by Jade Estling | Jul 28, 2024 | Research Blog
I underestimated how much physical labor goes into archaeology. I was warned that it would be hard work, but I had no clue how much it would entail. However, it is rewarding work. I never thought that I would get so excited over digging in the ground and finding a...
by Emma Ellings | Jul 28, 2024 | Research Blog
To say that my time in Turkey has been a learning experience would be an understatement. There has been a constant influx of knowledge since my arrival, both academic and personal in nature. My academic growth is fairly easy to pin down. I came into this with very...
by Tobias Goodman | Jul 28, 2024 | Research Blog
After two weeks of working, I have learned the deep intricacies of Archaeology, which extend beyond the limits of the ground in which we dig. Coming into this, I knew very little past the science of it, and the practice of doing it. Dig artifacts up from the earth,...
by Luke Reitinger | Jul 28, 2024 | Research Blog
My physical limits have definitely expanded from where they were a week ago, I have noticed myself not needing as much water and generally feeling much more adjusted to the heat. Working in Turkey has definitely been hard, but it’s been a great experience to...
by Patrick Hagerty | Jul 27, 2024 | Research Blog
Two whole weeks! Very short time to accomplish the amount of work that we have done, ladies and gentlemen, many people are saying this. Say, I’m up in Unit 7B, wonderful people, folks, let me tell you. There were a lot of roots up there at the start, Holm Oak is what...
by Elsie Olmstead | Jul 27, 2024 | Research Blog
This second week in Turkey on this site has really made me feel like I can do this work and not just barely scrape by day after day after day. I’ve really been trying to push my limits physically and to soak up all of the information that my peers and superiors are...
by Yahir Zurita | Jul 26, 2024 | Research Blog
I often have little more to say about myself and more about the dig site (Acropolis) and archeology, but as required, I’ll talk about myself and the conditions I faced during my first week at the dig site. First and foremost, it is boiling in Turkey. It is so hot that...
by Tobias Goodman | Jul 21, 2024 | Research Blog
At this point in the internship, I have had time to think, work, and reflect, all of which have been fruitful endeavors. The work of the internship, the physical work, has been truly enjoyable. I love working in the sun and heat, wearing myself out digging. It is...
by Elsie Olmstead | Jul 21, 2024 | Research Blog
If I could sum this first week into a couple of words, it would be tiring yet rewarding. Even though this first week at the dig site has mainly been removing rocks and troublesome roots -looking at you Jerry, Dave, and Steve- and my unit has not really found anything...
by Declan Coleman | Jul 21, 2024 | Research Blog
Gazipasa is hot and humid, with a piercing sun. That much is made immediately clear your first trek outside of the Dig House. There is no discrepancy between the weather described to me by others before my arrival and the way that the weather is. There is a...
