It Does Not Always Belong in a Museum

If I was back in the USA and someone made Indiana Jones jokes to me because they knew I was on a dig, I would probably stare at them with a blank expression for several minutes and as my brain would try to comprehend why they would think that was funny. After I get...

Digging and Journaling

I don’t remember Indiana Jones ever digging up or journaling his findings. It may be that I haven’t seen the movies in too long. More likely, he’s taking all the fun trips, while the excavating and documenting of everything is left to some unsung...

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Beating a Dead Horse

I think the most important thing to realize about modern day archeology is that Indiana Jones is practically a documentary for about 50% of what we do. I personally have beaten scores of Nazis and recovered several priceless artifacts from the clutches of countless...

Archaeology?

In my experience, archaeology is a mixture of many professions uncovering and crafting a deeper understanding of a culture at different periods of time. It is a process of continuously getting down and dirty in order to find out what something may be. At the same time...

So much dirt

First of all, we don’t fight nazis on a regular basis. Nor have I ever seen anyone melt from the Arc of the Covenant. In reality, it’s a whole lot less glamourous. Indy is far too clean to be working on a dig. We spend all day scraping though dirt and...

Just Keep Digging

There aren’t many similarities between Indiana Jones and me, and that’s probably a good thing. His experiences with archaeology are much different than my own. Even though I work in a pit, I haven’t had any snakes yet. Although I do wear a hat, it’s not nearly as cool...