21st July 2009, 12:46 AM
As a BSc Arch student i do archaeology for several reasons.
1. It's fun.
2. You meet open minded people around the circuit, the vast majority of whom are friendly and don't mind standing you a pint.
3. You can wear odd hats and claim that it is in the job spec.
4. You can stand on street corners after a long day and be reproached by a tramp in a suit for being scabby.
5. My archaeology course has a ratio of 2.5 (ish) women to each man.
6. You can have interesting debates about the ethics of what you are doing, and your viewpoint can change on the evidence.
7. The now annual "how far can you throw a copy of Shanks and Tilley" competition at uni
8.With every action you make you are enhancing the human race's knowledge. Mostly about very similar mid-brown clay contexts.
9. There are no end to innuendos that can be made.
That's more reasons than i originally planned but i got abit in to it. I may go and think of some more.
Got one: the pub is always a good idea.[xx(]
4 inch archaeologist's troll- the next big thing
1. It's fun.
2. You meet open minded people around the circuit, the vast majority of whom are friendly and don't mind standing you a pint.
3. You can wear odd hats and claim that it is in the job spec.
4. You can stand on street corners after a long day and be reproached by a tramp in a suit for being scabby.
5. My archaeology course has a ratio of 2.5 (ish) women to each man.
6. You can have interesting debates about the ethics of what you are doing, and your viewpoint can change on the evidence.
7. The now annual "how far can you throw a copy of Shanks and Tilley" competition at uni
8.With every action you make you are enhancing the human race's knowledge. Mostly about very similar mid-brown clay contexts.
9. There are no end to innuendos that can be made.
That's more reasons than i originally planned but i got abit in to it. I may go and think of some more.
Got one: the pub is always a good idea.[xx(]
4 inch archaeologist's troll- the next big thing