So … you still want to be an Archaeologist (2)

[John Winter]

PUBLIC FACE of ARCHAEOLOGY:
Long before Time Team, the public face of archaeology for almost 40 years and the first to bring the subject to a mass audience was the incomparable and well turned out Sir Mortimer Wheeler. He wore a dapper suit, spoke with a cut-glass accent and could often be seen smoking a pipe.

So ? you still want to be an Archaeologist (2) | John Winter

 

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[N.O. noir et d'or]

Many thanks John as I always enjoy your posts! I was unfamiliar with AVM due to it being slightly before my time and as an inhabitant of the other side of the pond. I anticipate much viewing pleasure of it on YouTube. Thanks Again!

 

[John Winter]

Programmes in the UK were leisurely then ... black and white and understated ... not like the frenetic offerings today!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Very nice story, I enjoyed it immensely! Although your post-script has intrigued me an I would love to the un-edited version you "chickened out" of posting.

 

[releventchair]

I like the Joseph jumper. (And eccentrics in general.) Still divided on archaeologist's as a whole however...
Hmmm, A loud shirt or a waistcoat to enhance my detecting image? A smoking jacket perhaps.

 

[N.O. noir et d'or]

Programmes in the UK were leisurely then ... black and white and understated ... not like the frenetic offerings today!

My exact initial thought! All programming today suffers from a dumbed-down, in your face, wow (look at me now!) intensity. Whatever happened to the perception of ideal masculinity (at least mine) - the understated, intelligent, unflappable coolness of a Sean Connery as the first James Bond. Today's ideal is a loud, rude, blowhard of the used car sales-type.