by dynneson | Aug 6, 2014 | Research Blog
I spent most of week three working with the lovely ladies up at the temple, in the north trench. The north temple trench is formed by two retaining walls that we think were used to protect the temple from alluvium washed down the hill side, and a third wall that...
by tveite | Aug 6, 2014 | Research Blog
This last week my room learned that waking up at 5 in the morning is made significantly less pleasant by using “Heigh-ho” from Disney’s Snow White as your alarm. You may not know this – none of us did – but the song begins with a chorus...
by Zoey | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
Along with digging in the trenches, John Dunne and I have been conducting CURI research learning the best tactics for taking and processing photos in the archaeological field. So far this has included taking photos of coins and using RTI–an imaging...
by redelfs | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
At the beginning of this shorter week, I continued clearing up the fill wall down in the pit (aka the pre-dug trench). The only interesting thing out of there was an amphora handle. Anyway, I finished that early on Wednesday, finally becoming able to see the ground...
by lavangej | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
I can hardly believe the week has gone by so fast, it seems like I just wrote my last blog post! I have been learning a lot, about both archaeology and the Turkish culture. We’ve been finding more and more things at the site every day, and we are finally getting...
by johnsokg | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
This past weekend we visited Alanya and went to the Museum of Archeaology which was really interesting. There was some great artifacts and blurbs about things similar to what we are focusing on. There was even a Pegasus ornament that was used on an antique ship that...
by Nicholas Bowlin | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
This week in Trench 4, we put together “Claire’s Ten Commandments”, based on the rules of our awesome TA. Commandment 1 is definitely the most important. It’s a phrase heard constantly during the workday: Don’t pry rocks! In Trench 4,...
by bews | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
This week was a particularly dynamic one for the TA’s up on the acropolis. There are currently 6 trenches in operation on the acropolis, each with its own unique set of problems and state of excavation. My trench is one of the more “mature” trenches,...
by Zoey | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
I’ve traveled to a handful of European countries, and in my experience, it’s usually not that hard to find English speakers there. You speak it tentatively at first, and you feel bad about it, but when you try speaking in the local language,...
by lovely1 | Aug 4, 2014 | Research Blog
I can’t believe that it’s the end of week three already! It was certainly an exciting week up at the Temple. We continue to make progress on the north trench, dividing it into many different sections as we continue to work on it. We have found some...
