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...
by tveite | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
This last weekend a few of us rented a car and decided to go adventuring at two nearby sites, Laertes and Syedra. This was a wonderful trip to take near the end of our time here. These two sites, but especially Laertes, are not frequently visited and not very...
by | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
I found Antiochia ad Cragum a city of dirt and brambles, and I’m leaving it a city of dirt and rocks. Do you know what I expected on this Archaeological journey? I don’t either. How could I? Until this trip, all of the Greco-Roman world- all of the entire...
by | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
The day begins by 5, when either your alarm, others being awake, or the call to prayer wakes you. Those first few minutes of awakeness are conquerable with the knowledge that they’ll be followed by a 20 minute van ride upon which one can nap. Upon waking up upon...
by | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
The natural fauna of Antiochia can be divided into two broad categories: That which wishes to kill you, And that which is confident you’re going to die sometime fairly soon. A prime example of the former is the Murderous Thorned Dandelion, which does a poor job...
by smithjo | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
I had originally came on this field school to Antiochia Ad Cragum in order to see if archaeology would be something that I wanted to do as a career and for the rest of my life. But this project has been so much more than just that. From seeing sites like Perge and...
by smithjo | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
This week marks a change in how we excavate Trench 4. Although we continue to remove soil from the top of Locus 2, we have decided to increase each pass to 20 centimeters. Using handpicks, shovels, and buckets to remove soil, 20 centimeters allows us to efficiently...
by smithjo | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
After a week of clearing wall fall and loose, organic soil we were finally able to open Trench 4 on the acropolis of Antiochia ad Cragum. After taking beginning measurements for height and trench dimensions, we began another 10 centimeter pass over Locus 2 and we...
