by burkhart | Aug 3, 2015 | Research Blog
*********************TRANSMISSION ENCRYPTED********************* Subject: Status Report on investigative unit AACFS_AC5 (codename “THE FILTHY FIVE”) Reporting Operative: AACFS_AC5_02 (codename “KEEN”) Commanding Operative: AACFS_AC5_00 (codename “KIRBUS”) Location:...
by evansm | Aug 3, 2015 | Research Blog
This weekend, I got to experience a wonderful Turkish tradition. Hassan, one of the Turkish archeological workers, invited our whole archeology group to his party in which all his family and friends celebrate him partaking in the military. It is required by law that...
by mumfor1 | Aug 3, 2015 | Research Blog
Saturday mornings are always filled with the exciting prospects of freedom, leisure, and exploration. The words “free day” rattle around in our heads, dizzying us with excitement as we imagine what the day holds for us. This Saturday, however, is no ordinary Saturday....
by Eleanor Fuelling | Aug 3, 2015 | Research Blog
4:55 AM— My alarm goes off before the sun has risen. I get up five minutes earlier than the other girls in the room so I can get a spot in the bathroom. Once we’re all up the six of us shuffle around each other with half-opened eyes, sniffing our dig clothes and...
by Kit | Aug 3, 2015 | Research Blog
I expected to face many trials on this archaeological expedition– scorching heat, demanding physical labor, awkward farmer’s tans—but Turkish bees never crossed my mind. “Bees?” you may ask, “what’s so bad about bees? If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother...
by meyerse | Aug 3, 2015 | Research Blog
As a sociology and anthropology major, I find the concept of space fascinating. How the environment in which people live shapes their lives, and in turn how people change their own environments to make it more suitable to the kind of lives they wish to live is...
