Tag: Mirabella Eclano

• July 13, 2017

  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…
• July 2, 2017

  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…
• February 15, 2017

  The Apolline Project is looking for participants!

  Hey everyone! The Apolline Project is now accepting applications for participants in a variety of programs designed to teach archaeological skills, including excavation, ceramic analysis, and even Human Osteology! If you read my blog posts from the past season, you’ll know that The Apolline Project is doing some great work at Aeclanum and provides some great…
• August 5, 2016

  R&R

  Apologies for the delayed post. As the title of this post suggests, I’ve been enjoying some (in my opinion) well deserved decompressing time. Nevertheless, I’m still here and I haven’t totally succumbed to the sweet repose of the French Riviera…yet. Last week was my final week at the Apolline Project. It was a bit melancholic to…
• July 11, 2016

  “If the context extends to China, then dig a hole to China”

  The past week can be summarized by some sage words from the Apolline Project’s director, Ferdinando: “Well in archaeology, we must dig by following to the end of a context. If this context goes all the way down to China, then we must dig a hole to China.” Remember that never-ending context I talked about…