Week 5: Welcome to Trench 4400: Such a Lovely Place... A Crash Course in Archaeology
July 8th 2009 It took a few days to get rolling, but taking over as supervisor (or, Pitt-Boss, as the undergrads I have been working with prefer to call me), of trench 4400 has been entirely worth it. At first, however, I was totally and completely lost. Last Monday morning, at 6:45 AM, I found myself flipping through the trench notebook, and being completely baffled as to what was going on-- elevation measur
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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more 
