Saturday, February 24, 2007
I went to Ostia Antica yesterday with one of my professors and some other students to help him sort artifacts for a book he's writing. Ostia was/is a Roman port city, so most of what we did was sort through broken pieces of pottery that had been used to transport olive oil and things like that way back when (like 1st and 2nd centuries AD). We first counted how many pieces of broken pottery there were because that gives archeologists like him a picture of the major trade routes because they can somehow tell where most of the pottery is from (although it all looks the same to me). That part was mindless but quite interesting because it was stuff that you would never be allowed to touch in a museum. When we finished that, our professor wanted us to try to match pieces together to see if any of them were part of the same vessel (isn't that a nice word? i think so). We were absolutely stoked when we found three pieces that matched together for one and three for another. Ok, so it doesnt sound that exciting, but when you're searching through boxes of hundreds of ancient pottery shards, it's pretty nifty when you find a few that fit together. So that was my Friday. It was cool. I also ate Chinese food and realized that China Garden delivers! Delivery is pretty much non-existent in Italy, and I have missed it dearly. Though Dominos pales in comparison to Roman pizza, the delivery factors gives it major points in my book.
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One time I did some archaeological work near where I live in FL on an old Fort and old Indian stuff. We found 2 pieces of a pipe that fit together and that was pretty exciting! :)
That is sooooo awesome! I'm super jealous that you got to such awesome work. So cool.
your mom went to Ostia Antica.
Come home. We miss you.
Chandler, you would.
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