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...
by tveite | Jul 23, 2014 | Research Blog
So, as you may have heard once or twice on this site, Turkey is a pretty warm place. And it turns out that archaeological sites, at least ours, are pretty dirty. Each day as we all troop towards lunch at the end of the work day we all must look like we’ve just...
by lavangej | Jul 23, 2014 | Research Blog
So far, the first five days in Turkey have been a blast, and I can’t wait to experience the next three weeks! It was a little rough getting adjusted after a long day of travel and on top of that getting up at 5 am the next day, but I think most of us have made...
by johnsokg | Jul 23, 2014 | Research Blog
Hot. Sweaty. Chucking rocks. That pretty much sums up our first few days here at Antioch. Since we are the first group to be excavating the upper acropolis of the Antioch site, there was still a lot of brush, roots, and big rocks that needed to be moved before we...
