Relax!  I know that when I saw the first Indiana Jones movie in
Elementary School, I decided then in there that I wanted to be an
archaeologist in hopes of finding my own Indiana Jones.  Of course, I
learned later that fact is different from
fiction, but I think the Indiana Jones movies were great for bringing
archaeology (even ficticious) into the public eye.

Laura McMann
Museum Studies Program
George Washington Univ.
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On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, J. Golden wrote:

>  For your own sake, I hope you were kidding.  Or you're going to get some
> irate responses from every female archaeologist and student on this list.
>
> Not to mention how stupid and deluded you'd have to be to look for
> romance on a dig.  Those of us who are attracted to archaeology are so for
> the excitement that IS present, no matter how slow in coming it may be,
> or how dull the work can be to get to that point.
>
> On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Richard Chute wrote:
>
> > I wonder if "Indi" has any idea how sought after he is by women in museums?
> > Perhaps lots of students are heading off to field work hoping for a
> > romantic liaison rather than for the romance of breathing hot dust,
> > painstakingly scaping away milimeters of dirt with their Marshalltown, and
> > ending the day having "discovered" nothing more than a few pieces of
> > chipped stone?
> >
> > Harrison, you lucky dog.
> >
> >
> > Richard Chute ([log in to unmask])          Dir. of Corp. & Fndtn. Rel.
> >
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> >
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