April 19, 1996
(vol. 106, iss. 117)
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…14-The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 19, 1996 ,:: ., Students spend summers on ancient sites Scene: An archaeological dig in the desert. The air, hot and stale, sticks to those who venture…
… outside like a cheap suit. The blinding sun deters all of the archaeology students - except one. Michigan Jones, the famed archaeology grad student, throws offfears of heat stroke and dehydration like he…
…. Thanks to movies like "Indiana Jones" and "Romancing the Stone," the public's perception of archaeology is a highly dramatic one. Many students from the University participate in archae- ology digs each…
…-year graduate student in clas- sical archaeology, worked with Nakassis in Tunisia. "There are multiple areas of research," Grunow said. "There's both excavation and doing field survey - field survey focuses on…
… speak to me in Arabic. He knew full well that I didn't speak Arabic. I had no idea what he was saying. so I would just nod my head and say, OK. that's great, uh huh.' and walk away. "Ile made this tea on…
…." Wullinger said the most noteworthy aspect of her trip was not the work she was doing, but with the students she worked with, who came from the University of Manitoba, the school that sponsored the dig. "(The…
… said hostile situations are always a consideration. She said she and her students have had to endure bomb- ings near the border. "They're very disruptive, but fairly small things. It's not a major danger…
… 1967. It was a pretty hair-raising experience," Pedley said. He said the students on his team continued work as usual until they had to evacuate, even though the actual duration of the war was very short…
…. Pedley said he and the students were transported to British barracks in Benghazi and flew out the next day. He said they had to work their way through an airport full of Algerian Profs dig their work…