AJA Archaeological Resources for Students

The American Journal of Archaeology has compiled this handy list of links students of archaeology (or for those interested in learning more about archaeology.

Here you can find links for resources in archaeology, including everything from excavation possibilities, to career advice for aspiring archaeologists/academics, to some incredibly technologically-advanced digital resources in archaeology.

America in Color

Today I came across this photo essay about America in Color from 1939 to 1943. It's a collection of color photographs from an era that was largely shot in black & white.

As a photographer, I love these images, of course. But I'm even more intrigued by the things I think about while looking at them, including:
- the style of dress & shoes
- the architecture
- the cars, the furniture, etc.
- the interactions of people
- the signage & symbols
- the landscape and its cultivation
- the acknowledgment of time (i.e, some photos are of uncertain date)

And I think to myself, I never would have thought this way had I not studied Classics. Classics teaches you to think about history in new ways: as a living process, as something that is recorded and the ways in which we document it: through photographs, through material culture, through language. Through words and images.

I find it hard to believe anyone can find little value in Classics when it teaches one to learn to think like this - and to think like this about a subject that isn't even related to what I study.