Author: thodust
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Where I’ve Been; Where I am; Where I’m going – Part 1
Hey, everyone! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? OK! It’s probably been something like 4 years since I last wrote?! Oof. I’m genuinely sorry. The past few years have certainly been a lot. There were some ups and downs (and it certainly felt like more “downs” than “ups”). Amidst all of that, I really didn’t […]
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Rome is Home
When I returned from the 2017 summer field season, I was riding high on optimism for my archaeological career but running on fumes for money. Very fortunately, though, the stars aligned and offered me not one but two promotions in about a month’s time, providing me the means to stabilize my finances. Since this is […]
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An Island Called Cyprus
The last 6 months of my life have been a roller-coaster; my physical, mental, and emotional state have hit some new highs and new lows. Without getting into details, that’s my best excuse for the epic delay in concluding my chronicle of last summer’s field season. I’ll be slowly making some changes to The Starving […]
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Happens Every Time
What a whirlwind! I’m writing this post after finally making it home to Baltimore from a tiny detour in Rome and, before that, blazing all around the island-nation of Cyprus, where visits and trips included places like the Cyprus American Archaeological Institute (CAARI), and the ancient sites of Kourion and Paphos. These were all after […]
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The Plow-Zone
The past couple of weeks have been quite busy at Aeclanum. My trench (Saggio 8) received two, bright eyed, bushy tailed new participants who were eager to dive deep into all the mysteries that the archaeology of Aeclanum holds. What are those mysteries? In case you missed my post from the last block, our trench’s […]
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Charles IV, a couple Alpine border crossings, and a quagmire of red tape.
Well everybody, it’s been a long time coming but the field season is finally here (and after too much delay, the first blog post of the season as well!). I’m finally in the field…digging. There is a verifiable amount of dirt on my trowel so it’s official! It has (quite literally) been a long road […]
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Why Archaeology is Important
In my last post, I set out on the surprisingly complex task of defining Archaeology. To summarize, I concluded that Archaeology is a humanities discipline that uses material remains to study the past and its people so that we might better understand the human experience. And while all that sounds nice to the layperson, often […]
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The Career of an Archaeologist
In my last post, I highlighted that archaeology’s importance lies in its ability to turn the narrative of history into an experience, which contributes to the heritage of global populations and the formation of a unifying world heritage. The natural followup is how we turn these slightly abstract and idealistic notions into real-world applications and […]
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What is Archaeology?
I recently realized that I’ve spent a lot of time writing and discussing the act of doing archaeology, but I haven’t done much to explain what archaeology actually is. At first thought, the question seems simple and obvious: “You know, Indiana Jones and digging and stuff…” Sure, Harrison Ford did play an “archaeologist” in the epic movie […]
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My Travel Guide: Being There and Coming Back
Ultimately, you have 5 senses; make it a goal to use all five while you’re away.
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