 17, 2014 | Research Blog
I spent this final week of the dig the same way I spent the three days previously: articulating walls and other various forms of essentially cleaning up the area known as structure IV. This building encompasses both trenches 4 and 5, which I bounced between as was...
by johnsokg | Aug 16, 2014 | Research Blog
This has been one of the most interesting programs I have ever been on. From the culture to the language barrier to the diverse group of people in our class to the unique work we were doing on a daily basis, it is almost impossible to really capture in words what this...
by irons | Aug 16, 2014 | Research Blog
On Friday, August 15, 2014, Julia Marie Irons <irons@stolaf.edu> I had no real idea, before Antiochia, of what it meant to look at a wall, or room, or soil, or piece of pottery, and see points of access for interpretation. It’s not as though...
by dynneson | Aug 16, 2014 | Research Blog
My time in Turkey has been rather memorable. I have learned a lot here (like how to tell the difference between schisty soil and bedrock, which is harder than you might think sometimes), and although I am very excited to go home, I am sad to say goodbye. Over the last...
by irons | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
I would not venture to attempt a complete packing list, but I would say, besides dig clothes that might get trashed, to be sure to bring: a water bottle, work gloves, sunglasses, duct tape, ziplock bags, sunscreen, a hat, several bandanas, swim goggles, a tablet or...
by irons | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
That title is actually somewhat misleading, in that Antiochia doesn’t have much to offer by way of Latin inscriptions. (There is at least one: a milestone, erected in the Julio-Claudian period, situated a bit away from our usual stomping grounds.) But what...
by John Seabloom-Dunne | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
It’s tough to try to summarize a month’s worth of work in a few paragraphs, but nonetheless that’s what we’ve been trying to do with this blog. The innumerable daily challenges and excitements would be impossible for any one person to catalogue...
by tveite | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
The past month has flown by at an alarming pace. It’s been an amazing experience in so many ways, and I’ve learned so much. Working on the acropolis I’ve learned more than I ever knew about building techniques and the motivations behind the use of...
