tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post4163182977395143245..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Films vs. reality ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-92182167976722132792008-05-28T13:12:00.000-04:002008-05-28T13:12:00.000-04:00Having spent many a weekend sifting through mud fo...Having spent many a weekend sifting through mud for a few pot shards - as a hobby, no less - I can agree that Indy Jones is perhaps a bit over the top. Who woulda thought movies wouldn't be accurate? Perhaps the best story of modern archaeolgy I've heard is about some ongoing work at a French fort site on the Great Lakes. They used to use day-release prisoners to help with the tedious, dirt-sifting labor. Now they use grad students. <BR/><BR/>Here's a cheerful look at what archaeologists face day to day. (Not.)<BR/><A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38680" REL="nofollow">Onion.Archaeologist</A>James Aachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762006792617588325noreply@blogger.com