Indiana Jones is kind of a bad archaeologist (Part 1)
In this video, I examine the fictional archaeologist, Indiana Jones and speculate how the character and his research methods might fair in the real world of modern academia. I will discuss many basic and key concepts in the scientific field of archaeology through examining the character’s actions in the famous film series and grading him on what I believe he does correct and does incorrect. This video in particular examines Indiana’s Pre-Excavation/Pre-Field work actions and compares them to what real researchers in similar circumstances might do.
Grab your whips and get ready to raid some ancient tombs and temples, hope you enjoy!
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Please don't hate me. I just wanted an excuse to get people to learn about archaeology because its really rad. Indiana Jones is still pretty great :) regardless of whatever I say.
We could never hate you trey, though I'm surprised you didn't make a video more themed towards the season. I also wanted to make a suggestion for a passable video. Are mutants as depicted in marvel comics (at least not the completely insane and absurd ones) possible and if they were what would there impact be on human history, the bio spear of the planet and how would you grade the likelyniss of their powers ever coming about thought natural selection and how would some of the stranger powers work biological speaking
This is a great video.
TREY the Explainer I understand. No movie is perfect.
it is quite an informative video anyhow, just because Indiana Jones is an awesome guy doesn't mean he HAS to be 100% authentic (at least not from a modern perspective) to the field of archaeology.
You back so Quick?🙄
Ah yes. My favourite Indiana Jones movie is “The quest for financial support for publication of a paper”
Lol
I mean, I’d watch it, then again I played Duke Nukem Forever, so…
damn if the top comment (not counting the pinned comment) is just another “ah yes, my favorite” comment with no new twist on it WHY THE FUCK AM I TRYING SO HARD
@@originaluseername Please calm down
Indiana Jones tries to convince the bishop of Tokyo to fund his project of finding the holy grail after the events of Monty phyton “life of Brian”
I always thought that being an archaeologist is his aliby, and that he is actually a tomb raider.
Well quite literally
@Your Greatest Ally not just in that era. Visit the British museum in London, its STILL full of stolen artifacts
@@LannasMissingLink The National Museum of Iraq was severely looted in 2003 after the US invasion, and many artifacts have yet to be recovered. It could have been worse though, all the best artifacts are in London at the British Museum...
@@isaacbruner65 It's true. No place in the world gives you weird feelings about colonialism like the British Museum.
@@sutematsu to be fair to the Brits... most of those things were purchased legitimately from their proper owners (at the time), not looted from colonial territories.
He's like one of those archaeologists from the 19th century, "I'm gonna disassemble this 2,000 year old Greek temple and lay out all the pieces in a grid so my assistant can sketch and catalog them. I hope nobody in the future ever wants to put them back together, that would be a nightmare! Anyway, time to mix opium and cocaine with whiskey. God Save the Queen!"
“Just be sure when you’re addicted to opium you use cocaine to cure it and vice versa. Also a dash of mummy never hurts!”
"Hey bro did you hear about this new thing called DYNAMITE?"
@@bluraincoat we do not speak of that German
The guy who "discovered" troy??
Ah yes the chinese shot
"It would be like an archaeologist breaking into the Vatican and stealing a whole bunch of tapestries and paintings and golden chalices." Dude I would watch the hell out of that movie.
Indiana Jones and the curse of the pope hat
Africa needs this gold
ikr, I would totally root for the pillagers
Indiana Jones and the curse of his IRS tax file
Look at the new Indiana Jones game trailer he goes to Rome to the Vatican
He's part time
lmao XD I hate that line so much
....Jesus Christ. I wrote a whole song about it. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
@@TREYtheExplainer I hate it in the movie, because they changed the take from the trailer. it's much better in the trailer.
AlternateHistoryHub Love your vids so much.
Damn you’ve got friends in high places.
Sure, Indiana Jones fails to be a good archeologist… But he fails to be a good archeologist _awesomely!_
That’s the best way to put 😉
Let's not diss my boy.
@@TheUlquiorraCifer the boy that took his dog's name over Henry ??
I always thaught that he was more of an action hero that is familier with archiology or something. Dont they usually hire him to kick ass? Historical ass! I mean he did all those unethical stuff because he was pressured either by tyrants or tyrannical governments. His quests are more important than the preservation of history. He is saving the world
Tomb raiding is what he does though archeology is different altogether
Trey: "Archaeologists shouldn't have rivals" Archaeologists: *sweating nervously*
The Past can't hurt you
Hawass has a lot to say about this, lol
to be fair his rivals are going directly against the entire idea of archaeology
unrelated but when I read this comment the first think I thought of was Marsh and Cope sweating profusely
11:05 I had a history professor who got interested in archeology at a young age and spent a few years trying to prove that the spanish had mining locations in Texas. He gathered a bunch of "evidence" and submitted a paper to Texas Tech. During this time he admittedly neglected his family, got divorced, and went into debt. Texas Tech reviewed his paper and findings and basically sent him a letter back that said "no.." and so gave up and became a history professor. For close to 20 years now hes told every single class this story and how much he hates the history/ archeology community. To put that into perspective.. my dad took his class and told me the story before I ever took his guys course. He went on to do some great work with native American tribes though and traveled the country, leading programs that taught tribes how to transcribe their own history. But still he never shuts up about his bitterness."my ex wife" was an answer on his tests at least 6 times.
