Sureyya's Journey: Beginning Archaeology

Sureyya in the Field
In this, the ninth part of Sureyya's Journey, she describes working in the Pilbara desert of Western Australia, a multiple occupation cave in the Czech Republic and what it takes to learn to be a geophysicist.

Sureyya the Shovel Bum
In part 8 of Sureyya's Journey, Sureyya describes her year of fieldwork as a shovel bum, the ups and downs of contract archaeology versus the fieldschool, and what she wants to do next.

Sureyya as a Full Time Archaeology Student
In this seventh installment of Sureyya's Journey, former sysop Sureyya Kose describes her first years as a full time student, trying to find out what kind of area she wants to specialize in.

Part Time Student / Part Time Job
As Sureyya starts her first year as a student, she isn't able to get funding yet and so must rely on a part-time job to help out. Finding the perfect part time job that pays the bills but doesn't exhaust you is a puzzle, and one that Sureyya must solve to get through.

In School, at Last!
In Part 5 of Sureyya's journey to a career in archaeology, she has finally begun school.

Part 4: Sometimes Life Intervenes
Sureyya Kose discovers that the smooth path towards an archaeology degree is not possible for her at this time.

Part 3: A Bump in the Road
Beginning archaeologist Sureyya Kose discovers that sometimes there are prerequisites you must meet somehow, before progressing on to the study of archaeology, in addition to excitement and interest.

Part 2: Learning about Archaeology
Budding archaeologist Sureyya Kose discovers that the library is the best place to start to catch up on the reading required for an archaeology degree

Part 1: A Decision to Change Careers
In this first installment of Sureyya's Journey, Sureyya describes how she discovered that, although information technology was where she could find a lucrative career, she needed to explore archaeology.