Michael Hoff

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A University of Nebraska-Lincoln archaeological team has uncovered a massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey – a meticulously crafted, 1,600-square-foot work of decorative handiwork built during the region’s imperial zenith.

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[00:00:01.341][UNL Department of Art and Art History]
[00:00:05.930]Hi, I'm Michael Hoff,
[00:00:07.758]I am Hixson-Lied Professor of Art History
[00:00:09.874]at the University of Nebraska.
[00:00:13.132]I am the project director for
[00:00:15.948]the large-scale excavations at the
[00:00:19.128]Roman-period site of Antiocheia Ad Cragum
[00:00:23.533]which is on the south coast of Turkey
[00:00:26.819]north of Cyprus.
[00:00:29.080][music]
[00:00:37.964]We just celebrated our tenth anniversary
[00:00:40.414]of excavation.
[00:00:41.768]We have been excavating various parts
[00:00:45.928]of the ancient city, so it is a
[00:00:49.127]wonderful teaching experience as well.
[00:00:52.429]Not only do the archeological staff
[00:00:57.043]gain the research, but also, students
[00:01:00.408]come and help out with the
[00:01:02.757]archeological work. They learn about
[00:01:05.126]archeology and all of its facets, from
[00:01:07.296]troweling to digging
[00:01:09.352]to conservation techniques to photography
[00:01:12.595]record keeping, GIS application,
[00:01:15.591]and so on.
[00:01:17.035]It is a great experience, and one that is
[00:01:21.382]one of the most unique in the country.
[00:01:24.937]What makes it exciting is really
[00:01:27.574]the discovery. It's such a treat.
[00:01:29.953]It's such a thrill when we uncover
[00:01:33.382]anything, whether it be just a pot,
[00:01:37.517]or a coin, or a piece of jewelry,
[00:01:41.103]or a new building that we've never
[00:01:45.137]found before. Everything is fun to
[00:01:49.775]discover. It's like finding a gem
[00:01:52.913]in a sandbox, is what it comes down to,
[00:01:56.621]just a really fun thing to do.
[00:02:00.027]What makes archeology interesting,
[00:02:02.551]at least, in the very short term,
[00:02:04.998]is that we really are learning more about
[00:02:10.877]how this city operated, rather than simply
[00:02:13.814]being a few buildings, ruined, poking out
[00:02:17.985]of the ground, we're really trying to
[00:02:20.561]bring this city to life, and that's really
[00:02:23.247]been the most significant aspect of our
[00:02:26.249]work so far.
[00:02:28.206]Excavating in Turkey is a wonderful
[00:02:32.102]experience, and the University of Nebraska
[00:02:34.961]belongs to a very small number of
[00:02:39.746]Universities in the United States that has
[00:02:43.779]an excavation in Turkey, for that matter,
[00:02:47.470]and we welcome the possibility of UNL
[00:02:53.870]students coming to excavate with us, and
[00:02:58.660]it doesn't have to be from the
[00:03:00.739]Hixson-Lied college. We accept students
[00:03:03.000]from every different college on campus,
[00:03:06.931]and, of course, we run a field school,
[00:03:09.090]so that students from all over the world,
[00:03:11.132]not just the United States, but Canada.
[00:03:15.000]We have a number of students from
[00:03:18.854]Australia. We've uncovered massive, large
[00:03:22.734]mosaics, and that's been among the more
[00:03:25.204]exciting areas of discovery so far at the
[00:03:30.797]ancient city of Antiocheia.
[00:03:33.203][University of Nebraska-Lincoln]

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