2d ago
inI miss the days when archaeology felt like a treasure hunt, not a data entry job
You ever think about we trade feeling for speed? Tbh I worked a dig last summer where they laser scanned everything before we even got a trowel in the ground. Felt like we were just filling in boxes on a form for stuff a computer already saw. I know the data is good but man, you lose that chill when your fingers find a pot shard in the clay. The whole thrill of touching history just gets lost. We totally need both, but the old way just hits different.