After reading my last post, I decided it was a little harsh. There are more benefits to consulting archaeology than just salvaging archaeological remains before their inevitable destruction. One aspect of this sort of archaeology that I have personally benefited from is the fact that archaeology firms hire students. For many, many young people getting their start in the field, this is the best way to do it. Very quickly, employees of these firms are introduced to a huge variety of surveying and excavation techniques, important things to learn considering the largely theoretical instruction they'll receive at university.

more later.