Hi, I live in Mumbai, India, how can I become an archaeologist? Adwaith Komban (8)

Hi Adwaith, thank you for your question.

The best thing you can do to help you become an archaeologist is to see what there is in your local area. You will learn lots by visiting any heritage sites or museums near you and if you speak to the staff they might know if there are any local societies or organisations that run activities you could go along to. The Archaeological Survey of India has lots of useful information on their website and you could contact them to see if they run any activities for young people.

At school history and geography are great subjects to study and depending on what sort of archaeologist you would like to be you might also like to study the sciences. There are lots of books about archaeology around the world that you could read and there is also loads of information on the internet. And don’t forget there are also great activities on the YAC website that you can try at home. 

Answered by:

Dr Claire Corkill

Claire is the Development Manager at the Council for British Archaeology. She grew up on the Isle of Man surrounded by loads of exciting archaeology and studied archaeology at the University of York where she did her PhD in First World War archaeology. Claire has excavated on lots of different sites around the British Isles and was once lucky enough to excavate the site of a coin hoard which led to the discovery of a medieval chapel. When she’s not working Claire loves to explore archaeological sites around Scotland where she now lives. 

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