30th May 2013, 01:33 PM
Lesson 1: Everybody digs
[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2][/SIZE]Everybody digs. It is a basic part of the job. If you don't dig, you can't be an archaeologist. Go home.
'In my unit I have one rule.......EVERYBODY DIGS! If you don't I'll kill you myself'
- Maximus Appilus (The prophet)
I'll start by saying most diggers get it. But in the past I've come across a few folk trying to get out of the hard graft that is archaeology, sometimes as a blatant attempt to be given more prestigious features (burials) to dig, sometimes just through bare-faced laziness. It seems some people feel the world owes them a living and they should be promoted up the greasy pole immediately.
But let's face it, archaeology is hard work. Obviously, everyone has their own levels of fitness, levels of aptitude and level of physical prowess........but everyone can try. It is through trying that we get better, it is through hard work our bodies become adapted to the job.
I know this because when I started digging I was saggy, flabby and weak. But within a year or so, through determination, encouragement from supervisors and diggers alike and sheer love of the job....I became an archaeologist.
'On your first night of dig club your ass is a wad of cookie dough. Within a few weeks your carved from stone.'
- Jimmy (the nonchalant)
[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2][/SIZE]Everybody digs. It is a basic part of the job. If you don't dig, you can't be an archaeologist. Go home.
'In my unit I have one rule.......EVERYBODY DIGS! If you don't I'll kill you myself'
- Maximus Appilus (The prophet)
I'll start by saying most diggers get it. But in the past I've come across a few folk trying to get out of the hard graft that is archaeology, sometimes as a blatant attempt to be given more prestigious features (burials) to dig, sometimes just through bare-faced laziness. It seems some people feel the world owes them a living and they should be promoted up the greasy pole immediately.
But let's face it, archaeology is hard work. Obviously, everyone has their own levels of fitness, levels of aptitude and level of physical prowess........but everyone can try. It is through trying that we get better, it is through hard work our bodies become adapted to the job.
I know this because when I started digging I was saggy, flabby and weak. But within a year or so, through determination, encouragement from supervisors and diggers alike and sheer love of the job....I became an archaeologist.
'On your first night of dig club your ass is a wad of cookie dough. Within a few weeks your carved from stone.'
- Jimmy (the nonchalant)