tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post8307762062954260762..comments2023-09-05T13:36:07.191-06:00Comments on Dinochick Blogs: Random postingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-68172554651876578852009-05-11T22:39:00.000-06:002009-05-11T22:39:00.000-06:00Maybe people think that since arrowheads are made ...Maybe people think that since arrowheads are made of rock we should know about them. I also run into this problem often.<br /><br />I forgot that there is a new version of "Land of the Lost" that is going to be a movie. Not sure if Will Farrell is a paleontologist in that movie or just a generic adventure/scientist.ReBecca Hunt-Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531577104733601336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-4709908423282120742009-05-11T21:31:00.000-06:002009-05-11T21:31:00.000-06:00Thanks for the random posts, helped me get caught ...Thanks for the random posts, helped me get caught up on some reading!<br /><br />Another related question - I've told people I was a geologist (not palaeontologist) and they started talking about arrowheads! Maybe some people don't have any idea what any kind of geologist does? A rock or fossil = arrowhead?<br /><br />Maybe, as far as movies go, there is more romance associated with the kind of archaeologist that travels to the mideast and places like that, compared to collecting any kind of fossil but dinosaur bones or doing any kind of geology besides volcanology. We do see movies about volcanoes with geologists, and a few movies like Jurassic Park with - palaeontologists?Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-56154331241368526292009-05-08T00:36:00.000-06:002009-05-08T00:36:00.000-06:00Cool! Glad it upped your traffic!Cool! Glad it upped your traffic!ReBecca Hunt-Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531577104733601336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-18833116367286436052009-05-07T15:08:00.000-06:002009-05-07T15:08:00.000-06:00Thanks for the link. You just made that my second ...Thanks for the link. You just made that my second most visited blog post.Jim L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08680478888594299616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-41200170105920819722009-05-06T21:01:00.000-06:002009-05-06T21:01:00.000-06:00I believe it is because many people simply do not ...I believe it is because many people simply do not know the difference between the two professions and for some reason archaeologist is easier to remember and say. Even where I work (a paleontology park)quite a few of the staff often joke when they stutter through or mispronounce the word paleontologist, yet have no problem with "archaeologist".<br /><br />As far as the confusion goes, if you tell someone you do paleontology they will start talking about pottery and arrowheads, wheareas if you say you do archaeology they bring up the dinosaur bones that Uncle Bob has in his yard. Drives both professions crazy.<br /><br />This popularization often makes archaeology look exciting and paleontologists as a bunch of lab coat wearing geeks. However, as many of us know it is the paleontologists who have the fun and adventures while the archaeologists are stuck doing compliance!Bill Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941940882532354219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-73980905154899340502009-05-06T20:10:00.000-06:002009-05-06T20:10:00.000-06:00Hi Anna. Thanks for the comment. I have wondered t...Hi Anna. Thanks for the comment. I have wondered that before!! If you do not mind I will pose the question to the readers here and lets see what all we come up with! :)ReBecca Hunt-Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531577104733601336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-73834437342955830132009-05-06T18:09:00.000-06:002009-05-06T18:09:00.000-06:00Hi ReBecca - I found your blogs while trying to an...Hi ReBecca - I found your blogs while trying to answer a burning question that perhaps has occurred to you before. Why do archaeologists outnumber paleontologists on bookshelves and in movies? I'm trying to make a list of fictional paleontologists beyond Ross, <I>Bringing up Baby</I>, and Amanda Quick's <I>Ravished</I> (and I decline to include any of Michael Crichton's characters). I'm sure you and your readers know waaaaay more about this, so please clue us clueless writers in at Damned Scribbling Women. http://dscribwomen.blogspot.com/ <br />Thanks!Anna Richlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06758472429790528680noreply@blogger.com