Pros and Cons of Working in Archaeology
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- čas přidán 4. 02. 2017
- Thought I'd do a video to give some perspective of what it is really good about the job and what really sucks.
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I have no idea what to do with my life
@@andpurch im guessing not
Good for you!
Join the army
Not yet, I thought I did but I was wrong.
Yeh your not alone!!
I have been struggling to decide on a career path and I greatly appreciate the raw honesty.
I try! Thanks for watching!
how are u doing now bro
Thank you for making videos like this! As someone who's still in school, it's hard to really get an idea of what I'm actually getting myself into. It's really great hearing someone talking about what life in the field is really like rather than these romanticized ideas we all tend to have.
You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it!
Really thought you were gonna be british
Haha nope! Pure Canadian right here. Thanks for watching!
Honestly what i thought when i clicked the video
“its not great if you’re looking for stability” *applies for the archeology course*
Please give more details...
Did u apply? And if yes what archeology major?
The more I hear about it, the more I want to do it. None of the cons apply to me. I dont have family, bills, I dont want kids, marriage, a house, or other tethers. I like a transient life style. The money end sucks, but I see that growing with new opportunities, the more you build your experience and resume, the more doors will open up to you. Not having anything tying me down makes me perfect for the job. This type of hard work is up my alley, and the reward and thrill of discovery, along with above minimum wage is payment enough.
That's great. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I think I’m going to cry
THE TRISHA HUNGRY ASSOCIATION THE T.H.A why
Stay strong always
I’m here after playing to much tomb raider
Vi Hedden Right?!
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Same
literally that game inspired me to aspire to be an archaeologist 😂😭🤠
It's nice to see a video that isn't just shouting "adventure! Discovery! Fulfillment! Dreams! Ahhhhhh!" Like not that there isn't those aspects in the job, but you also talk about the trials and tribulations and, laughably, the human aspect. A question I have is really pertaining to the pre college aspect. I've wanted to be an archaeologist for as long as I can remember, but my last few years of high school I've had a lot of really bad stuff go down in my family and my grades have suffered for it. I'm scared to death that no colleges would want me for such an intensive science degree based on my grades now. Do you think there's any way, high school aside, that I could still have a chance in this field? Or going for a degree? Since, you know, the worth of the adult nowadays hangs on the numbers given in adolescence... I've still got one more year of high school before these issues hit me, but I'm still freaking out. Some advice would be greatly appreciated!
Unfortunately I can't really say as I'm not an admissions person at a university. I would just do your best to do well in your last year as sometimes those grades matter the most, you can also maybe do some volunteer dig or museum work to boost your application and prove that you have a real interest. Not all archaeology degrees are 'science' mine fell under the banner of 'Humanities' in my undergrad. And different universities will have different requirements, so research programs and apply for ones where you fit the requirements. You might also be able to up your grades at community college and then apply for university after. Either way good luck and thanks for watching!
Rachelamun
Okay, I will try my best. Thank you for the quick reply!
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I don't know what I want to do with my life, I keep looking at various majors and minors to get into once I enter college. I think archaeology is really interesting, but as you said the stability. Not too much when you're starting out. This is making me think two ways: adapt or run. I could pick another field, or I could pick a minor which goes well with it, like something history related or something in terms of video or art production. Something to fall back on which you can work your major into.
Archaeology degrees give you a lot of transferrable skills and many people with archaeology degrees don't go on to become archaeologists, instead they become teachers, consultants, writers, and more so don't be put off studying archaeology by the archaeological career path. Pairing with history or another minor would broaden your skillset which can only be to your advantage. Thanks for watching!
very interesting. thank you so much for sharing your experiences and being so open about the bad ones as well.
You're welcome thanks for watching!
Really appreciate honest overview of job environment and future prospects.
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
So happy to find this channel!!
Thank you!
Thank you this was very helpful and gave me some good things to consider.
You're welcome! I hope I haven't totally put you off, it really is a unique and interesting career!
