Jones Indiana
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- Dec 24, 2010
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"The Game"
The early stages of the development of archaeology included a significant aspect of treasure hunting. Heinrich Schliemann's excavations at Troy, and later at Mycenae, both turned up significant finds of golden artifacts. Homers lliad was thought to be a “fairy tale” about the fairy capital called Troy. After Schliemann it became a historical document. Which can now be used by archaeology. Early work in Egyptology also included similar motives relating to treasure hunting.
The dictionary defines archeology as:
The scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples andtheir cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions,monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated.
In America if you cut grass and someone pays you for cutting grass, you can call yourself a professional grass cutter.
If you get a degree in archeology you’re an archeologist. I don’t know of to many archeologists that have been in the field for 20 years and never been paid. Maybe if you were from Old Money or won the lottery? Truly doing it for the love of the game.
As soon as you’re paid for doing archeological work you are now a "professional archaeologist".
I don’t know how cough cough a “professional archeologist” can call himself a archeologist implying he is doing it just for the love of the game
After this it's all about human nature...............
Best
Indy
The early stages of the development of archaeology included a significant aspect of treasure hunting. Heinrich Schliemann's excavations at Troy, and later at Mycenae, both turned up significant finds of golden artifacts. Homers lliad was thought to be a “fairy tale” about the fairy capital called Troy. After Schliemann it became a historical document. Which can now be used by archaeology. Early work in Egyptology also included similar motives relating to treasure hunting.
The dictionary defines archeology as:
The scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples andtheir cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions,monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated.
In America if you cut grass and someone pays you for cutting grass, you can call yourself a professional grass cutter.
If you get a degree in archeology you’re an archeologist. I don’t know of to many archeologists that have been in the field for 20 years and never been paid. Maybe if you were from Old Money or won the lottery? Truly doing it for the love of the game.
As soon as you’re paid for doing archeological work you are now a "professional archaeologist".
I don’t know how cough cough a “professional archeologist” can call himself a archeologist implying he is doing it just for the love of the game
After this it's all about human nature...............
Best
Indy
