by howe | Aug 22, 2022 | Research Blog
Living and working in Turkey for four weeks was an incredible experience where I learned to trust others and trust myself. I have always been a person who has to feel in control and know what is happening, but this month in Turkey forced me to relinquish most of that...
by howe | Aug 21, 2022 | Research Blog
One of the biggest takeaways I have from this trip was said by Chef, who said that one of the hardest things an academic can do is say that they don’t know something. While I’m not yet an academic, I found this idea freeing and applicable to so many facets of...
by Sam Nelson | Aug 21, 2022 | Research Blog
One of the most important lessons I learned here was how to apply conceptual knowledge to our real world finding in the field. At our professor’s request, my team and I all collaborated with each other to form our own ideas, theories, and speculations about our...
by howe | Aug 19, 2022 | Research Blog
Coming to Turkey has been an experience of a lifetime. If you had asked me five months ago that I would be fulfilling my childhood dream of excavating an ancient city, I would have laughed in your face. There was a point where I did not believe I would be able to go,...
by Anna Shapovalova | Aug 19, 2022 | Research Blog
During this trip I focused on learning many archeological techniques. I also tried hard to learn as much of the history of the place we are uncovering as I could, constantly asking different professors about their finds and what they meant, as well as pondering about...
by Lissete Trinidad Mejia | Aug 18, 2022 | Research Blog
After spending about a month in the hot, humid Mediterranean weather, this experience has come to an end. I really enjoyed it and learned so much. A lot of the things I learned were small bits of information and details that really help to see bigger pictures of what...
