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...
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...
Last Week on the Dig Site
While it is sad that this will be out last week in Spain , it is exciting that we’ll be going home by the end of this week and as out time is winding down we have the opportunity to reflect on the time spent together. From the struggles of working in the sun to...Subscribe by Email
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