A Bachelor’s is what you need to get a job as an archaeologist. A Masters is what you need to keep working in CRM. A PhD is overkill at the present moment, but probably will not be in the near future. The following post is not intended to dissuade anyone […]
Recently, I took a job as an assistant professor at a major university that shall (at this time) remain unnamed. This means I have an opportunity to create change in the cultural resource management archaeology field by building the kind of courses that actually prepare graduates to work in the […]
“Control thy expenses” The Richest Man in Babylon (George Cayson, 1926) Right after saving a portion of your income, this is the second rule to generating wealth in the landmark personal finance book “The Richest Man in Babylon.” It’s also essential for anyone who wants to stay out of debt […]
I am currently in the final stage of the final lap of my final year of my anthropology PhD, which will be the final degree I will get (hopefully). As I enter this stage of my education, I’ve been thinking a lot about how this will change the way I […]
I’ve become addicted to studying World War I. As we are currently living through the centennial of this tragic mistake, I can’t help but compare doing cultural resource management archaeology to the kind of lessons the western world learned from the Great War. If CRM archaeology is like WWI, then […]
(In case you missed it, this is the second in a two-part series on how we can use anthropology courses to engage undergraduate students and further the cause of historic preservation. Read Part I to see where this is all coming from) What’s the solution? In Part I of this […]
(This is the first in a two-part series on how we can use anthropology courses to engage undergraduate students and further the cause of historic preservation. Read Part II to see my suggestion for creating engaging anthro classes.) How many times have you had a completely engaging conversation about archaeology […]
Everybody seems to be telling college students an anthropology or archaeology degree is a bad idea. They all focus on the fact that you won’t make much money. Since when did a worthwhile job depend on how much money you can make? Fortunately, there are thousands of students like me […]
I didn’t want to believe it but maybe Doug Rocks-MacQueen is right; maybe your degree is worth less, and less as each year passes by. The other day I saw a job posting for a temporary archaeological field technician position that stated in the educational requirements section “minimum BA, MA […]
Some people drive cars festooned with bumper stickers. It seems like, in the West, more than half of the cars and trucks traveling our roads have at least one. A few of us have covered our cars in them. Regardless of how many you have, bumper stickers seek to express […]