Poor dude
@@concept5631it sounds like this was entirely his fault tbh, plus 20+ years of being outstandingly bitter? at that point u either choose to move on or to painfully grind your heels into a dirt that will never help u grow and he has clearly made his own choice lol
@@seaofbees783the guy prioritized the institution over his own family and the institution just told him to scram, bitterness is pretty justified. useless, but justified.
@@obscure.reference just bc it’s kinda justified doesn’t mean it isn’t his fault entirely , HE abandoned his family, HE used baseless evidence which made the institution tell him to bugger off, HE ignored the, probably many or at least a few people, who told him this was a bad idea, HE could’ve stopped at any time, this isn’t an accident or anything, these are HIS choice and his consequences
@@seaofbees783 the bigger problem is that once something is generally accepted in academia, academia does not accept alternate viewpoints. this has ruined many intellectuals and scholars who try to prove or disprove contentious points of history. it isn’t about truth, and nothing about this really implies his findings were baseless, except putting the word evidence in quotes, which is saying nothing specific. point being, academia turning its back on him is not “his consequence” caused by his choice, it’s caused by an insular system of thought that values learning established history rather than questioning it, learning the truth of history, that which goes unrecorded. so yeah, his wife leaving him is his consequence, because he valued academia over his relationships. but academia valuing establishment over new research defeats the purpose of it, and lets down everyone. like, people who value it over their family.
People get real excited when I say I study bioarchaeology, they get noticeably less excited when I explain I study metabolic disease in Middle Stone Age East Africa
...I think that sounds cool.
@@timothymclean its Africa That's like saying you research snow in Siberia.
@@jackalenterprisesofohio 1. I think you mean "it's the ston age". That's the more relevant factor there. Thinking that Middle Stone Age Africans got metabolic diseases more often than their contemporaries seems kinda racist. 2. Believe it or not, neither disease in general not metabolic disease in specific are anywhere near universal to Stone Age people. Or African people, obviously. 3. This might surprise you, but metabolic diseases are more worthy of study than snow. Different things are different.
hell yeah dude that sounds super interesting as a biochemist to be
You mean you don’t swing on a Vine out of a cave while shooting your pistol?
Scientist Man, Scientist Man, Doing the things a scientist can, What's his field? It's not important, Scientist Man.
Look out! Here comes the Scientist Man!
Sounds less like the Spider Man theme and more like the song "Particle Man" by They Might be Giants
*accordion solo*
*disgusted Mike Stoklasa look* Oh... Oh no...
@@DISTurbedwaffle918 It is Particle Man
The "scientist man" trope you described reminds me of Kim Possible. In one scene the characters were trapped in a villan lair and when one asked what to do to a room full of scientist...thwy just responded that they don't know beacuse they are mostly mathematicians and astrologists.
*Astronomers.
Reminds me of that meme "I need a doctor!" "I'm a doctor!" "This person isn't breathing!" "My doctorate is in Modern English Literature"
@@pastaconnoisseur8441 I think I know where that meme comes from. Also, no one wants to be saved by a nurse.
This guy really got his money's worth on that old man stock photo.
I know this is kinda 2012, but I want that old man to become a meme somehow ...
Oh you like archaeology? Name every artifact
(Indiana Jones is typing...)
