Moles: The Smallest Archaeologist?
The Moles- There are plenty of issues that one must be prepared to encounter during an archaeological dig, though one […]
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One Man’s Trash. . .
“So are you like Indiana Jones?” This is probably the question people most frequently ask when they discover I’m working on an archaeological dig. In reality. . .
Plastic: The New Pottery
It is said that today most people cannot go a day—nay, an hour—without touching or using plastic in some form. It is ubiquitous, cheap, and malleable. Our Tel breakfast is consistently filled with examples of plastic, such as the silverware, water bottles, and food containers we use. We also wash the found pottery . . .
The Phoenician Juglet Part II
Christine Walters I’m back for the second installment in the story of the little juglet I unearthed in the Tel-Akko
Maybe I Never Hated You After All
By Casey Sennett. There are four things that I really hate: bugs, the sun, being outside, and doing manual labor.
Pottery Workshop
Two of the tel Akko expert ceramicists discuss a small Phoenician juglet found in Area Z.
The Crash of the Heavens
…O, Lord, my God, I pray that these things never end: The sand and the sea, The rush of the
The Little Phoenician Juglet
What could be more wonderful than finding an almost perfect little juglet that has been buried for thousands of years,
Behold, The Underminer!
It was the second day of excavation – the sandbags were dumped, the weeds cleared, and it was finally time
Always Making A Mark
All living things make their mark in this life—on their environment and on other living things. At the Tel Akko archaeological site I have found that animals and plants consistently make their mark on the environment, especially with their holes and seed pods. Moles, bees, ants, scorpions, castor plants, and cacti must be navigated and . . .