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I just had an argument with a colleague. Is our work science? My granddad always said
that no work where someone can see your balls under your *** is good. Now you don't see
mine cause I wear trousers. Maybe you are wondering: "What the hell is this guy doing
here with a pick? Wasn't this about science monologues?" If you are sharp you might be
wondering if ain't I an archaeologist. And yes, I am! When you tell people about archaeology,
it evokes the Indiana Jones jingle. To my granddad, Antonio Molina. And we actually
look like miners sometimes. But when you are a little child they tell you archaeology is
cool. Yeah, with treasures, adventures, this sex appeal that turns girls crazy. I remember
watching a Indiana Jones movie and think: "I want to be an archaeologist". Years later
I saw Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider and had it clear. I finally did it, but the truth
is not very similar to movies. Well, there are pretty girls tooÉ I came for Indiana
Jones and found a pick. A pick and mathematics, tons of books, dust, mud, precariousness and
most of the colleagues sending videos these days. Archaeology has worked a lot these years,
specially digging, that is the most visible activity, but also in the lab. And that has
consequences, cause now we know your secrets. Archaeologists look for stuff we left behind,
but mainly have access to the only source of information that never lies: our remains.
You cannot lie an archaeologist. You can tell me you had a wonderful house. One day I'll
dig it and see if it was true. You can tell me you eat healthy, well, your bones will
say so. And don't think this will be in thousands of years, cause we are coming closer to the
present every day. Archaeology tells us how we really are, besides liars, and how we live.
It goes through history and tell us our secrets. Because the important thing in archaeology
is not the treasures in the movies, but all those little thingsÉ olive bones you think
are rubbish, landscape, your teethÉ everything that makes our daily lives and our death.
So, next time you watch an Indiana Jones movie, remember me, even with Harrison Ford's body,
and remember that archaeology is not what you have been told. We don't look for treasures
or aliens, we are in the construction works in front of your home and one day we will
be at your house, pick in hand, recovering all you left behind. But overall, next time
you watch an Indiana Jones movie, remember that you have to be good, because we know
your secrets.