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I would love to know the day-to-day ins and outs of being a archaeologist in today's world. A glamorous edition is "the fly around the world to exotic places to
by niwtsol 17d ago
I would love to know the day-to-day ins and outs of being a archaeologist in today's world. A glamorous edition is "the fly around the world to exotic places to find fossils", but I'd love any good books or blogs that talk about the nitty gritty details I wouldn't expect or even know to look for.
- stevage 17d agoYou mean paleontologist. Finding new fossils is a tiny part of their work. Mostly it's analysing existing fossils, general research and teaching.
- jonah 17d agoSauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week - https://svpow.com https://svpow.com - is one that shows up on Hacker News from time to time. (There's much more to it than the title might suggest.)
- georgeburdell 16d agoNot a paleontologist but my 2 sons went through a dinosaur phase not long ago. It seems like the vast majority of known dinosaur samples come from the northern rockies.
- peterm4 16d agoEchoing sibling comments to add that I know for a fact that archaeologists get rather upset about being mistaken for palaeontologists.
- AlotOfReading 16d agoThere's a fair bit of overlap and people who work in both, but yes, they're distinct specialties. I wouldn't say upset though, except in the sense that grocery store clerks are upset by "if it doesn't scan it's free" jokes.
- ASalazarMX 16d agoArcheologist: I am currently working at an archeological dig in Egypt. Nobody: Were there a lot of dinosaurs in Egypt?