Teresa Tamba, who lives in Moigrad, is a combination mother/friend. Teresa and her daughter, Ioana, prepare most of our meals while the excavations are going. We also share many chats and laughs during the day.
This picture was taken in Sept. 2003 during my first visit to Porolissum. This is the group of people who welcomed me and introduced me to the area. Alexandru and his wife Maria are in the bottom right, Horea Pop (a close friend and archaeologist) is with his wife in the center, Sorin, the chief caretaker of the site is standing to the right and another close friend, Dan Sana is hidden toward the left.
This photo was taken by a local journalist who wrote a newsaper article about the Project. Americans at Porolissum - wow! big news! Alexandru and I are "supervising" our first three field school students, Meg, Chris and Stephanie.
In 2004, we excavated with Paul Pupeaza (green shirt) from the Museum of History and Archaeology in Cluj-Napoca. The World Cup matches were on TV that summer and this is a shot with Chris, Stephanie and Meg.
Of course....the group photo. We've always worked with people from Moigrad and developed nice friendships. Some of the Moigradians continue to work with us in the summers.
