Goodbye, Gazipasa

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...

The Experience of a Lifetime, by Elyssa Post

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,...

Final Thoughts

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...

Experiences Had and Skillz Learned

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...

A Good Month To Have a Month

Being an archaeological intern in Turkey is now a milestone in my life. While it lasted only a month, the skills I obtained in excavation methods, data collection and interpretation, as well as photogrammetry are enough to launch a career in archaeology, something I...