Just realized most people confuse excavation with archaeology

I was at a dig site near Santa Fe last month and three tourists asked if we were looking for dinosaur bones. Archaeology is about human history, not fossils. Paleontology covers dinosaurs and prehistoric life. It matters because mixing them up means people get the wrong idea about what we actually study. Has anyone else had to explain this more than once on a job?

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kellyg1410d ago

Three people asked if my trowel was for digging up dinosaurs. I feel your pain.

sandra9169d agoMost Upvoted

Did you try calling it a masonry trowel instead? That helped me.