Hmm
I'm considering a degree in archaeology and this is genuinely one of the most helpful videos I've seen so far. Thank you!
Glad I could help, thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you for this video! Next semester will be my sophomore year of college and I'm currently a history major, if I want to pursue archaeology would a bachelor's in history suffice, or would it be better to have history as a minor and archaeology as a major? My school doesn't offer anything in archaeology or anthropology, and I'm not sure I can easily find another school at the moment. Next semester would be when I really start getting into my specialized courses, so I have to make sure that I have what I'm majoring in set and a minor if necessary.
Thank you for this video! It was really helpful!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot, the pros seem to outweigh the cons and I might finally have a goal! I just have two questions.
You mentioned how archaeology consumes your life, but how much free time does an archaeologist really have? I assume it varries greatly, but what would you estimate for an average be?
Also, when going on a work trip, is it possible to take personal belongings with you, such as a powerful laptop?
You will have evenings and weekends free like any other job, but if you're on a remote away job you won't have much options for things to do in the evenings and the only people you will socialise with will be your coworkers. You can bring your own belongings for sure, I would just check how much room there will be in your transport before you pack a keyboard or something. Thanks for watching!
Ma'am I am doing mechanical engineering , I want to become marine archeologist .
Please guide me .
I appreciate the video, I'm looking for what to do in the future, and it helps make things more clear. I'm currently a Senior in high school, and decided I want to be involved with something regarding to history. Yet this comes with a benefit of traveling which is a huge benefit. I've been searching for jobs pertaining to a history major whilst not being a teacher this job looks very enjoyable opposed to the issue of stability, which may be a deal breaker.
Stability really depends on where you are and how much work is going on/scheduled. Also there are a lot of options of things you can do with an archaeology degree I only talk about the aspect I have experience with. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I'm in the same boat now. I'm about to graduate high school with intentions of majoring in History. Have you figured out what you're going to do after all? Teaching would be the last resort for me.
Thank you for making this video! I also just wanted to ask, I live in America,and I plan to go to school here, but I want to be an archeologist who excavates in Europe and all over the world, is this possible? Like can an American funded archeologists work on projects that are don't have to do with American history but maybe Chinese?
You could certainly be an archaeologist who digs all over the world however it is unlikely you would be paid for it. This is largely to do with the fact that you would need a visa to earn money wherever you are and most companies are inclined to hire residents of their country before they hire a foreigner as visas are expensive for a company as well as an individual. You would also have language barriers in that you would be expected to be able to do recording in whatever the lingua franca of wherever you are most of the time. Additionally you usually choose a specialization within archaeology (Osteology, british archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, Mayan archaeology, etc.) because no one can be an expert of all the archaeology in the world. Your best bet would be to become an archaeologist where you live and then see if you can find volunteer digs in foreign countries that you can do for a few weeks each year; initially these can be expensive but the more time you spend on the team usually the less money you have to pay each year and eventually you could go for free. You could also go the academic route and run a dig in a foreign country each year however you would be going back to the same place every dig season. There is nothing keeping you from studying the archaeology of places far from where you live but in terms of working commercially you will have less opportunities unless you can live and work there without needing a work visa. Hope this helps, thanks for watching!
I have a few questions regarding archeology: How much of this job is analysis? What would interest me is putting together dots of these different discoverys, or is it really more dominantly FINDING these ancient items and finding its date?
Well in the field probably only about 10-20% in regards to interpretation of what you're digging. At junior/beginner career levels you are spending most of your time collecting data with some interpretation/analysis of what the thing is, more in depth analysis/putting everything together gets done in the office after the excavation and usually by a senior member of staff who knows what they're looking at. Artefacts get analyzed by specialist experts in ceramics, lithics, timber, metal, osteology, etc. Those jobs are unfortunately very rare since the people that do them tend to do it for a very long time before retiring and there is only so much work to go around.
Thank you very much for talking about the cons, opens your eyes a little bit more.
Thanks! I'm glad it was useful. As I said people tend to only think of/see the positive not the negative side of it, I think it's important to talk about both.
