Archaeology on LJ

[hsapiens]

Finally! I found the LJ archaeologists! :)

Before this gets lost in my squee: shovelbums is all about making connections for archaeology work. moonshayde? ciaracat? Bueller? ;-) I think there are a couple of people on my f-list to whom this might appeal. Actually, it appeals to ME but I've dropped out of the life of shovelbum and become a far more boring person.

For those who would rather wear their archaeological pride, I found arch_icons. I will shortly be dithering over which icons to replace. Damn it, LJ, would it be so awful to sell me another 100 icon spots? I'd pay for the pleasure.

ETA: Heh - and if the first picture here on this post doesn't disabuse folks of the notion that archaeology is a glamorous and exciting profession, I don't know what will! Actually, archaeolgy is an exciting profession but there's a lot of muck involved and comfort isn't a priority.

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[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I'm probably going to reveal myself as incredibly stupid and/or sheltered here, but... who is Gordon Lightfoot?
No, probably a different generation. He is a folk singer of fair prominence. He was better known to my parents' generation but I spent a fair amount of time delving into folk music. :)

Fossilising...but surely that's what all good archaeologists aspire to do
Actually, I aspire to being a freeze-dried Andean mummy. :) I want to leave maximum material to work with and I want a variety of translation dictionaries so I can be my own Rosetta Stone. :) And I want an Acheulean handaxe so that archaeologists can fight for YEARS over the significance and have feuding camps. And lots of people could get their PhDs off the controversy.

Not that you are old or anything.
Ah, I'm getting there. I don't creak yet and my joints all still work but I'm aware of time creep.