Archaeologists!



I think being an archaeologist would be my Social Scientist job. Being able to practically dig up the past would be pretty cool. Imagine finding just one gold coin that could tell you a little bit about an ancient
city we'd never even heard of! Or digging up a new dinosaur bone in your back yard. Before I move on let me tell you a little bit about what archaeology is and what it means.

Archaeology is the study of ancient humans, and how they lived. Archaeologists try to answer these questions through the artifact they leave behind. From these artifacts they can answer questions about their culture, and economy. Like, did they hunt for wild animals, or did they domesticate them and then killed them at a certain age? Did they eat from wild plants, or did they harvest sow and then harvest? Did they trade or buy items, or where they available to all? That's the some of the basic facts that makes an archaeologist. But here's my opinions.

I think archeology will help us unlock the future by answering the questions we have about the past. We could figure out so many things about thousands of year humans how they lived, and what they did to survive. Just like one of the earliest civilizations, the Sumerians or the Roman city Pompeii that was buried under volcanic rock and then rediscovered around the 1700. Or finding a bit of DNA from a prehistoric man and comparing to what what we are now and what we might become. I think archaeology is really interesting. I hope other archaeologists will discover new artifacts and tell us about new cultures, and new villages so the whole world can expand it knowledge about the past.



Last but not least, I think being an archaeologist would be a great job because of all the different place around the world you get to visit! Almost every month someplace new. Seeing different cultures and seeing different people,in the present and from the past. I think being an archaeologist would be a exciting job and that why i choose it as my Social Scientist Job.





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Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii and Cultural Anthropology by Coral Phillip Kottak.