holy schist

WOW! It’s already our third work week in Turkey as well as my 900th trip to Roby’s. I feel like in just two full weeks at the dig site, I’ve already learned so much, and changed and grown as an archaeologist and a student. First of all, I have...

Blog Post 3: Bones and Stones – Cami Stokes

I am an avid fan of rock-tasting. The others are less enthusiastic. They are missing out, as my tongue has become a valuable tool. Due to their porous nature, bone and clay tend to stick. Non-porous rocks do not stick to the tongue. A piece of schist can appear like a...

Arrival

I walked off the airplane to a burst of humidity, despite the sun setting hours before, crossed the tarmac and into the blinding fluorescent lighting of baggage claim. I had been traveling for hours and recovering from the social pause, when she walked towards me....

Vegetarians Take on Turkey

I’ve always been an anxious traveler, so when I walked into the Gazipasa airport, I felt out of place, nervous and pondering all of the things that could possibly go wrong while traveling abroad. Although the airport is small and easy to navigate–unlike Denver...

Rock and Roll

So far, the dig has been a lot of hard work in some pretty intense conditions. It gets pretty hot and humid back home, but I’m not at home digging holes and hauling rocks in the sun all day either. I have new appreciation for water. At the same time, it’s very...

We diggin for real now (Blog Post Week 2)

So far, my experience at Antiochia ad Cragum and Turkey as a whole has been both fantastic and extremely difficult. For me, the heat was really difficult to deal with as I arrived, and it made all the changes around me even harder to deal with. Before we began working...