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"[T]o be scientists, archaeologists must think carefully about and question, explicitly and loudly, everything and everyone, every pronouncement and every assumption." --James I. Ebert, Distributional Archaeology, p.5

I came across that sentence while putting together the first stage of my eventual thesis work. It applies not only to how professional-quality work should be done, but to other areas of my life as well. There are plenty of posts (mainly involving our "illustrious" current administration, where I question just about everything that the government does lately. I don't label them as such, but they're there. I apply that sort of principle to everything in my life -- critical thinking doesn't stop once I've left the classroom or closed the textbook.

I am a graduate student, if you couldn't tell from the reference to my thesis and all. Archaeology is my thing. I am a scientist and a humanist at the same time, strange enough.

Yes, I bash Bush. Deal. It's not my fault my favorite politician is actually sane. I'm also a geek, and a dork sometimes, and in some ways I'm not exactly what you'd call "mainstream", though in most ways I am, as well.

I have a BA in Anthropology and German with a minor in Museum Studies. I miss that campus so much. I loved it. At the moment I'm working on my MA in Anthropology. Beyond that I haven't figured out yet. Either a job or a PhD. Probably a job, hopefully for one Federal agency or another.

I know, it's a boring bio. So are most of my entries, probably.

Visit my minicity: http://koenigenstadt.myminicity.com/

Recommend some books for me to read!

You can keep up with my progress at writing fifty prompted ficlets here and here. (Two separate challenges.)
I also have a big list of fics written for justprompts (and other communities) here.

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Some quotes about archaeology from popular culture, because I think they're amusing:

Archaeology: the art of putting square holes in a round world. (No idea where this came from, and it's probably not really popular culture, but this ------> (right here) is me not caring.)

"So you like archaeology, huh?" -Catherine Willows
"Oh yeah. Whenever I wanna feel small." -Gil Grissom
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

"Archaeology is risky business." -Duncan MacLeod
Highlander

"Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall." -Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

"Well I always thought that archaeologists were always funny looking men going around looking for their mommies." -Willie Scott
"Mummies." -Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

"I'm a time traveler. I point and laugh at archaeologists." The Doctor (number Ten), Doctor Who




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