Rachelamun Oh I definitely agree! Your videos are really informative and its a shame you don't have more views.
Thank you! I appreciate the support.
Rachelamun Have you considered doing a video of you working out on the feild? That'd would be very interesting to see a day out on the field! Or would you not be aloud to film?
Yes, that is one of my original ideas but the difficulty is finding a site that will allow you to film and 'publish' stuff from the site before the official report is written which can sometimes be quite a long time after the project finishes. I would also need a better camera/weather so I'm hoping to try and work one out for the spring.
This video helped me a lot, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
This is a really great video, thanks for sharing your perspective. I'm 36 and going back to school to change careers, and this is my top choice. 60 hours/week and hard physical labor doesn't scare me at all, but the transient and seasonal nature of the work does. I'm currently in politics and I wanted to get away from the yearly search for a new contract. It didn't occur to me that this would be like that too. This video was made a few years ago, have things changed? Have you been able to find a more permanent position in your field?
I now have a permanent contract, which took me about 2.5 years to get. Temprorary contracts are here for the foreseeable future due to the nature of the work, when you get a permanent contract varies from person to person, and is dependent on where you are, the jobs available, and luck. Thanks for watching and good luck!
@@Inside_Archaeology thank you!!
Hello, I was wondering if you would give me some advice on how to conduct archeological research without formal training but rather an education in architecture and civil engineering, I would love to get to know your thoughts, thank you and good luck ;)
Please keep making videos.
Hi! Is it possible to become a archeologist and change careers into something more stable? If you minor in psychology and forensics is it possible to go for forensics archeologists or some sort of history teacher or work at a museum?
Sounds like an infantry job.
Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
I cannot decide what to choose for a job and this video helped a lot! I have only 2-3 years left to choose so-
Glad I could help, thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing your experience mam ❤️ hope you grow more in your life mam.🙂
Thanks for watching!
Quick question. After discovering artifacts, are they sent to a lab and is there a specific name of the scientists who analyze it and who discover more about like the origin of the artifact?
They are bagged up in the field and taken back to the office/lab, they will then be washed and processed (separated by material, sorted, weighed/counted). Then they get sent to a specialist for further specific analysis, so the pottery gets sent to a ceramic specialist for its type/period, metalwork gets sent to a metalwork specialist etc. Some items might also get sent for thin section, residue analysis, radiocarbon dating, isotope analysis but that is a separate process from the specialist analysis as you need an actual properly equipped lab for that. Hope that answers your question, thanks for watching!
I am going to start studying prehistory and historical archaeology in september in Austria and was quit aware of all those aspects. But as a person working for a certain amount of time in this field would you decide on taking that profession again? Do you regret it or do you say although it's not easy always you still made the right decision?
It's ahrd to say because a lot of things in my peronsal life (meeting my partner, and the friends I've made) are directly a result of my career choices. Doing it again I probably wouldn't have done a Masters but would have still moved to work in the UK. There are things that I could have done better to make my life easier but it's like that with everything, hinsight is 20/20. I don't honestly know what else I would do. Thanks for watching!
Rachelamun Thank you for your response :)
@@Inside_Archaeology hi, i wonder how important is Masters? I am probably gonna take BA in prehistoric archeology in UIT in Norway. But ppl brag about importance of MA. I want to work in field. You mentioned you regret taking MA, why? Cuz it's an overkill? Thanks!
Thanks for the video. I actually was looking into this because I work closely with my mentor who is in the field, but I aspire to be a digger without starting with a degree in archeology (since I can't afford to), relying on independent study as well as my mentorship and am currently working on isolating my own potential dig sites to make a discovery while only considered amateur (in hopes that after publishing a thesis I can potentially obtain more funds and transition into a professional archeologist). It's ironic that I stumbled onto your video because even the cons you stated seem like pros to me as I am very much a loner and just have a stronger connection to the cultural history and knowledge that archeology has to offer than to settle down. I'd love to know if you have any tips for someone like me who wants to start off as an amateur archeologist attempting to finance my own digs by savings and contracting on other fall back jobs to make it a reality. Thanks again for sharing such an insightful and honest video.
