1. (What archaeology should be) You've started your archaeology course. It's the first
day, you have your hat,
whip and designer stuble and are ready to go and kick ass. Everything is exciting, there are always nazi
scum to shoot, imprisoned children to
free and artefact s to "rescue". If you are an archaeologist you can also get laid easily.
2. What archaeology is :( . You're there, on your uni course, let's say in Exeter for example. Pen in hand. Peering around the lecture theatre at various other odd looking characters that look like they should never have been allowed to leave
wales , sommerset or whatever
random back country they escaped from. There's hours of looking at dendrochronology, pollen diagrams, and geophysical bull shit. (That's not the good kind of pollen either :( ) Archaeology causes
insanity, a strong accent and excitement over broken ceramics .
Avoid at all costs. Unless you are already displaying archaeology symptoms, then you may well enjoy.
*queue theme
music* Look at him killing all those nazi's! He must have
done archaeology!
This week you will be looking at carbonised grain and what it can tell
us about past cultures and how they farmed.
