Who's who here

AudreyHepburn · 28-10-2009 6:06pm

Hi all newbie here.

I recently recieved my Masters Degree in Archaeology from UCD and I'm thrilled 'cause I've been wanting to do this since I was about 8 years old!

Tom FourWinds · 09-11-2009 8:15am

Tom FourWinds - keeper of http://www.megalithomania.com and writer of the Monu-Mental About ... books - http://www.monu-mental.com

I've had a boards account for years, but I'd forgotten my password. My server rejected the email to retrieve my old password, so I've had to set up a new user.

bogman · 10-11-2009 2:11am

Hi all, been on boards.ie for a while but pretty new to the Archaeology forum, no involvement in that field of work, do a lot of motorcycling, two years ago, Labbacallee wedge tomb was picked as one of 24 locations around the country that the Boyne Riders chose for their annual Photo Rally, it impressed me a lot, taken it up from there, hope to meet up with some of you in time

diggerdelly · 11-11-2009 2:58pm

Hi I'm new here! I heard this was a good forum so I joined!! I did BA in Archaeology and History in UCC 97-01 and have been working in commerical archaeology ever since. This year is so quiet though - I'm sick of sitting on me arse!!!

shellykbookey · 05-02-2010 9:28pm

Hi all, I did the BSc in applied arch in Sligo, graduated in 2008. Hoping to do an osteo masters at some stage

Always wanted to do archaeology but never put working in archaeology and Irish weather together untill it was too late

Thought I had a fairly realistic view of what it would be like, then I got a mattock on the training dig..... :sighs/ now I'll never be a hand model

theyellowtinker · 08-02-2010 2:37pm

Hey there, I'm new to this forum..No qualifications in archeology just a deep interest in all things historical. I love Local(Wicklow) Archeology/History and of course national/international stuff aswell. I find archeology from beyond the dawn of history particurlarly fascinating and Im looking fwd to learning lots of stuff from this forum.
Sláinte!

theyellowtinker · 08-02-2010 2:51pm

Tom FourWinds wrote: »

Tom FourWinds - keeper of http://www.megalithomania.com and writer of the Monu-Mental About ... books - http://www.monu-mental.com

I've had a boards account for years, but I'd forgotten my password. My server rejected the email to retrieve my old password, so I've had to set up a new user.

Where has the megalithomania site disappeared to does anyone know?
A fantastic site that iv missed browsing for a few months now. A credit to its keeper and a shame if it has disbanded.

Smartypantsdig · 06-03-2010 10:05pm

Unemployed and maybe unemployable ever again digger says high all. Stumbled on this site so deciced to join.

cue · 09-04-2010 11:34pm

Hey all,
Nearest I ever got to archaeology was reading Erich von Daniken, hanging out at Trim Castle (literally) and rolling down the Mound of the Hostages while growing up in Meath.
Currently in first year UCD doing Information Studies in the hope of following a library career.
Checked out an archaeology lecture and was hooked after listening to Graeme Warren talking about the birth of agriculture. Going to keep it on as my minor.
Currently fascinated by the strangeness of medieval life and the archaeology of systems we take for granted like farming, electricity and the tinternet, but like proper old stuff like cave art too.
I imagine that I would be dangerous with a trowel and would probably need close supervision on a dig.

Sligo22 · 30-04-2010 1:15am

On a year off from Bsc in archaelogical science in Sligo! will be returning in september to finish of final year or two! Havce strong interests in the archaeology of death; theory, burial ritual, human osteology and pathologies. also interested in forensic archaeology but not sure i could work in that area!
And tomFourWinds..i know you!! we were on an Archae trip to Malta a while back! hope ur keeping well?

Riamfada · 30-04-2010 10:07am

Sligo22 wrote: »

Havce strong interests in the archaeology of death; theory, burial ritual, human osteology and pathologies

Snap I did my thesis on early medieval burials in Ireland looking particularly at Anglo-Saxon influences. Tres Interesting.

Smartypantsdig · 28-05-2010 8:01pm

Sligo22 wrote: »

On a year off from Bsc in archaelogical science in Sligo! will be returning in september to finish of final year or two! Havce strong interests in the archaeology of death; theory, burial ritual, human osteology and pathologies. also interested in forensic archaeology but not sure i could work in that area!
And tomFourWinds..i know you!! we were on an Archae trip to Malta a while back! hope ur keeping well?

a very good friend of mine worked in the Balkans, excavating the very recently dead. It made him very depressed for a number of months and he never really got over it. Skellies I can deal with, or even bog bodies. But please, no soft tissue for me!

ELLENoco · 17-06-2010 4:58pm

just finished my degree in archaeology and history of art in UCC, and am doing an MA in UCC next year. Lets hope there are jobs ou there when I'm finished!!!

Riamfada · 17-06-2010 5:07pm

ELLENoco wrote: »

Lets hope there are jobs ou there when I'm finished!!!

Smartypantsdig · 18-06-2010 1:38pm

ELLENoco wrote: »

just finished my degree in archaeology and history of art in UCC, and am doing an MA in UCC next year. Lets hope there are jobs ou there when I'm finished!!!

There will always be jobs in archaeology in some form or other; but only for those who perservere and prove themselves.

catbear · 18-06-2010 10:30pm

There will always be something going on but just know this, at the moment there former site directors working as site assistants at GO wages. That's the reality.

However it is a young persons game and a lot of older archaeologists are migrating away to other professions just to stay employed so there may be actually be realistic hope for entry level positions in the future.

Riamfada · 22-06-2010 9:36pm

Smartypantsdig wrote: »

There will always be jobs in archaeology in some form or other; but only for those who perservere and prove themselves.

I think thats very idealistic and and more than a little untrue.