First off thanks for watching! Secondly its a bit hard for me to answer your question without more detail. From what I know in most countries you will have a hard time obtaining a dig permit without qualifications and the same goes for most funding. Non-commercial digs are usually backed by either universities or volunteer groups. Also for publishing a thesis you need to be attending a university, doesn't mean you can't publish a site but a thesis is usually the end goal/accomplishment of a Master's, PhD, and some undergraduate degrees. You can certainly be a digger without a degree, I have a video about whether or not you need a degree which might be more help to you.
Thanks for replying. I think that maybe if I am in a better financial situation in the near future I could get my credentials so that I would fare better with getting a permit, or possibly team up with people who do have their degree since I've isolated a potential site that I have been working on finding for a few years now. Since I am mainly concerned with obtaining knowledge about the past, I'm okay with not getting the credit myself if my hypothesis proves correct, as long as I can see it come to light in my lifetime. I checked out many of your other videos and am so happy that you are providing such content that needs to be covered for people like me who have an interest but want to know what it's like from someone in the field.
First of all: thank you so much for making this video. I must admit, I hadn't thought of the negative side of the job very much. So this was a great eye opener that has made me even more determined to pursue archaeology.
Secondly: this is more of a philosophical (maybe? I don't know) question. If you could go back and redo your life without archaeology, would you?
This is a bit of a strange question, but I'm just wondering if the negatives outweigh the positives. Like, is the bad weather and isolation worth it?
You're welcome! I would still do archaeology but I would approach my career differently, I wouldn't bother with a Masters and instead would move to the UK, get my driving license and start working. I'd also probably start my CZcams a bit earlier, maybe with an Instagram and try a bit harder on the media side of things. Only you can answer if the negatives outweigh the positives becuase everyone is different. For myself there was a certain age that the scale started to tip towards not being worth it anymore but that's based on my circumstances and goals yours are probably different. I will say that the 'dream job' aspect wears off pretty quickly after you've been up at 6am to dig a freezing site that's just postholes for less wages than the digger driver. Thanks for watching!
@@Inside_Archaeologywas the masters not useful? I'm about to graduate high school and start a bachelor's program in archaeology in Greece, but have not yet figured out where I'm going after I'm finished with that phase of my life.
I'm going for my bachelor's degree in Archaeology here in Bulgaria, and our field work is entirely in Bulgaria, so if I want to work in the Middle East, should I consider moving elsewhere and getting my degree there?
We have courses in Arabic, but they're out of our program, Arabists still get to go to Egypt and other countries though.
Gor Gor I don't know if you would need to move elsewhere unless your current course doesn't offer any mesopotamia/egypt focused classes. You also tend to specialise in a specific field during your masters or PhD so you could get by with a plain archaeology degree. You could look into doing field schools in the middle east as well. The only caution I would have is that a lot of people want to work there so there will be steep competition and additionally countries like Egypt are more likely to give actual archaeology jobs to Egyptians, but that doesn't mean academics can't dig there they are just unlikely to be paid to do it commercially. It will always be useful for you to learn Arabic if possible. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I was wondering if there are other jobs within archaeology? I am really interested in history, specifically biblical history and I am also fascinated with Genetics of nations around the world. Is there a way I can mix these two passions into one job. Maybe something simple like a research job or just something along those lines.
There are lots of roles within archaeology and genetics (aka Ancient DNA) is certianly something that is being widely researched at the moment. This video might help answer some of your questions:
czcams.com/video/28lQjWTIMn8/video.html
Thanks for watching!
I have a question: what's the main difference between landscape archeology and archeology. I mean I have an undergraduate degree in geophysics, but I'd like to get a master in this topic.
