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There has never been a point in my life where I have felt confident in the idea of what I want to do with my future, and though that statement remains true, this opportunity has veered me closer to a decision of confidence. I am transferring universities next year,...
Lessons from Adventures: What I’ve Learned Outside the Field
In my first post on our blog, I shared moments from working in the field at Pollentia. While the University of Portland’s team in Pollentia spends many hours a day working in the field, as well as completing other tasks such as cleaning and classifying artifacts, it...
Rooftime Ritual
Our house, Can Grande, was home to five students, and two staff members during our stay in Alcúdia. During the workdays, it played host to the whole tea, for lunch, and on weekends it served as the group crash pad for wanderers after our nighttime adventures. Our...
What Does it Mean to “Excavate”?
The process of digging, unearthing, or uncovering something – to “excavate”, which was exactly what we did for the better part of a month while working on the site. Sounds fairly straightforward, right? You use a pickaxe, or a trowel, and you move...
Purposefully Engaged: A Final Reflection Of My Experience In Pollentia
It has been a very humbling experience following my first discovery of the skeleton that I mentioned in my last blog post. Digging up feet and what turned out to be an entire skeleton: that is a very unique experience to say the least. Yet going through the last two...Last reflection at Pollentia
This adventure in Spain has been an eye opener for me in so many ways possible. Given that this is the farthest I’ve been away from home really feels like a leep of courage and commitment to my self, as I stay and deepen my knowledge of archeology and roman...
June 21, 2024 Final Blog Post from Franny
2nd Blog Post for July 18 As my time has come to an end in Mallorca I say goodbye not only to a changed experience of learning how to be a real archeologist but also to close friends who I have been able to be vulnerable and be my authentic self with. Coming into this...Subscribe by Email
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