July 22, 2019
ๆๅจAchill Archaeology Field Schoolๆๅคง็ๆถ่ทไพฟๆฏ่ทๅพ็ๆไธบๆญฃ่ง็่ๅค่ฎญ็ป.่ฟ้็่ๅค้่ฟน ๅนถไธไป ไป ็จไฝๅๆ่ฎญ็ปไน็จ, ๅฎๅฐไธปไปปไผๅฐฝๅฏ่ฝๅฐๅฐ็ง็ ่ๅคๅๆๆๅไธ่ๅคๅๆ็ๆ ๅไฝไธบ่ฎญ็ป็่ฆๆฑ. ็ฑไบๆๆฌ็ง้ถๆฎตๅนถ้่ๅคไธไธ,็กๅฃซ้ถๆฎต็่ฏพ็จไธญไนไธๅ ๅซๅๆ่ฏพ็จ,ๅ ๆญค่ฟๅ ญๅจ็ๅญฆไน ๅ่ฎญ็ปๅฏนๆ็ๅธฎๅฉๅพๅคง,ไนๅผฅ่กฅไบๆๅๆ็ป้ช็็ฉบ็ฝ.
ๅฏนไบ่ๅคไธไธ็ฅ่ฏๆน้ข, ้ฆๅ ๆไบฒ่บซไฝไผๅฐไบๅจ่ๅค่ตๆ็่ทๅ่ฟ็จไธญ,้ฃไบ่ตๆๆฏๅฏไปฅ่ทๅๅฐ็,้ฃไบ่ตๆๆฏๆ ๆณ่ขซ่ฎฐๅฝ็,่ณๅฐๅจ ็ฑๅฐๅ ฐ่ฅฟ้จๅฐๅบ.ๅ ถๆฌก, ้่ฟๅฏนๅๆๅฐ็นๅจ่พน็ไผผ่ๅค้่ฟน็็นไฝ่ฟ่กๅฎๅฐ่ฐๆฅ, ๆๅ ๆทฑไบๅจ่พน่ช็ถ็ฏๅขๅฏนไบบ็ฑป้่ฟน็โๅกๅฝขไฝ็จโ็็่งฃ. ๆๅ, ไปๆฏ่ง่ๅคๅญฆ็่งๅบฆ่่จ,่ฟๅ ญๅจ็่ฏพ็จๅๆ้ๆไบๆไธไธช้่ฟนไธญไธๅ่ๅค็นๅพ็นไน้ด็ๅ ณ็ณป,ไธฐๅฏไบโๅฎ่งๅพๅโไธญ็โ็ปๆๆซ่โ.
—็ฑๅฐๅ ฐๅฝ็ซ้ซๅจๅคงๅญฆ ๆฏ่ง่ๅคๅญฆ็ ็ฉถ็ ๆญฆ็ฟฐๆถ
My greatest achievement at Achill Archaeology Field School is the extremely formal archaeological training. The archaeological site here is not only used for excavation training, the field director will try to use the standards of academic archaeological excavation or commercial archaeological excavation as training requirements. My undergraduate major is not archaeology, and my Masters program did not include excavation. The six weeks of study and training (Excavation & Recording 3) have helped me a lot and have given me practical experience of archaeological excavation.
As for archaeological expertise, first of all, I have come to understand how and why certain materials were used in the past by people in the West of Ireland. Secondly, through the field survey of potential archaeological sites located close to our excavation, I have deepened my understanding of the โshaping effectโ. That is, how the surrounding natural environment determines the positioning of archaeological sites. Finally, from the perspective of landscape archaeology, this six-week course illustrated to me how the archaeological features uncovered at each individual site help form the โbig pictureโ of the area.
Hantao Wu is a Chinese master’s student majoring in Landscape Archaeology at NUI Galway and at the Achill Archaeological Field School.
