Twitter Users Speak out: 21 Items Archaeologists Can't Live Without on a Dig

Ancient Digger's Twitter followers are the best. Leave it to them to come up with some funny and completely accurate items that archaeologists can not live without on dig.

As for me, I had a hard time deciding.  I like a good bandanna and comfortable shoes. I have these awesome Columbia hiking shoes that are great in the dirt, but what else?

Ok, so, have you seen my hair? It's like Repunzel length, so I would have to say 20 bobby pins, a good hair tie, and maybe some mascara. Yes I said it, mascara. There's no reason to go into the field not looking your best, lol! I like being dirty, but I like being pretty while I'm getting dirty. That sounded dirty, lol.

1. Patience! @Rockhunter710 , Team Hartman
2. Handkerchiefs to their noses filled with earth ... iughhhhhhhhh!!! :P #archaeology. @zoraxhm
3. Good Scotch  @AinslieCogswell
4. Sharpies, trowels, and toilet paper @kbiittner 
5. On a scorching, hot, summers day, gotta have water in a trench!... I always miss post holes without :( haha! @willsmith700
6. I'm ok with Sharpies, but tape measures! The ability they have to vanish has left me baffled for years! @willsmith700
7. Thermos of whisk- uh, coffee. @AccessArtefacts 
8. A nearby pub!! ;) @xCharliBobx
9. Comfortable shoes, a pen that isn't clogged up with dust/mud, some filthy jokes, a perfectly vertical baulk wall. @lshipley805
10. A spray bottle with water is a must have for wall profiles (esp in rock shelters with low light) @kbiittner 
11. Mascara. I like being dirty, but I like being pretty while I'm getting dirty. @Ancientdigger
12. Well tea at a push but obviously a glass or three of real ale would be better , but LOTS of cake naturally :) @tesschwarz
13. A sense of history, a feeling of déjà vu. @thampuran
14. Pants! Also, brambles. Shorts won't hack it.! @processarch
    
15. Kneepads and insect repellant. @SusanLlewellyn
16. A sense of humor!! @thetimetribe 
17. Change of underwear, maybe ten
18. A sports bra. Gotta keep these babies in tact!
19. Sunscreen or Banana boat Oil. Choose your poison!
20. A knife. You'd be surprised how often we can't find one. ‏@JRyme
21. My Marshalltown of course.
    
    
    

So what is that you as an archaeologist can't live without on a dig? Even if you're not an archaeologist, what do you think they can't live without?

Jokes and One Liners From An Archaeology Themed Halloween

As you know, Halloween is upon us, and while many of you will be bringing your little monsters around trick or treating, I'll be putting up my Christmas tree. Did I say that out loud?

What about the archaeologists who love Halloween? What is it about the holiday that they love?

Archaeology Themed Halloween One Liners

1. You are guaranteed to get at least a little something in the sack.
2. Inspecting and sorting the candy your kids bring back is like touching the shroud of turin.
3. Every item collected already has a date. Phew!
4. It's the only time when we can actually dress like Indiana Jones and all of the kids know who we are.
5. We can mingle with the mummies and skeletons on Halloween.
6. Y0u can actually dress like Helen of Troy and not cause a war. Unless your shroud is see thru, lol.
7. You don't need your tools to assess the damage the candy will do to your midsection. Who cares....It's candy and it's Halloween!
8. It's the only time you can study a form of subsistence (candy) and wear fishnets at the same time.

Archaeology Themed Halloween Jokes

Q. What did the skeleton say to the archaeologist?

A. Give me two beers and a mop

Q. What do you call a friendly dead Egyptian?

A. A Chummy Mummy

Q. Why don't skeletons like parties?

A. They have no body to dance with

Q. Why wasn't there any food left after the archaeology party?

A. Because everyone was a goblin

Q. What is a Mummie's favorite type of music?

A. Wrap!

Have a Happy Halloween Ancient Diggers!