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[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='CatherineM' timestamp='1336176435' post='2427244']
Gimps have an easier time in anthropology than in archeology.
[/quote]I'm a gimp, too. I can't do field archaeology anymore, but I can still research. Remember, 90% of archaeology occurs in the library. Archaeology is the search for fact, not truth.

[CatherineM]

At the U of A, Archeology is under Anthropology. I remember well hearing Dr. John Ostrom talk about how hard it was on him when he realized he couldn't do field work anymore. He had to do his field work in the museum, and discovered one of my favorite fossils. I have to take intro to anthropology, and to archeology, and to cultural anthro, linguistic anthro, and biological anthro, right off the bat, so I'm sure I'm going to find something that will excite me. It better, because one major change to undergrad in the last 30 years is that they have added a foreign language requirement. I may not be medically capable of imprinting a new language now. I guess we'll find out if I get that far. I might get bored and take up welding or something. I will have to go to school the rest of my life just to keep my mind active. With the brain injury, I will be at an increased risk of dementia.

[morakind]

Hey, I'm from Alberta! I currently live in California though. Have fun at U of A

Edited May 6, 2012 by morakind

[PadrePioOfPietrelcino]

Happy for you...

[Archaeology cat]

Don't get an archaeologist started on putting archaeology under anthro.

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Archaeology cat' timestamp='1336329917' post='2427685']
Don't get an archaeologist started on putting archaeology under anthro.
[/quote]

I don't think archeology takes a back seat at the U of A. We've got Phil Currie in the paleo department. I'm mainly surprised that it's in the arts college instead of science.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='CatherineM' timestamp='1336423303' post='2428211']


I don't think archeology takes a back seat at the U of A. We've got Phil Currie in the paleo department. I'm mainly surprised that it's in the arts college instead of science.
[/quote]Isn't archaeology always in the arts department? It has been in the universities I've looked at, as far as I can remember (it was in the two I attended, definitely).

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Archaeology cat' timestamp='1336430594' post='2428279']
Isn't archaeology always in the arts department? It has been in the universities I've looked at, as far as I can remember (it was in the two I attended, definitely).
[/quote]

I just meant it seems to be more of a science than an art. I'm just cranky that it means I have to try to learn a foreign language. Maybe I should try Latin this time.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='CatherineM' timestamp='1336502079' post='2428739']


I just meant it seems to be more of a science than an art. I'm just cranky that it means I have to try to learn a foreign language. Maybe I should try Latin this time.
[/quote]Dead languages ftw