by Alex Van Etten | Jul 27, 2025 | Research Blog
As a plane first touches the ground, a trowel digs into the earth and I fall down a staircase, it would seem that nothing can escape the weight of gravity. I began my journey here in Türkiye in rather unfortunate circumstance, though I had come to work I was inhibited...
by Zoe Ottinger | Jul 27, 2025 | Research Blog
I’ve learned that I can see myself working in an archeological career in the future. When starting the week, I thought my physical health would heavily get in the way of my ability to contribute to the team. By the time the second day rolled around, my body had...
by Parker Johnson | Jul 27, 2025 | Research Blog
I’ve enjoyed swimming this past week, at the beach in town, in the cove by our site, and in the canyon at Sapadere, where we clambered around yesterday. But little did I expect to feel like I was swimming when I came out of my dorm Monday morning. As we waited for the...
by Ignatius Fitzgerald | Jul 27, 2025 | Research Blog
I have never before in my life drank as much water as I am drinking on the site each day. On my second evening in Gaizpaşa, Gabe and I made the trek to the A101 to purchase two 5L jugs of water to bring to the site, as we were both running out well before our 1 pm...
by Erin Featherstone | Jul 27, 2025 | Research Blog
A week ago, I landed in Turkey not knowing fully what to expect from the work, archaeology, and Gazipaşa. Throughout these last few days, I have found myself learning a lot, not only about how to do the archaeological work, but also about how much water I should...
by Gabriel Chapital de Renty | Jul 27, 2025 | Research Blog
My time so far on the Dig Site has been a fun, but valuable learning experience for me. After one of our dig days, we spoke together as a big group at the dig house, and Tim said some really insightful words about why we do the work that we do, and how it affects the...
