#archaeology humor

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

This meme is relevant to my interests.

[saintartemis]

Sun screen plus several layers of dirt is the best sun protection an archaeologist can suggest!

Follow me for more tips!

Also wear a hat and hydrate. Have you drunk water recently? No? Drink water then.

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Remember that Ben and Jerry's ice cream can be a great enrichment for your archaeologist after they have to go indoors because the field season is over. Watching them scraping the ice cream down layer by layer and then piece plot every fudge brownie including is so cute.

Feel free to share other care and keeping tips for archaeologists!!!

[ochipi]

Weird thing I have done as an archaeologist 2

Teaching students how to describe soil colors, but you’ve got no clue what greyish-brown or brownish-grey is yourself

I’ve probably eaten dead Roman

Trowel throwing competitions

Giving names to skeletons you’re excavating

You’re on a constant field walk. Architecture, place names, street signs... You spot it all

Comparing weather app predictions with your colleagues

Collecting pretty stones, preferably quartz or silex

Being very possessive over a shovel

Trying to find north without a compass so the lot of us are standing there hoping the sun breaks through

Bonus addition: I’ve seen plenty of archaeologists who collect broken bits of ceramic smoking pipes and they hold competitions to who has more, measured by weight

[ancientstone]

the harris matrix chart is a sub-species of biblical angel

[kinsey3furry300]

Just saw an advert for a Discovery channel program called "Blowing up History."

Heinrich Schliemann, get back in your cold dark grave!

[krindor]

Signs I may have been in the lab too long:

Just got the urge to give the samples a little kiss on the head before tucking them into their sleeping sample bags

[cookiesandthedead]

I have always loved in One Piece Robin's weird dark sense of humor. The thing is I have now realized as a professional archaeologist, working with other archaeologist all day, that is 100% all of our sense of humor. My supervisor and I are constantly saying dark and creepy shit to each other with completely deadpan faces. I swear if I said any given creepy Robin line to him, he would probably deadpan something creepier right back.

[wafflelovingbatgirl]

I successfully ignored my professor’s hints and now the diagrams of animal bones will be pink in a formal site report.

Victory is mine. Pink animals for everyone!

[trolledu]

It's good that they didn't just leave the crust

[chidoknowshit]

Is there anything more satisfying than taking a shower after the dig and watch the dirty water go down the drain?

[saintartemis]

This is why you don't make archaeologists angry. We got mad trowel skills and plenty of places to chose from to hide the body.

[chaotic-archaeologist]

I mean it wasn't wrong, it just wasn't helpful.

[ochipi]

Weird things you gain from doing archaeology

Immunity to nettles

Handling a shovel both left and right handed

Bird identification

Noticing the tiniest bit of slope in a landscape.

Farmer style weather predictions. I’m out when I see low flying sparrows.

After checking a compass once, you automatically sense where north is for the rest of the week

High tolerance for rain/getting wet

You can fix anything with duct tape, zip ties and a little bit of rope. Additional pocket knife is allowed

[audkitty]

Why isn’t this an option at field school???

[stoneagefairy]

As the Christmas ends, let's summarize what happened during family gatherings, let this poor archaeologist have one joy in this cruel, fieldwork-free month:

at least five "so, did you find any dinosaur this year?" jokes

at least one "*pretends not to know the difference between a geologist and archaeologist*" joke

at least three ancient aliens jokes

Not bad.