1930s Archaeology
Guy Bock
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Archaeology
As it is stated in the CoC rulebook, this skill is pathetically
overestimated. An ancient artifact, in and of itself, is practically
worthless as a source of information. It is the site of the archaeological
dig and the relative placement of each artifact that provides the data
that researchers use. It is only with time and lab or-intensive efforts
that even the most bare bones hypothesis may be formed.
If forced to make an evaluation of a single artifact, an archaeologist
might be able to place its source to one part of a *continent* and
guess it's age within a few *thousand* years. And even this is only
possible if the artifact is a commonly known type. A simple arrow
head, a fragment of a clay pot or an ancient Grecian vase may be
identified in this way. An object from a previously unknown culture
could not be.
Detecting frauds are even more difficult. For each method of dating
an artifact there are a half dozen way of foiling proper analysis,
even with modern detection equipment. Almost any archaeologist would
refuse to authenticate an object removed from its original setting.
1930 Archaeology Bibliography
"The Children of Mu" by James Chruchward (pub. 1931)
"The Lost Continent of Mu" by James Churchill (pub. 1931)
"Indigenous Races of the Earth" by Josiah Nott (pub. 1868)
"The Tebtunis Papyri" edited by J. Gilbart Smyly (pub. 1902)
Leading archealogists alive in 1930s
James Henry Breasted (b. 1865 d. 1935) One of the greatest authorities
on Egypt. Professor of Egyptology at the University of Chicago.
Conducted archaeological expeditions in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine,
and Persia.
Howard Carter (b. 1873) English Egyptologist. Discoverer of the tomb
of Tutenkahamon.
Sir Arthur John Evans (b. 1851) English archealogist. Noted for work
on Aegean civilizations.
Sir Flinders Petrie (b. 1852) English archealogist. Professor of
Egyptology at University College, London. directed excavations in
Egypt and Palestine.
