What skills do you need to be an archaeologist? Mia Carter

I’m not sure if you would class these as skills but the two things that I think you need to be an archaeologist are to be nosy, to want to find out the answer to questions, and also to be patient – not something that young people always find easy!

You should always be asking questions and then trying to find the evidence to answer those questions – that’s the being nosy! Being patient helps as digging is a slow and careful process and the work needed after you have finished the dig, to study the finds and write reports, will take much longer than the dig itself. And it’s also good to be organised!