As far as I know landscape archaeology is about studying 'the landscape' and how humans have affected and shaped it according to their wants and needs throughout history whereas archaeology itself deals with looking at everything humans have left behind for us to find. I do know that this exists as a topic of study so a quick google search should find some programs and actual landscape archaeologists who can explain this better for you. Good luck! Thanks for watching!
Well I am really introverted so dealing with not a lot of people is something that works for me.
I can't wait to become an archaeologist. Last year of high-school 😂.
Good luck and thanks for watching!
Hey great video! I am a sophomore in highschool and have always been a history lover, I love to learn about where we come from and why people behave the way they do. I am interested in pursuing anthropology or archaeology when I graduate from highschool. I am planning on getting my BA in archeology. With this would I be able to travel the world and participate on field jobs (of course with some experience in the field), while the same time get paid? Is this an unrealistic expectation? (sorry for late comment)
Depends, probably not. Traveling to different countries to dig is possible but you will probably have to pay to do so rather than the other way around. To be paid to dig in another country you would most likely have to be an academic participating on a research dig with funding paying for you to be there. People can't travel the world and be paid to dig because to be paid you need to go through official routes like having a visa, paying taxes, etc. For a short 6 week dig that's not worth the hassle. You could try to move to another country to live and try to get a job digging there but as I mention in other videos this would mean you need a visa with permission to work which can be hard to come by depending on the country. Hope this helps, thanks for watching!
I am very interested in a career in archaeology and I am wondering how many years of post secondary school is required and if there are any programs of schools that you would suggest.
If you check out my videos Becoming an Archaeologist: Do you need a degree? and Where to study Archaeology they should help to answer your questions, if not feel free to comment and ask. Thanks for watching!
I am a student pursuing bachelor degree in Engineering in India. But I am very interested in this field ever since from my childhood and wanted to be part of it. Do I have to study any course to start in this field? If so, how to get admitted in those courses in good universities?
Well if you want it as a career then yes, but you can certainly do it as a hobby as well through volunteering on digs. Requirements for a course at university are the same as any other course, you need to have good enough grades to get in.
Two parallèle carrer is a must :)
What GCSE’s will I need if I want to become an archaeologist?
I'd recommend History and English, Archaeology if possible but I don't think that's offered anymore. Additionally if you want to study something like the Roman empire you could take Latin for example. I think Latin, Greek, and Biblical Hebrew are offered but something more in depth will have to wait to university. Hope this helps, thanks for watching!
one more question! What about women who are pregnant? Could they do these field jobs or is there some limitation there?
They could do limited fieldwork, there are somethings (like mattocking and heavy shoveling) which they probably shouldn't do, on larger excavations that might just mean getting assigned less demanding work but smaller ones not so much. Typically women in archaeology have babies late (early-mid 30s) and by that time if they've been working long enough they are usually on a permanent contract in the office where the work is much less strenuous and they can take maternity leave or do part time once the baby is born.
I don't care about stabilization when it comes to having a family so I think the job could be kinda right for me.
Stability is something that I've found matters more or less at different points in your life, so it might not matter now but keep in mind that it might change later. Either way good luck and thanks for watching!
Is it ok start BA in this career when you are at 30's? Would that be a problem? My health is ok, but I dunno how ppl will deal with a grown-up "noob". Ppl at my age already hoarded several degrees. But I just wanna travel and showel-away for avarage pay. Also, is BA enough for that? I noticed archeologist love to hoard degree's.
You can start whenever you want as long as you are still physically capable of doing the work, and yes a BA is enough for a basic field job, many archaeologists have secondary degrees for specialisation but then either didn't pursue them because of lack of jobs.
What courses at college could help me understand and be better at archaeology/anthropology that are not in the anthropology program?
I don't really know since I don't know any particular courses but anything with history would also be a good choice, stats and computer literacy are increasingly important. Geography, geology, and GIS systems are becoming more widely used as well. Thanks for watching!
@@Inside_Archaeology Amazing and useful content! Thanks!
con you could stay at jays.
pro eating poutine from other places
I am paid quite well as an archaeologist- and I only have an undergrad. (Canada)
That's great! Thanks for watching!
