{"id":3212,"date":"2024-07-28T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/antiochia2014\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2024-07-28T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T15:24:19","slug":"i-like-to-carry-rocks-down-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/antiochia2014\/2024\/07\/28\/i-like-to-carry-rocks-down-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"I like to carry rocks down the hill"},"content":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the end of our second week of work in Turkey. The most noticeable difference I have found in my abilities is my stamina. Before our first day of work, some of the field students and I hiked this small mountain to get a view of the sunset from these cliff-side ruins. The majority of the path up was laid with steps, not especially steep ones, even still my heart was beating out of my chest. I fell behind the faster, fitter students, and I wasn&#8217;t sure I would make it up the entire trail without suffering some cardiac event.<br \/><br \/>It was a similar story on site. I struggled with keeping my heart rate down as we completed our tasks. I was physically and mentally exhausted. I thought it unlikely that I could continue with the work at several points. My body was so out of sorts that for two or three days I was unable to eat any food.<br \/><br \/>But the next week things were extraordinarily better. I never once thought of my heart as we continued the same work with the same intensity. Instead, I looked forward to the visual progress we are making in our unit. I am not used to the tangible results of my efforts I get from taking earth out of the hillside.<br \/><br \/>I&#8217;ve begun to enjoy the physical nature of the work. I appreciate that lifting boulders has gotten easier for me, not because I have gotten any stronger, but only because I have gotten better at applying my strength. I like feeling taxed, dirty, spent in a way that I haven&#8217;t enjoyed before. <br \/><br \/>I think I&#8217;ve adapted some and will continue to do so. I have been able to eat a lot more this week and I don&#8217;t doubt that this has contributed to my renewed sense of strength. I also think that mentally I have begun to overcome the grueling nature of the work.<br \/><br \/>In the future, I hope that my relation to the work can inherit a little more meaning. Right now, all that I enjoy is the labor and the progress. I still struggle to conceptualize any historical happenings in the area. It still feels like set-dressing a little bit. I am still not sure that I understand what archeology is, or yet what its merits are. 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