Talk:List of archaeologists
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A more efficient way of creating lists of archaeologists would be, at first, to create separate lists for living and deceased archaeologists. The "living" category could also include some indication of current status: practising, retired, academic affiliation, areas of research and activity. Likewise, deceased archaeologists should have a brief indication as to their years of birth and death, areas of research and activity, etc. Comments / suggestions? Pjamescowie 11:55, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
A good idea, as it will keep seperate the arguments of "so and so has not earned a space here yet" (for living, practising) and those over past archaeologists whose career and 'fame' are bickered over in detail. Kilr0y 26 July 2005 (UTC)
- I don't really agree. I think a composite list is okeh. (We might want to add a second version of the list: arranged by DoB.) In any case, I have started adding dates, nationalities, and specialties. The idea is that the very minimum is given, allowing the list reader to scan through to find people of interest. Kdammers 08:22, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Quacks
Why don't we list von Daeniken? He's a fraud and not a trained archaeologist, but the public sees him qas an archaeologist. (Cp. the discussion in German Wik). Kdammers 07:31, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clean up needed
Some of the entries here are spurious - Lara Croft?!?! On a quick look, at least one of the names is linked to a page about a non-archaeologist. The list needs to at least be what it says it is: a list of archaeologists. What the criteria for inclusion might be is open to interpretation, but I would suggest that somewhere the criteria ought to include being involved in archaeology. Or is that just pedantry? Iain1917 06:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ignorant mischaracterization
The page description current reads "Archaeology, originally an amateur pastime, is becoming increasingly popular, and it is now possible for archaeologists to become minor celebrities as a result of media exposure."
This assertion is misleading on several levels. While legitimate archaeology did begin as something of a past time (e.g., the work of C. B. Moore), in many cases what people in the 19th and early 20th centuries were calling "archaeology" was often antiquarianism. More importantly, the main idea of the sentence - implying that archaeologists can receive celebrity status - is absurd. People don't become archaeologists to gain fame. Statements like this belong on the pseudoarchaeology page.
And by the way, there wasn't even mention of Clarence Bloomfield Moore in this list. I have since added his name. Frito31382 20:46, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I have removed the unencyclopaedic statement and added André Parrot Alexemanuel 04:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of fictional archaeologists
Somewhere on Wik there is (or was) some sort of List of fictional archaeologists. It should be given at the bottom of the LOA page.Kdammers (talk) 00:45, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