Which college did you study in?
My daughter going to study archaeologist in UK . Is it having good scope in future ?? Please advise
Would you say that this 20k pounds a year is typical or is that lower than normal?
I just made a video about archaeological wages that may help answer this question for you. It's above minimum wage but is lower than most equivalent consultancy/graduate professions. It is enough to live on but doesn't give you a big surplus for saving. Thanks for watching!
Is it possible to work as an arquelogist being biochemist?
Hi, can i please do an interview with you based on archaeology for a school project
I want to go to this field, but I feel like there aren't as many needed jobs for archeology
people going into archaeology has actually been dropping, and I don't think its because there's less stuff to uncover or do, so there's probably a bit more openings nowadays.
you should do a vlog
I would like too but it's difficult to find somewhere that would allow me to film/publish video. Thanks for watching!
Rachelamun - Can you tell me if politics, favoritism, even sexism and ageism enter into the job? Thanks!
Hi, I have a video on women in archaeology that might answer some of these questions: czcams.com/video/O7KSy3XAW-4/video.html
Politics and favouritism shouldn't come into it, as they shouldn't with every job. I wouldn't say ageism comes into the job much as long as you can do the work. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Do you have to pay for your own business trips?
Depends on what you mean by 'business trip. What we call an away job means staying away from home Monday-Friday, in this case the company you work for will generally provide transport to said job, accommodation, and subsistence (for food). To classify as an away job it generally needs to be over 1 1/2 - 2 hours away from the company office, not where you live. It can be pretty great to save money if you don't have a permanent living situation but if you are paying rent somewhere you only live at 2/7 days a week it can get wearisome; also not so fun long term if you have a partner/family you want to see on a daily basis. Thanks for watching!
Lol I'll just do this for monay
you can help how get into Archaeologist collages because I wanted to be Archaeologist. now I am 10+2 class from India. please help me!!
Hi you can watch my video on applying to archaeology university programs which should help you figure out where to start. Thanks for watching! czcams.com/video/KkM5oQUzn8c/video.html
You could be a model w/ those facial features.
How old do you have to be to start
However old you need to be to work in your country usually, if you are younger you can get involved in volunteer stuff, such as Historic England 's 'Young Archaeologists' club. Most young people nowadays enter with a degree after university at 21-23 years old but that is not always the case, I also know people who worked had other jobs for a long time and then left to become an archaeologist in their 30s/40s so there's not much of an age limit. Thanks for watching!
It is about passion tho. Passion removes ALL THE CONS! YAAAAAY
I live in Canada and I am just starting to really look into Archaeology as a career path. I would like to leave the country if I were to go into this field (specifically go to the UK or Italy). How did you go through the process to being legally allowed to work in another country with an Archaeology degree?
Hi, I actually have a video on this topic if you'd like to check it out it is here:
czcams.com/video/1Db_60WsxKQ/video.html
Thanks for watching!
To do archaeology as a career would you have done archaeology joint history degree in college or is archaeology suffice enough into going into archaeology career. Cause in the school I'm applying to its archaeology joint info communication studies degree.
Also do you need history? Thank you so much also the video gives me confidence in pursuing archaeology
It depends on what you want to do with your career, if you want to be an academic I'd recommend just archaeology, if you want to do commercial arch a joint degree would be fine as long as you do some fieldwork. History and archaeology blend together quite a bit depending on the time periods you study so I wouldn't say you need to be taking history courses as well unless its relevant to your interests (for example if you like medieval archaeology you could take classes on medieval histroy etc). I have a video titled 'Where to study Archaeology' which will give you a bit more info for deciding and whatnot. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Rachelamun thank you so much for the reply, I'll watch the video now😊
Im In 8th grade and I am thinking of being an archaeologist but am not the greatest at math is math an inpatient role in archaeology.
@Φιλοσοφία Από τα πάντα every thing
I am also not good at math! In fact I chose to do archaeology because it menat I didn't have to do much of it. You need to have a grasp of the basics but I wouldn't say you need to be well-versed in calculus or anything to do fieldwork. Thanks for watching!
