knekkokim asked:


I’m interested in learning about archaeology as a career, but don’t know where to start. Before I apply for graduate school I’d like to get a taste as to what working in archaeology entails.

Lillian

Tomboy with girly tendencies asked:


Definately north of Washington D.C. and preferably no farther west than Wisconsin or Michigan, but that’s not mandatory. I’d also be willing to go to school in Canada.

If the schools also have a D1 cross country team it would be great! But if you don’t know about that then you can just send me the links to those schools with archaeology majors in general.

Jeff

Jannel F asked:


I’m soon at the age when I’ll attend university and I want to make the right choice. So please inform me as to what is the best university to go to, to study archaeology.

Thanks!!

Jeffrey

egyptiandancer asked:


I’m a history major with a minor in ancient languages. I want to get my masters in archaeology. My main focuses are going to be Egypt and Greece, with possible other european locations. I just need to know good schools that I can apply to.

Elaine

Rachael asked:


I am currently a sophomore in college. My major is Sociology and I am planning on transferring colleges to obtain a BA in Anthropology. I want to focus on Archaeology. Before I make this huge transition in my life, I would like to know the pros and cons of being an archaeologist. I am well aware that there are both.

(A focus on the pros would be helpful. I seem to only hear the negative and I would love to hear something from a person who loves their profession!)

Jean

R. Ritchie asked:


Sicily’s prime geographic location in the centre of the Mediterranean Basin has meant that, over time, settlers and conquerors from the medieval Normans, Aragonese Spanish, Moorish North Africans, ancient Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans have come and, except for the latter, mostly, gone. Today, Sicily’s Roman ruins are rivaled only by those in Rome, and lovers of Roman archaeology will find a treasure trove of sites to explore.



To get an idea of the diversity of Sicily in ancient times and particularly the range of artifacts from the Greek and Roman colonizations of the island, visit the Museo Archeologico Regionale in Palermo. One of Italy’s greatest archaeological museums, it is filled with rare finds that put the multiple foreign occupations in perspective. As well, you’ll have a chance to compare priceless artifacts from the island’s different civilizations, including those from the Phoenician, Punic, Greek, Roman and Saracen periods. Listed here are some of the best Roman ruins in Sicily:

Cape Boéo – Marsala

Roman ruins here include a villa with baths and colourful mosaics, and the Church of San Giovanni, built over a cave converted into a home in Roman times. The Baglio Anselmi Archeological Museum on Lungomare Boéo exhibits ship from the Punic era.

Catania

Catania has two Roman amphitheatres, one reminiscent of Rome’s Colosseum. The smaller one, off Via Vittorio Emanuele, built upon an earlier Greek theatre, accommodated 6,000 spectators, while a larger amphitheatre, near the commercial centre in Piazza Stesicoro, is completely Roman and was built in the second century AD.

Solunto – Palermo

Seventeen kilometres east of Palermo, overlooking the coast, and on a site that was originally a Phoenician village that had been expanded by the Greeks in 396 BC, are the ruins of a town that was rebuilt by the conquering Romans 50 years later. The ruins mostly consist of floors, with some mosaics, the lower portions of walls, with some murals, and some columns. While there is a small archaeological museum here, most of the original artifacts are in the Palermo’s Regional Archaeological Museum.

Taormina

The Greek amphitheatre here, built in the third century BC, was expanded later by the Romans, who enlarged the stage. The view of Mount Etna and the sea beyond the theatre is spectacular. During summer, the theatre stages dramatic performances. A much smaller Roman theatre, the odium, is near Santa Caterina church.

Tyndaris – Capo Tindari

Tyndaris, founded by Dionysius the Elder in 396 BC, and later destroyed by pillaging conquerors, has been excavated to display the ruins of everything from a basilica to a Roman theatre. Overlooking the sea, the setting here is magnificent.

Villa Romana del Casale – Piazza Armerina

This Roman villa, a few kilometers outside town, and built between 330 and 360 AD, is one of the largest surviving classical-era Roman dwellings anywhere. The villa contains 40 rooms with western Europe’s most magnificent mosaics depicting scenes from daily life, such as hunting, and one mosaic of ten young women dressed in strapless two-piece swim suits that could be in fashion today.

No archaeology lover’s trip to Sicily would be complete without visiting the Valley of the Temples, the largest and best collection of ancient Greek ruins in the world. You’ll also see necropoli, houses, streets and everything else you would expect to find in an ancient city. Be sure to check out the small amphitheatre, the several auditoria, and the first-rate archeological museum. You can’t miss the Concord Temple with its with 13 tall, wind-eroded columns. Set outside the city of Agrigento, on the southern coast of Sicily, the temples look dramatic at night when floodlights accentuate their shape and form.



Paula

wtfmate08 asked:


Describe three ways we can recognize “intelligence” in the fossil archaeological record

Describe three ways in which the study of archaeology is useful to the modern world. Be sure to provide examples and explain their usefulness.

For the second one, I don’t mean something like “it helps us understand our past,” as that doesn’t really do anything useful for the modern world. Something like “helps us understand climate change,” so I need two more!