Like any profession politics and nepotism play a large part. Hard work and graft only gets you so far. On a better note though if anyone is looking for some excavation work send me a PM. There is something on in Gorey atm

Smartypantsdig · 23-06-2010 4:59pm

Grimes wrote: »

I think thats very idealistic and and more than a little untrue.

Why so?

robp · 19-08-2010 8:14pm

Finished my archaeology undergraduate in UCC this spring. Off to specialise in paleoenviromental abroad in the autumn. I am happy living proof that there (rare) exceptions to the principal of zero grad employment. I'm commencing my first archaeology contract in the next few days.

snowdaisy · 16-06-2011 1:26pm

Hiyis,
I'm an unemployed licenced director. Donkeys years of experience and loved it. Yeah the politics was often bulls*** but it was a great, challenging job with a good gang of people to work with.

I am one of those rumoured people who went back digging as a site assistant just to get a few weeks of work here n there after i was let go a few years ago.

No work going at at all for me now. I hate not working!!! I'm trying to diversify and / or create a niche for myself and coming up against brick walls.

Surprisingly upbeat these days considering tho..

slowburner · 17-06-2011 11:40am

Good on ya!

JMSE · 05-08-2011 10:21pm

I'm a lorry driver. But dates on headstones get me, castles and tower houses, even half tower houses, Tara gets me, Ben Bulben and all the big mountains around the country, I look at stuff and constantly think how long has that looked like that, who put that stone there? I dug out the floor of my new shed and spent too much time looking at rocks. And so here I am.

Palytoxin · 08-12-2011 12:35am

Hey, I'm a student, not of archaeology, but I have an uncle with a masters in archaeology who is now a primary teacher, and we have an old castle on our farm at home, and I'd have a small bit of an interest in archaeology and history and the like, so...that's me!:D
(Mainly here for a look/creep around, not a big poster;) )

myrns · 03-03-2012 4:20am

If anyone knows about any volunteering archaelogy positions going on anytime in Clare/Limerick, would love to hear about them...

olly_mac · 03-03-2012 4:37pm

Hi all. I'm a rare type of historian... I actually believe in archaeology

. I took archaeology alongside history at undergrad, but stuck with history. Many of my friends are archaeologists however...

Seraphina · 07-03-2012 9:37pm

myrns wrote: »

If anyone knows about any volunteering archaelogy positions going on anytime in Clare/Limerick, would love to hear about them...

I'd advise you to go looking myms. Things like these aren't often advertised. I looked up local companies and museum in my area, and simply sent them an email with my cv enquiring about volunteering. It took a little persistence as some places were busy or the right person wasn't around, but I got myself in after a few calls and email. That experience has helped me get a job recently

So you never know! Get yourself and your face out there and go asking!

Reader1937 · 22-04-2012 8:55am

What is it like now? I have loved books and history for decades, so when I came to the point where books/codex/scrolls/tablets stopped, archaeology took up. Loving history started me looking at archaeology from its history - it is a very young science. The third American President - Ben Franklin, a man of science, gave instructions to his explorers to look for dinosaurs and that was the 1790s. I have a history book from 1809 which starts with the date 4004 bc with the Creation. It seamlessly dovetails into Roman history on the way to the present. Had a look at the Egypt digs and Evans in Crete, through Wolley trying to make it a science to the '60s. Is it all starwars in the trenches now? There are so many places yet to tell their tale. If working is very difficult in this field - what motivates people to study it as a path in life?
That ramble at this time in the morning was sponsored by too much Coco Late Italian Expresso roast.

Meathlass · 29-04-2012 4:45pm

Seraphina wrote: »

I'd advise you to go looking myms. Things like these aren't often advertised. I looked up local companies and museum in my area, and simply sent them an email with my cv enquiring about volunteering. It took a little persistence as some places were busy or the right person wasn't around, but I got myself in after a few calls and email. That experience has helped me get a job recently So you never know! Get yourself and your face out there and go asking!

I know it's a little away from you but there's volunteer opportunities coming up in the Summer in Cashel in Tipperary. Look up Rathnadrinna on Facebook. It's being organised by Richard O'Brien, a Cashel local and a NRA archaeologist. They're looking for a commitment of one week and you have to organise your own accomodation, food and transport but it'd be an interesting project and Cashel's a great little town in the summer.

myrns · 30-04-2012 7:42pm

Thanks Seraphina and Meathlass! :DDD I got looking for local groups that might have information on anything historical or archaeological and it turned out they were just looking for some volunteers at the same time for a dig and survey so delighted to be signed up now, have also signed up to fb Rathnadrinna as it looks really interesting! Thanks again for the great advice

Mountainsandh · 10-12-2012 8:44pm

I've been hanging around a while now, so maybe I should introduce myself too...

I've no connection to archeology except my interest really. I've always been interested, but sort of put it on the backburner for a while. In school I wanted to be an archeologist, but my history/geography secondary school teacher of the time talked me out of it. :rolleyes:
He was probably right though, I enjoy learning about it as a hobby, but don't think I would have liked the job.

I have a bit more time to read these days, or spend time online checking out things, so that's what I do. This forum is great for pointing me to interesting bits I would otherwise have missed.
I've young kiddies, a job, and other hobbies, so not very much able to go out and check out places in situ, as Slowburner always advises, but as the mini Mountainsandhs grow, we'll have many an interesting walk to take in the future.

I'm mostly interested in the mesolithic, neolithic, but I think it's just the way l like to start with the beginning and when I feel I know a bit about these, I'll move on.

When I walk or drive around, I can't help but try to imagine the landscape in other eras, remove the boundary walls, have some forest there, some huts here... When I pass the site of an old ringfort, I try to imagine what the view looked like from there, how far the river was for them...

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