by | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
I found Antiochia ad Cragum a city of dirt and brambles, and I’m leaving it a city of dirt and rocks. Do you know what I expected on this Archaeological journey? I don’t either. How could I? Until this trip, all of the Greco-Roman world- all of the entire...
by | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
The day begins by 5, when either your alarm, others being awake, or the call to prayer wakes you. Those first few minutes of awakeness are conquerable with the knowledge that they’ll be followed by a 20 minute van ride upon which one can nap. Upon waking up upon...
by | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
The natural fauna of Antiochia can be divided into two broad categories: That which wishes to kill you, And that which is confident you’re going to die sometime fairly soon. A prime example of the former is the Murderous Thorned Dandelion, which does a poor job...
by smithjo | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
I had originally came on this field school to Antiochia Ad Cragum in order to see if archaeology would be something that I wanted to do as a career and for the rest of my life. But this project has been so much more than just that. From seeing sites like Perge and...
by smithjo | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
This week marks a change in how we excavate Trench 4. Although we continue to remove soil from the top of Locus 2, we have decided to increase each pass to 20 centimeters. Using handpicks, shovels, and buckets to remove soil, 20 centimeters allows us to efficiently...
by smithjo | Aug 14, 2014 | Research Blog
After a week of clearing wall fall and loose, organic soil we were finally able to open Trench 4 on the acropolis of Antiochia ad Cragum. After taking beginning measurements for height and trench dimensions, we began another 10 centimeter pass over Locus 2 and we...
