by Jade Estling | Aug 13, 2024 | Research Blog
The main advice that I would give to future students that will be excavating Antiochia ad Cragum would be to have fun and not stress about the trip. I tend to worry about things that I cannot control or expect to happen, which happened while I was preparing for this...
by Luke Reitinger | Aug 13, 2024 | Research Blog
To start off, I have a lot of advice for future participants. I think the most important advice is to pace yourself. It takes time to learn all the archaeology that you learn, and it takes time to acclimate to the heat as well as the work itself. Part of this involves...
by Declan Coleman | Aug 4, 2024 | Research Blog
The most marketable skill that I have developed during this internship program is the ability to bite into the work. Digging is not easy. Not remotely. It is physically and mentally draining. The sun is hot, the air is thick, your progress is slow and oftentimes...
by Tobias Goodman | Aug 4, 2024 | Research Blog
During my time in Turkey, there were a few primary things that I learned that are important to the kind of work I want to do in my future. The first is the plain work ethic. I would wake up at 5 every morning and get ready for a long day of digging. Now this digging...
by Emma Ellings | Aug 4, 2024 | Research Blog
If I were to be asked in a job interview about my time doing archaeology in Turkey, I fear I would have so much to say that it would take up the entire interview. The first thing I would want to emphasize is the daily schedule. I wake up at 4:45 every weekday, and we...
by Patrick Hagerty | Aug 4, 2024 | Research Blog
(Other working titles included “Sherds Are Forever,” “From Antiochia with Love,” and “The Man with the Golden Trowel”) I step off the helicopter, taking in the sights and sounds of the private jungle island. I make my way into the secret base inside of the volcano,...
