14th July 2009, 02:11 PM
Well Old Girl, perhaps I am lucky, I was ushered out of archaeology by circumstance 25 years ago and dipped back into it in 2007 just before we all drowned. With the economic downturn I am back in engineering (the work I moved into) but determined to get back into archaeology somehow because in a pooh! world its one of the few ways of earning a living that keeps you fit, sane, and causes relatively little damage to our environment.
I think everybody in archaeology would be wise to have a second, third, fourth, and fifth string, otherwise the enthusiasm can be well sapped.
What makes me care? The more we know about the past the more we know that our ancestors were a lot more resourceful than we give them credit for, and in many many cases more resourceful than we are.
I think that with the arrogance of modern man the more we see ourelves in a realistic perspective as really a bit primitive, the better. Going out and proving that our ancestors were great is a worthwhile endeavour, in my humble.....
No, I haven't found anything yet!
I think everybody in archaeology would be wise to have a second, third, fourth, and fifth string, otherwise the enthusiasm can be well sapped.
What makes me care? The more we know about the past the more we know that our ancestors were a lot more resourceful than we give them credit for, and in many many cases more resourceful than we are.
I think that with the arrogance of modern man the more we see ourelves in a realistic perspective as really a bit primitive, the better. Going out and proving that our ancestors were great is a worthwhile endeavour, in my humble.....
No, I haven't found anything yet!