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...
by dynneson | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
This week I continued my habit of trench hopping and worked in several different areas on the site. I started off the week in Brad’s trench, which had still not been officially opened. With various numbers of people coming in and out of the trench our goal was...
by white | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
This week I was fortunate to have a change in scenery and got to work at the temple for four days. The beautiful marble temple is a pretty stark contrast to our far less excavated and more rag-tag little village on the acropolis. I was excited to be assigned my own...
by lavangej | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
Another great week at Antiochia! The highlight of my week at the site was hitting floor in our trench, and getting to move from moving large amounts of dirt to working with trowels. It was fun finally reaching our goal and seeing all of the progress we had made....
by Nicholas Bowlin | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
This past weekend, we toured several ancient sites near the city of Antalya, about three hours from our town. At Perge, a site which had been a large Roman city complete with a colonnaded street and a great bath complex, Professor Howe mentioned that our site is as...
by johnsokg | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
This past weekend we got the opportunity to go see some popular sites. We visited Perge, Aspendos and Side. It was incredible to see sites that were finished or close to being so. Perge was our first stop and the site that was the most similar to our site. It was...
by lochtefe | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
I may take no credit for this particular composition. You will have to speak to Leif and Nick Gantt about that one. It involves stinging bees, spiky plants, blisters, and dirt. It’s cynical and snarky, but in a good way. I have had the unique experience of...
by redelfs | Aug 9, 2014 | Research Blog
I began this week the same way I did last week: I kept digging deeper into my pit in order to find the bedrock foundation for the temple and retaining walls. And I seemingly found it on Tuesday, and so I spent my last day in the trench cleaning off/ out what appeared...
