can a geologist be an archeologist?
Asked by nutella91293
hi. I'm an incoming college student and I wanna know if a geologist can be an archeologist someday? is geology like a pre-archeology course? thanks! so what is the best course for pre-archeology? I don't live in the US and Archeology is not available in my country but we have Geology.

Best Answer:
Archaeologists study cultures of the past by interpreting remains, data, artifacts, landscapes, etc. Geologists study the solid and liquid matter that the Earth is made of. Geology is DEFINITELY not a pre-archeology course. The two are seperate sciences. That's like saying "Is mathematics a pre-physics course?" It's not. You can get a degree in mathematics and a degree in physics. Same with geology and archaeology. If you look at it from the fact that they are within the same broad range of particular sciences, someone interested in geology may also be interested in archaeology, yes. And you can pursue this career. In the same sense that someone with a Ph. D. in mathematics can become a physicist. The only reason why I point out that geology is not a pre-archaeology course is because that downgrades what geology is. Geology is a very important field in and of itself as well. Geologists can do many things that archaeologists can't, and vice versa. Archaeology does use concepts from geology, in the same way that physics uses concepts from math (including calculus). But a mathematician can do a lot more - they know numbers so well that they can make millions of dollars a year on wall street, but a physicist may not know math as well and can't do this. They're just different fields of study. EDIT: Oh well if you're interested in archaeology and geology is the only course that's offered, go ahead and take that. And back to that other analogy I had... If I wanted to be a physicist and only math was offered, I'd take math. It's like a venn diagram - they are two different subjects, but they cross at certain points. You will be able to use a lot of stuff that you learned in geology for archaeology. There will still be more you need to learn, but also, a lot of what you learned in geology you won't necessarily need. It's just extra. So yeah, take geology if that's all that's offered. Are there any other similar courses?