Introduction to Archaeology, Period 5

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Daniel is clearly lost in thought today, but he manages to notice his students come in.

The TV which is normally in the corner has been pulled out, and there's soda and a small selection of snacks at the front.

"Right. Sorry for last week class. My former employees still like for me to do some consulting for them, and they needed me unexpectedly.

Today, we're going to start off by watching a video, which is going to show a lot of what we've been talking about these past few weeks, with archaeological methods.

Help yourself to the snacks, by the way."

He dims the lights, and they settle in to watch the video.

At the end of the video, Daniel puts another in.

"This one will be taking us to our next discussion topic - archaeology and the media"

After that one has finished, he raises the lights and turns back to the class.

"With the internet, access to archaeology has become even easier. Is this a good or a bad thing, do you think? What about archaeology on television? Have any of you seen any of the programs? I'll hopefully have a link copy of some of them for the next lesson."

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Watch the videos...

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...and discuss archaeology in/and the media.

After class

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He looks eager to get away big plans, huh, Daniel?, but he'll wait around for a bit, just in case anyone wants him.

OOC

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..No alcohol yet.

No breakfast either. *goes to rectify that*

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Whoa, that second video was bizarre. What the heck was with the creeptastic music and the funky camera work?!

"As commercial as the first video was, I did like it. So is 70% of archaeology really lab work?" Blair bounced a little. "I haven't really watched a lot of television archaeology, but it seems to me if it's going to provide funds to build replicas for testing, it can't be all bad."

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Pippi signs in.

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Molly signed in.

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"I never really watched a lot of TV before I came here, but I remember Annika really liked this show on the History Channel called 'Rhoner's Egypt' a few years back." she mused.

"I guess it's good because it makes people aware and that would help with funding... But I think it's also bad... Because it would probably attract pirates. Any time there's stories of treasure ya get pirates. They're like that."

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Daniel nodded. "It's a painstaking process," he said, and launched into a detailed and lengthy tale about his work in the labs at the University of Chicago.

He nodded. "Funding is good, yes," he grinned. "So often it's lacking. How about a disadvantage?"

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"The history channel can sometimes be hit and miss," Daniel said. "They can have some very good things, and they can have some rot."

He grinned. "You're very close there, Pippi. Looters have been responsible for destroying practically every archaeological site in Peru over the the decades. And I understand that there's been a problem with looting of Mesopotamian artefacts in Iraq."

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Pippi crinkled her nose.

"Stupid sexy pirates."

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"Hmmm...there's the possibility that they'll disturb sites in a rush to produce a program. But I think the biggest disadvantage would be them falsifing information in order to make history more exciting."