INTERVIEW WITH THE ARCHEOLOGIST

INTERVIEW WITH THE ARCHAEOLOGISTDOM STEELE

By Victoria.BarruetoQUESTION 1What do you study?

I studied at university (Sydney) prehistory & now work as a professional archaeologist & deal with aboriginal & non-aboriginal history & archaeology.

QUESTION 2 2.What is your favorite task youve done so far? My favorite parts of my job are when I get survey land that is often bush land, & work with local aboriginal community which is great, & when I research the history of the places & people I get to have a look at before they are usually destroyed by development.

QUESTION 3 & 43.How long have you been studying archaeology? I did my undergraduate (B.A Hons) over 5 years with a year off before my final (thesis) year, & started a masters in archaeology about 7 years late before work & family got too busy.4.How many things have you studied? I studied other things at university as well as ancient history, historical archaeology & philosophy.QUESTION 5 & 65.How long does it take to finish a task? Well It depends on what it is, a job can take a day or extend over many months if you have excavated a site and have a lot of artifacts to examine.6.Do you travel a lot for your job? I get to travel in mostly western & southern sydney now. I have worked in other states, and also ovrseas.

QUESTION 7 7. What does archaeology require skill wise?A good eye for detail & an ability to do research & detective work in the library to figure out what may have happened at a place in the past ,when , how & by whom. But also you need to know how to respect people especially those who hold stories close to their heart. Respect is the key.QUETSION 8 & 98.Why are you an archaeologist? It explains everything in one way or another . And now we have technology it helps us understand and explain the archaeological record which is the only tangible record of people in the past who didnt write things down.9.What is your favorite thing about archaeology? Pretty much all of it.

QUESTION 10 & 1110.Do you study a lot of things? I read a lot of things. Right now Im fascinated by early colonial art.

11.How do you document your work? I write lots of notes by hand, convert these into English on computer, and always take a million photos because you can with digital technology because its cheap.QUESTION 12What is your favourite THING in archaeology?Seeing and touching something like an artefact that was probably last touched by a person many years ago.THANKYOU FOR WATCHING :3Now that its over lets see what this does.

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