Welcome Back!

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a restful break and that your semester is off to a great start. I’m excited to be back blogging and chatting with you all. I’m really enjoying my classes so far, and I feel pretty good about this semester (but a little sad too because it’s my last at PC). 

I learned a lot from the fall about what I need to work on so I’m hoping to use that newfound knowledge to make this time around even better. Last semester, I explored the socioeconomic impact of Marigold, specifically Tagetes erecta, on Mesoamerica, and I wrote about a possible experiment to explore its antibiotic properties and relate that to its economic importance. I loved doing research for that question; I learned so much about its uses and ties to burials in Mesoamerica as well as its value in rituals. I’m glad I had the opportunity to research something so interesting that ties into my interest in anthropology and archaeology. Regarding a project for this semester, I’m not too sure what direction I want to go in, but I have plans to talk to a few of my professors about possible ideas.  I’m looking forward to the possibilities and finding something to explore!