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If you have an interest in history and antiquity and a penchant for outdoor life, archaeology might be the right career choice for you.
Archaeology is best described as the study of lifestyles of the distant past. Archaeologists research material remains such as buildings, pottery, coins, plaques, tablets, metal tools, weapons and fragments of bone culled from the remnants of ancient civilizations to derive conclusions about the lifestyles, customs and beliefs of our ancestors.
Archaeology study programmers are offered by 25 universities across the country. Of the postgrad study progragmmes, the most reputed is at the Archaeological Survey of India, which offers a two-year diploma in archaeology after a Master’s degree in ancient or medieval Indian history, or MA/MSc. In archaeology or anthropology.
There is a rapid growth in the job opportunities with general and specialist museums like the rail, arms, and stamp museum and the Tata Central Archives, in various stages of completion. Moreover with auction houses and private collectors hiring archaeologists and the number of educational and research institutions increasing, there is no dearth of jobs in this field.