@@Inside_Archaeology thanks helps a lot
In the unit I volunteer for.. The call rough weather.. " Doable '... lol
Yup pretty much!
I wish if I can talk to u
It's about the Himyar Kingdom
What do u know about that civilation
Please respond as soon as u can
I have important informations
Its really interesting thing
Sorry I don't know anything about Himyar or the archaeology of Yemen, you are best off searching Google for Yemeni archaeologists and speaking to them, they will have a better idea of the rules and regulations and how to best help you. Thanks for watching!
Wait......... what if all the artifacts get dug up before I can become an archaeologist.
Not possible, there's plenty of archaeology to go around
Omggggg that is literally my thought always 💀💀
Arecholgy is my passion
I think I know more than anybody else
I,m from yemen
and I need to ask you a few questions
Please can text u
WOW you are beautiful
do you regret choosing archaeology
Nope! Thanks for watching!
Why don't you work in the states? The per diem is higher and I get around 30k a year for a starting field tech
Well I imagine getting a work visa for archaeology in the US is likely as difficult as it is in the UK and I don't need a visa in the UK since I have a European passport. Also I am not particularly interested in the American civilizations/archaeology, and from what I know a large portion of the work involves walkovers which are not my favourite. My experience working in Canada made me realize North American archaeology is just not for me and the job here is much more suited to my interests.
Yeah I agree I have started to realize that nomadic culture isn't really the most entertaining thing in the world, but hey at least the pedestrian surveys get you in shape! haha. Next year I am doing a dig in Turkey which is exciting.
Oh wow! Same thing in south africa... plus the rampant sexism and blatant institutional racism(con). Otherwise I'm not surprised by the similarities in work. You still have it so much better than us. I wonder how your working conditions are comparing different companies i.e. benefits like housing, dental, medical etc? Is that also contract specific?
That's sucks that you have to deal with all that. In the UK medical/dental benefits aren't usually a part of contracts because healthcare is nationalized by the government so it's 'free' (as in it is automatically deducted from your pay and you can't opt out), dentalcare is similar, you generally have to pay but it's like..... £10 to get a cleaning so it's not expensive. You get accomodation on jobs where you have to travel so far away from the companies base that you have to stay overnight (Generally over 1.5 hour drive), but that will only be for the days you work and you go home on weekends. I've worked one job where they provided housing 24/7 but that was because the project was based in a location that didn't have enough archaeologists living there to staff the project and it was too far from big cities that people could commute from easily. Subsistence rates are ok, but not great and haven't risen in like.....10 15 years which is a source of fustration for lots of people. The big differences between companies contractwise tends to be: their policy on how/when you get paid for travel time, pay, and the length of contract which varies project to project. Thanks for watching!
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Scotland.. mmmmm the motherland ... I would love this job but know it don’t pay shit ...
This just made me sad :(
I'm sorry to hear that, there are other ways you can get involved without pursuing in as a career, I have a video about archaeology volunteering if you're interested, thanks for watching!
Soo poor I'm Archeologist too (Y)
Thanks for watching!
I'll be your new friend. (tried to type that as cute and cuddly as possible)
Haha thanks! And thanks for watching!
20K pounds per year?? 💀💀
this is won’t even pay for a 1 bedroom apartment, this is what gas station cashiers make. Brutal
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Hey, I'm also thinking about studying archaeology studies at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, which I actually want to associate with near Asian archaeology. . but I am very desperate. Honestly, I have general despair at the university itself and whether it's good in this business, but I want to study it unbelievably. Actually, I wanted to associate my major with religious studies instead of near Asian archaeology. I’m also very excited for it but also I’m very scared that it won’t out 🫤🫤
Hi, it's not really clear what question you are asking me. Studying archaeology is the easy part figuring out what to do after is a bit harder. I've just realeased an interview with a German archaeologist who works in Germany, it might have some useful insight for you. Thanks for watching!