Introducing Myself

Introducing Myself

by | Jun 14, 2024 | About Me

Hi! I’m Stella Berlin, and I am from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I will be going into my sophomore year of college. I am studying Anthropology with a minor in business. I have always had an interest in archeology, and when I learned about this experience, I...
Reilly Smith

Reilly Smith

by | Jun 14, 2024 | About Me

Hello! My name is Reilly Smith (he/him/his), and I will be a senior at University of Portland beginning in the fall, graduating in 2025. I am a graduate of La Salle Catholic College Preparatory and Clackamas Community College, and have a professional background in...
About Franny

About Franny

by | Jun 13, 2024 | About Me

Hello! My name is Francesca (Franny) Presby and I am from Los Angeles California. Originally born in China, I have grown up in sunny LA all of my life but then I chose to come to Portland for college. I am a current (just graduated) alumni from the University of...
Dr. Dave Houglum

Dr. Dave Houglum

by | Jun 7, 2024 | About Me

Hi! My name is Dr. Dave Houglum, and I’m thrilled to be one of the co-directors (alongside the fantastic Dr. Nina Henrichs-Tarasenkova) of LDR/THE 391X: Global Leadership and Archaeology: Unearthing Our Past to Envision Our Future. As Leadership Professor of...

2017 Expedition

by | Oct 3, 2017 | 2017 Expedition

The 2017 UP Expedition to Pollentia saw chemistry faculty Valerie Walters and Kara Breuer, along with Fr. Mark Ghyselinck, C.S.C. (fine arts), as padre and artist in residence, and Andrea Nelin-Roth (development) as staff mentor/activities director, fully engaged in...

2016 Expedition

by | Oct 3, 2017 | 2016 Expedition

During the 2016 UP PURE season we learned that the cemetery area under investigation had been in use from the founding of the city through Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages when inhabitants of the ever more abandoned Pollentia moved to the new walled Alcúdia in the...

Reflecting on Pollentia 2017

by | Aug 14, 2017 | 2017 Expedition

The Daily Dig For twenty days in July, each morning we trekked to the site.  For those staying in the Artists House, each wakeup was the same: breakfast together, gathering in the street, and going through the routine of the checklist: hat, sunscreen, gloves and...