3rd June 2006, 01:44 PM
The basic "are you an archaeologist?" (no, I'm a fireman/scuba diver etc...)
The inevitable "what's the most valuable thing you've ever found?" (a ditch...) and "I bet if you found something valuable you'd keep it. I bet that's what they do" (stony stare).
The annoying "I thought you did it all with little brushes" (resist urge to bury mattock in questioner).
The possibly apocryphal "why did they build their sites so far away from main roads" (never heard it myself but my, ahem, ex-wife did ask why archaeological remains are always at thetop of very large hills).
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
The inevitable "what's the most valuable thing you've ever found?" (a ditch...) and "I bet if you found something valuable you'd keep it. I bet that's what they do" (stony stare).
The annoying "I thought you did it all with little brushes" (resist urge to bury mattock in questioner).
The possibly apocryphal "why did they build their sites so far away from main roads" (never heard it myself but my, ahem, ex-wife did ask why archaeological remains are always at thetop of very large hills).
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.