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...
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...
