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Funding Canceled
Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on July 11, 2011.
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You will receive a digital copy of the E-book that we compile at the end of the project including all of the photographs, blog entries, videos, and archaeological information that we obtain during our time in the Dinar Basin.
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Ever want a telephone call from Istanbul? We will do the next best thing--a postcard from Turkey with a personalized message from the Team.
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You will receive an archive-quality print of your choice: a page of archaeological field notes OR a print of a drawing of an actual artifact collected by the team.
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The cream of the crop, the very best five 4" x 6"photographs taken during the season will be yours, on archival-quality photo paper. These will be a mix of site shots, archaeologists in action, local folks, and the gorgeous scenery of the Maeander River.
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A lovely 8" x 10" print on archival paper of the very best photograph from the season, signed by all of the members of the team.
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Your very own Maeander Project 2011 team t-shirt! Most archaeologists collect shirts from the various projects they've been on throughout the years--get a little piece of history yourself! The shirts will be available in most sizes.
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Get your very own Maeander Project engraved team trowel. We will send you your very own WHS pointing trowel, the blade engraved to forever document your contribution to archaeological research.
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Get the very stuff of history--your own original drawing of an artifact or a site recovered by the Maeander Project team. Archaeologists pride themselves on their illustration skills and each drawing will also include notes regarding the region the artifact was found in, as well as information about how the artifact was made, and what period it was from. Byzantine, Islamic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic...even Paleolithic artifacts have been found in the region.
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A digital copy not enough? Get each of the mentioned awards AND a nicely printed copy of the E-book we will generate, signed by each member of the team.
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Colleen Morgan is an archaeology Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving her B.A. in Anthropology/Asian Studies in 2004 at the University of Texas, Colleen worked as a professional archaeologist. Since that time, she has worked in Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, Greece, Texas, Hawaii and California, excavating sites 100 years old and 9,000 years old and anything in-between. Her dissertation is based on building archaeological narratives with New Media, using digital photography, video, mobile and locative devices. She is deeply interested in excavation methodology, high falutin’ theory, interstitial spaces, skeuomorphs and good bourbon.
