I once took a short summer session on archaeology and since I got a hundred on the test he offered me a chance to be his TA for this semester's course.
Yesterday, we used the first period to discuss the 5~6 basic methods used to trace the date of artifacts. Than we used the second period to watch a flimsy documentary on archaeology and criticize it.
The documentary we watched was " Digging for the Truth"
Actually, I had bought a book with the same title when I visited the British Museum in 6th grade.
(http://www.amazon.com/Digging-Truth-Adventure-Exploring-Archaeological/dp/1400153441)
At the time, I only flipped through a few pages and stopped reading.
Now, I'm pretty glad that I did so because the documentary showed that whether by purpose or not, Josh Bernstein-the "explorer"-kept a very gullible attitude throughout his quest. It was as if he was an amateur with money who simply wanted to fulfill fantasies that he acquired while watching Indiana Jones.
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