March 2013

Preserving now for the future

Space archaeology aims at making sure our history isn’t lost to time

Each day that slips by us turns a little more of the present into the past.  The things we are doing today may be aimed at carving a road into the future, but it’s imperative that we don’t let the evidence of our passing get lost and forgotten.  One branch of archaeology, the growing field of space archaeology, is aimed at doing just that.

The dying art of archaeology

Lack of student interest and university funding threatens the future of the past.

Archaeology is a complicated study and with the addition of new technologies and methods of discovering historical sites, the discipline often requires reliance upon other fields to operate properly.  But while those peripheral technological fields may be growing, the actual study of archaeology itself may be in danger.  Along with the shrinking of archaeology programs within universities, this discipline has a number of other problems that may prove to be