Pauline

Smith & Chen asked:


French Furniture, The Empire Style

In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte had himself anointed and crowned Emperor of France. The furniture style known as Empire is a style of majestic grandeur that Napoleon felt fitting to honor his glory. He considered himself the greatest world ruler since Julius Caesar. The Empire style is the last of the great French styles that widely influenced furniture design throughout the world. During his rule, Napoleon conquered Italy and Egypt. He was overwhelmed by his conquest of these countries. He brought back to France archaeological wonders of Egypt, the long-forgotten ancient empire. He was proud of his conquest of Italy and Egypt and proudly considered himself as the first worthy successor to Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. Furniture designed in this period was meant to imitate the designs of these great empires. Napoleon commissioned the greatest artist of Europe to create architecture and decoration that would equate the grandeur of Greece, the glory of Rome and the massiveness of Egypt.

The Empire style furniture is massive, in grand scale and very masculine. It has a severe, heavy, masculine look with no carving. The wood carving which is very common in the previous styles of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI is generally replaced with wood veneers polished to a high sheen. To equalize the bareness of wood veneer, metal gilts are used to adorn the furniture. A good clue to identifying the Empire style is the vulgar use of ormolu mounts. Ormolus are gilt-metal decorations usually in different decorative motifs. These are usually drawn from antique sources or patriotic inspiration. There are motifs derived from Egyptian archeology. Falcon, sphinxes, cobras, obelisks, winged lions are just some of these Egyptian inspired decorations. Napoleon’s fascination with his conquest of Egypt and later on the excavation of ruins by the French Egyptologists created so much interest in everything related to Egypt.

There are also motifs derived from ancient Greek and Roman design. Vases, lamps, torches, heads of Greek gods, ram’s head and cornucopias are among the many Greek and Roman inspired decorations incorporated into the Empire style of furniture. French Patriotism grew stronger during Napoleon’s rule and it was evident in the many patriotically inspired decorations which included laurel wreaths, eagles, swords, lances, rifles, drum and bugles. The use of legs that are shaped like animals or sphinxes is very typical to the Empire style. The graceful cabriole legs of the previous styles have been replaced with the massive, more often overstated and vulgar use of legs that are shaped like animals.

The following are the general characteristics of the Empire style of furniture:

1. It has heavy masculine look.

2. Wood veneers polished to high sheen are used instead of the ornate wood carving usually associated with the previous French furniture styles.

3. The excessive use of large, often badly cast ormolu mounts.

4. Wood back chairs with upholstered seats. These include the barrel armchair which is a very typical Empire style chair.

5. The use of designs inspired by classical Greece.

6. Mirror-back console table. This is usually used by the ladies to check their no-longer floor-length hemlines.

7. The use of motifs inspired by ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece.

8. The use of Patriotic and military motifs and the use of letter “N”, Napoleon’s name initial.

In conclusion, it is relatively easy to recognize the Empire style of furniture with its massive appearance and overbearing ormolu mounts which usually depicts Egyptian, Greek and Roman themes. This style is a step backward from the simple but elegant Louis XVI style.

Business Card Design – How to Stand out and Get Noticed

One of the most powerful, yet over looked weapons in your marketing arsenal is your business card. If designed properly this little 3 x 2.5 piece of paper will not only let people know how to contact you it will also tell them why they should contact you. In order to be effective and get you more business your Business card must stand out, and get noticed.

How a distinctive business card resulted in a $5,000 Sale

A friend of mine and his wife recently went furniture shopping. By the end of the day they had gone to 8 stores and had 8 Business cards. 7 of the Business Cards were your garden variety white cards with one or two color writing on them.

One card was a little different. The salesman, we will call him Bob, had decided to make his card stand out a little by putting his picture on it along with a couple of color pictures of his furniture. Bob’s business card made an immediate impression.

The next day they flipped through the all the business cards that they had received the previous day. They immediately remembered Bob from his business card. They went to Bob’s store and spent over $5,000! All because of a business card.

5 Tips to make your Business Card Stand out

1 – Use Full Color Printing

In the old days full color printing (4 color printing) was extremely expensive. You could pay over $200 /1000 for high quality full color cards. Prices have dropped and you can now get beautiful full color cards printed for about the same price as a plain two color card.

2 – Use a Tagline

A “tagline” is a one sentence benefit statement. Think of your Business card as a “Mini Billboard”. Pretend that you are writing a classified ad for a newspaper. You only have a small amount of space to describe your product or service in an intriguing way … what would you write to describe it? For example: A Realtor could say “Helping Build dreams one home at a time”

3 – Put a picture on it!

I highly recommend that you put a picture on your business card. Studies have shown that people are more likely to hold on to a Business card with a photo on it. It could be your picture, a picture of your product, or a combination of both. Picture cards get attention!

4 – Don’t use Business Card “Templates”

There are websites you can go to online where you can choose from pre-made business card designs called templates. The problem with this is that the more people who use these templates the more you card starts to look like everybody else’s. You want to have a business card that stands out from everybody else’s, not one that gets lost in the crowd.

5 – Let a Professional Design It

Unless you are a professional graphic designer designing your own card is like performing root canal on yourself. Its going to take a lot of time and you may not be happy with the results. Leave the designing to the professionals and use you time doing what you do best … selling your product or service!

Copyright Jack Bastide All rights Reserved



Alvin

pamelacaraway asked:


I’m studying to be an archaeologist, but I just wanted to know what kind of jobs are offered to people with a degree like mine? So far I have a bachelors but I’m planning on going to post-grad. I’m very intrested in travel and ANY outdoor jobs. I love nature and traveling…

Roberta

Bones asked:


I would like to get a Masters degree in archaeology or anthropology so that i can work in a Museum.
I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada what kind of degree do i have to get first?
Do i need a undergraduate, a graduate and a bachelor or are those the same?

Brandon