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Halloumi: the Long Version
For our last field trip we journeyed into the mountains on my favorite kind of pilgrimage: seeking cheese. I hadn’t been in Cyprus more than six hours before I was scouring the internet for food tours, looking to soak up the local culture in the most interactive way possible. Let me eat your food to…
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Donkey Milk
As I have explored Cyprus, something I have noticed all over is the prevalence of donkey milk products. The stuff is everywhere! At pharmacies and mini marts I notice it in soap, liquors, and hair products, the sheer quantity of it and how normal it seems to be is shocking. I wondered why there was…
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Yes, I Played Pokémon Go in Cyprus
“Are you actually playing Pokémon right now?” One of my roommates asked me as I casually caught another poliwag with a great throw. “Yes. I absolutely am.” There was zero shame in my response. Pokémon Go is hopping in Larnaca. Our hotel, the Blazer Residence, was basically on top of two Pokéstops, three if you…
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Where to Eat in Larnaca
So you’ve made it to Larnaca after a series of long flights. It’s probably been a fraught journey, with weird connections, maybe a pre-dig trip, and possibly a night spent in a foreign airport during a layover. You’re tired and hungry, and you need some good recommendations, and maybe a little help avoiding the tourist…
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Mall Rat Moment
One day, Hannah, Paris and I decided to take the bus to the recently developed Larnaca mall. We’d heard from the professors and a few locals that the mall was kind of the place to be, and that it had become the only place in Larnaca for certain shopping opportunities. Navigating the public transit system…
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Working Hard or Hardly Working
This month has taught me a lot of things. I never thought of myself as a hard worker, honestly. I know I’m smart and I know I can get things done when I have to, I’ve always held it against myself that I don’t feel like I work as hard as I could, or should.…
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Composite Vessels
One thing that has continued to jump out at me at the various museums we have visited on Cyprus, including those in Nicosia, Paphos, and Larnaca, are the unique Cypriot creations dubbed ‘composite vessels’. There are composite vessels of all different shapes and sizes, a common example being a vessel made of bowls conjoined at…
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EU 23 – Vigla
I worked in the far-eastern excavation unit, numbered 23. I just want to make a quick blog post explaining how EU 23 fits into the archaeological context of Vigla. Well first it should be noted that, compared to EU 20 and 24 finds in EU 23 were quite minuscule, with maybe two exceptions. Despite being…
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A Day in the Life
This is the day in the life of me (Hunter Powell) as an archaeological student. 4:00 – wake up when my alarm goes off, but go back to sleep because I think I’ll wake up on my own again. 4:30 – wake up when my roommate wakes me up, hold a grudge. 4:55 – all…
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Textbook Stratigraphy
In the eastern half of EU23, my team in the trench excavated a stone ashlar at the same (ish) level as the bedrock. The supervisors speculated that it may have been a work stone or placed there covering an intentional deposit, but didn’t have enough context initially to feel ready to say for certain if…
Vigla Archaeological Project 