by brownmt | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
At the beginning of the second week in trench AC1 we found floor. It was a lovely floor, plastered and smoothed and perfect in every way, save for one little confused corner. I say confused because it was having a serious identity crisis. Anyway, circumstances being...
by lochtefe | Aug 13, 2014 | Research Blog
Swept, shovelled, cleaned and cleared. The trenches are ready for the rainy Turkish winter, and we walked away from the acropolis for the last time. It was a bittersweet moment, filled with and odd mixture of “job well done, lad,” and “OMYGAWD NO...
by Anna Lund | Aug 13, 2014 | Research Blog
Over the course of the past few weeks, we have been reading various articles with information about sites, history, and other topics that relate in some way to our own site or serve as a comparison to our own site. The intent of these reading was that we would be able...
by white | Aug 12, 2014 | Research Blog
I carried a lot of buckets this week. Up in trench four of the acropolis we are still doing large 20-30 cm passes, as the fill that we are excavating is still very sterile. Hence, we are still going at it with big picks and shovels, and I soon found my place in the...
by Nicholas Bowlin | Aug 12, 2014 | Research Blog
In trench 4, we have struggled to find anything of importance. While most other trenches have uncovered interesting features and cool objects, we have remained stuck in the “fill layer”. This is the layer of sterile, fluffy soil blown in by the wind over...
by lavangej | Aug 12, 2014 | Research Blog
The last full week has been a lot of fun, and really productive! We moved from trench 2A to 2C, and nearly reached floor by Friday! It’s easier to see the entire building coming together now that the bulk has been taken down and you can get a full view of the...
by lovely1 | Aug 12, 2014 | Research Blog
Week four has seen some frustrating days up at the North East Temple. As our time here draws to a close and our trench grows ever deeper, we are looking for bedrock. We are hoping to find the bedrock; however the soil at the Temple is very hard and compact. It is a...
by carpentd | Aug 12, 2014 | Research Blog
I was fortunate enough to find an object of interest or two within the past week, and I must say that it is one of the best and rarest feelings in the world. I have heard it being said that our generation has the doom of being stuck between mankind fully discovering...
by John Seabloom-Dunne | Aug 11, 2014 | Research Blog
In the first few days of the excavation, we discovered a piece of what we think to be an early Christian cross. At first we suspected it was repurposed in one of our walls, but that we found something that made us reconsider–another piece! We now believe that...
by schoepho | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
I’ve always been a big fan of spending a few hours in a cozy building surrounded by pictures, statues, or possessions of either dead people or supposed gods. It is so intriguing to be able to see such artifacts with your own eyes whether it be a rusty fishhook...
