by redelfs | Jul 26, 2014 | Research Blog
Some very interesting things happened this week in the Temple’s South Trench. On Monday, Leif discovered the edge of the wall we were looking for. It ended up bisecting our trench diagonally, going to the Southeast’s corner. Since we found the...
by brownmt | Jul 26, 2014 | Research Blog
This marks the end of our first full week of working at Antiochia. My body aches but everyday we strip away a little, or a lot, more soil, which is pretty neat. On Monday we got our trenches and I have been working in the same trench since. It has been a very exciting...
by Zoey | Jul 26, 2014 | Research Blog
We talked earlier this week about the landscape here. In our discussion, we realized that this landscape is bit harsh because humans came in and destroyed it. In reality, this landscape is harsh because that’s what happened after the last great ice age. And...
by horber1 | Jul 26, 2014 | Research Blog
The first week at Antiochia ad Cragum was spent clearing brush and large stones in order to begin the creation of new trenches on the site. The sites acropolis has been separated into four main trenches: a small out-building at the sites Eastern entrance, a larger...
by schoepho | Jul 26, 2014 | Research Blog
Now I’d like to take the time to fully elaborate what I’m doing ‘job-wise’ in Turkey. I hope those at home don’t think that I spend ALL my time on the beach, for my purpose thus far has been to endure intensive manual labor in the name of...
by irons | Jul 24, 2014 | Research Blog
Our work during the first week at Antiochia has been divided (somewhat unevenly, it’s true) between the acropolis and the northeast temple. I’ve been very fortunate in getting to work at both sites. The first two days on the acropolis were exhausting but...
