This week the video is a fun one. Not much in terms of education and heritage but visually I think it’s pretty informative about how we do things on an everyday basis. Though please bare in mind that this is just an hour and halfs work in a dig that’s taking roughly 200 hours. Also this is just one team out of nine. I think it really does demonstrate how long excavation can take and how much hard works goes into archaeology in the field! So next time you think ‘wow that’s all they did in four weeks?!’ take a second to think about this video.
That’s all for today I hope you enjoyed and I’ll see you on friday!
I asked some of you guys on Instagram what questions you have for an Archaeology student and here are your answers! I hope you enjoy the video and if you have any other questions then please let me know. If I get enough I might make a part two. During the video I am playing with the Tiger ‘excavation kit’ which lets you pretend to excavate a dinosaur (yes I address archaeology vs paleontology in the video). It was fun at first but then I got bored and my hand started to bleed so I gave up with the small tools you get and used a hammer instead. The small one was fun though! This is in no way connected to Tiger I just thought it was a nice idea and if you want to buy one you can get it at your local ‘Flying Tiger Copenhagen’ shop.
So I take you’ve watched the video now? Great! In it I mentioned a question from Jay that went like this: ‘I’m starting next year doing Cultural Heritage Management! What’s the department like? Any hints and tips?’ and I thought this was an interesting question that needed a more in depth answer. As far as ‘hints and tips’ go I think this interactive YouTube game I made for the department last year will be helpful. You can check it out here: https://blogs.york.ac.uk/student-voices/2019/01/20/day-life-archaeology-student/ and you can also check out my article about things to look forward to as an archaeology student here: https://blogs.york.ac.uk/student-voices/2019/02/25/3-things-to-look-forward-to-archaeology/
I asked some of my fellow students what they think in response to this question and I got a few replies! Here a some of them:
‘Get books quickly they’re gobbled up fast!’
‘Your lecturers are your friends!! Get involved with what they’re up to and you’ll definitely have a great time.’
‘It’s hard work, a lot of fun, go to the pub trips after lectures they’re really informative. Quite hands on. Very interesting.’
‘Studying archaeology at York is one of the best things I ever chose to do. It’s not like other universities, studying at King’s Manor is so unique and refreshing to learn in.’
Crazy Cat Archaeologist 