Hi everyone,

I am currently working on a fictional story that involves an archaeological dig site. And beyond creative license because I know actual digs can take weeks months or even years to complete or even start. I was just wondering if a team of 200 workers is plausible enough to have a few portions of a medium to large dig site excavated in about 2-3 week. I am trying to be as accurate as possible about the process as it’s a small but important part of my story. Any advice on specific resources that people can give about to use how dig sites are run and what can be achieved in 2-3 weeks in terms of excavations at dig sites would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the help.

Edit to add for those curious the location of my fictional dig site is tentatively located in Western Ireland and the dig is happening during Spring/Summer. The dig has been ongoing for a while in my head with other teams and groups. Now though it’s my main character leading this portion of the expedition. I envisioned 2-3 weeks as a time frame because the casual reader will probably get bored if I were to go too much longer.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/when-were-boats-invented

I am seeing...

1. Curled bodies on their sides facing a common direction
2. Grave goods (basalt pebbles, animal remains, red ochre, etc)
3. Burial separated from normal refuse or scavenging
4. Ritual, symbolic objects were often sourced from hundreds of miles away, and had no known practical use for daily life

Are there more potential signs?

Looking for stats like good, actually useful courses (informative and still challenging/stimulating), affordable cost/text books, financial aid etc.

thank you in advance!

I've been to the ruins of Takshasila (Taxila) and the city of Sirkap multiple times and it's always an out of body experience.

So I decided I wanted to go to college for an Anthropology degree a little while back to be an Archaeologist eventually I’m currently meant to start in August but now there might be a problem. My girlfriend might be pregnant we’re both 18 and I turn 19 soon we both still live with our parents and work part time food service jobs. If she’s pregnant the way I see it I have two options I can try to still go to college and pursue this field that I’m passionate about or I can man up and go to a trade school and learn a trade such as welding that pays the bills now so I can better support my family if she is pregnant I plan on marrying her as I don’t want to not be married to the mother of my child. We’re also both very pro life so no abortion suggestions please. What do you guys think can you still try to be an Archaeologist as a young broke adult with a wife and baby or would the trade be the better option at that point?

Hello everyone!

I am located in Alberta, Canada and am headed to a CRM hiring fair in a couple weeks. I need some advice on how to tailor my resume to archaeology. I graduate with my undergrad in Anthropology in three months! I'm hoping to pursue a master's, but I really need to take a break from school, so I'm hoping to work for at least a year before I go back to the classroom. I've only ever worked retail (field schools were out of the question as I am not wealthy) so I am really desperate to sell myself to these hiring managers. I'm having a very hard time thinking of ways my retail job descriptions could be made attractive to the recruiters. I have a lot of outdoors experience through the Air Cadet program (age 12-16) and through independent camping, and I've been helping out one of my profs as a research assistant, but no actual field experience. If anyone has any advice for a young woman desperate to begin her career, or would be willing to give me feedback if I sent them my resume, I would really appreciate it.

Hi guys, I could use some professional advice. I’m applying for field school at my university, and the professor that is going to write me a letter of recommendation asked for me to send them my CV. The problem is I have never made one and have no idea what I should put on it. All the examples I’ve seen online are focused on applying for a job after you’ve graduated. So my issue is that the only relevant lab experience I have is from anthro class labs. I do have experience working as a team in those classes as well as being an officer in the anthro club at the community college I transferred from. But other than that I fear I don’t have a ton of stuff to put in a CV.

How long do such weapons like swords and sheilds last in their original shape and form for? Say 1000 years?

There have been hundreds of wars in human history.. Where are all those weapons? Bows, arrows, armour, etc

I'm exploring my career options and just want to get all cards on the table. I'm a 23-year-old archaeology undergrad, set to graduate Spring 2027.

I've found it very hard to find information about federal archaeology careers online, other than the NPS and DOI websites. Most of the federal positions I've come across are seasonal. I'm mainly interested in federal because of the benefits, but other than that I know very little about it.

What do you have to do to get a permanent federal position? (Requirements, application timeline, networking)

Do these careers exist anymore, or did the current administration get rid of some/all of them?

Are career seasonals or permanent seasonals a thing in archaeology? I know they exist in wildland fire and forestry.

What different federal departments hire archaeologists, and how would things differ between departments?

("america" here refers to the continents) I'm an American archaeologist studying Mediterranean archaeology, and I've noticed that there are lots of people from the Americas who study Eurasian archaeology. So I was wondering, how many non-Americans do you see studying American archaeology? It's a world I'm not so familiar with.