Abydos graffiti Ain Sakhri Lovers Alligator drum Amman Citadel Inscription Amulet MS 5236 Anat Athena bilingual Anglo-Saxon brooches Antikythera mechanism Antiquities Arch Mission Foundation Areni-1 shoe Areni-1 winery List of artifacts in biblical archaeology Artognou stone Ateni Theotokos Church inscription Baal Lebanon inscription Baalshillem Temple Boy Bat Creek inscription Bead-rim pottery Beeston Tor Hoard Beveled rim bowl Bir el Qutt inscriptions Bodashtart inscriptions Bolnisi inscriptions Bourgade inscriptions Bowl of Utu Brandenburg stone Bronocice pot Butuan Silver Paleograph Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant Canterbury helmet Cantiorix Inscription Capua Leg Carpentras Stele Carthaginian coins of Corvo Clonard chess piece Coligny calendar Comerford Crown Copper Scroll Coppergate Helmet Crosby Garrett Helmet Curse tablet Daensen folding chair Dalgety bone bead Dalverzin Tepe Daskyleion steles Dipylon inscription Disc fibula Doliskana inscriptions Dong Son drum Dunaverney flesh-hook Duvensee paddle Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription El-Kerak Inscription Emesa helmet Epigram of Amazaspos Epitaph of Samuel Faddan More Psalter Folkton Drums Fuller Brooch Geofact Gezer calendar Globe of Matelica Golden Horns of Gallehus Grevensvænge figurines Guisborough Helmet Hacksilver Hallaton Helmet Harsh Ka Tila Hartog Plate Havering hoard Head of Nefertem Hoard Hove amber cup Idalion bilingual Idalion Temple inscriptions Indonesian ceremonial bronze axes Ivory pomegranate Jvari inscriptions Kafkania pebble Kansyore Pottery Kellia inscription Killycluggin Stone Kish tablet Kition Necropolis Phoenician inscriptions Kul-Oba Kurgan stelae Lavant drum Letoon trilingual Lewis chessmen Limyra bilingual inscription List of metal detecting finds List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) Little Thetford flesh-hook Lochmaben Stone Luzaga's Bronze Madaka Maitum anthropomorphic pottery Makapansgat pebble Maktar and Mididi inscriptions Marangga Market Gate of Miletus Marseille Tariff Maschen disc brooch Mask of la Roche-Cotard Mask of Tutankhamun Mästermyr chest Masub inscription McClelland sherd Metrological Relief Metzendorf-Woxdorf head burial Minoan Moulds of Palaikastro Mušḫuššu Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet Nefertiti Bust Nestor's Cup (Mycenae) Nestor's Cup (Pithekoussai) Ngoc Lu drum Nile boat Nimrud ivories Nimrud lens Osorkon Bust Ötzi Ovelgönne bread roll Painted pebbles Patrickholme bone bead Pejeng drum Pella curse tablet Pentney Hoard Phaistos Disc Pliezhausen brooch Pococke Kition inscriptions Poporo Pot boiler Prehistoric grave goods in the Philippines Provenance Pyxis of Čierne Kľačany Quipu Rainbow cup Ralaghan Man Ripon Jewel Rufus Sita Tombstone Samshvilde Sioni inscription Sant'Antioco bilingual Sarcophagus of Seti I Sefire steles Seneb Silchester eagle Silver Siege Rhyton Spillings Hoard Springmount Bog Tablets Statue of Metjen Stele Stele of Davati Stele of Serapeitis Stele of Vespasian Pilate stone Sutton Hoo helmet Tablet of Shamash Tamassos bilinguals Tarkhan dress Taurobolic Altar (Lyon) Taxila copper plate Sennacherib's Annals Tel Siran inscription Temple ring Temple Warning inscription Thebes tablets Thetford Hoard Three hares Tillya Tepe Time capsule Toas Torslunda plates Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi Tucson artifacts Umm Leisun inscription Jōmon Venus Venus of Berekhat Ram Venus of Tan-Tan Vinča symbols Warring States crystal glass Western Stone Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem) Witcham Gravel helmet Yehawmilk Stele Yetholm-type shield Zanata Stone Zayit Stone
@@creditsunknown7974 you did it, you crazy son of a bitch, you did it.
@@creditsunknown7974 ugh yeah but what about all the artifacts we don't know about (anymore/yet)?
@@mandydiao2805 Well how im I supposed to know about them then?
Hes as much of archeologist as Lara croft is a “tomb raider”.
LoneBerseker don’t diss Lara like that! She’s perfect
I mean doesn't tomb raiders raid tombs?
So you mean not at all
Well she raided several tombs in the first game. She took her time getting there but still
@@Lnblackberry48 PS1 Lara is better than 2019 Lara
I always thought of Indiana Jones as an archaelogy teacher, who sometimes 'found' artefacts for his university, which didn't then ask very many questions.
The thing is that he’s University Professor. Which probably means Indy both lectures students and researches archeological sites.
@@spacemanapeinc7202part time
Why is Indiana Jones sad after watching this? Because his career is in ruins
😳
There is an archaeology podcast called career in ruins
Thanks dad
Yo, Un, What's shakin' daddy-o?
wouldn't that make him happy?
My dad happens to be an actual archeologist and tbh I feel like he's having twice as much fun watching these movies than most people 😂
(Not done watching so idk maybe it's addressed) you don't necessarily only work on a site related directly to your specific field of expertise, i. e. my dad specializes in late medieval Europe but he's helped with and/or overseen sites in Egypt etc. since the forensic part is more-less the same, but then again he's not going there doing everything alone, you need people who know the theory/context/history of the place and time
@@mermanhellville crusades away!!! the plagues !! the plagues!! "no!! i wasnt sheep in my front yard not a village... don't forget to bribe the magistrate, so i can have deer tonight... " ;)
How many nazis has he punched? ... well then is he really an archaeologist?? (But seriously what a cool job yo)
@@jasper3706 I mean, these days there's less nazis walking around excavation sites that he could punch, and more medieval shoes stuck in medieval latrines, but I'm sure he wouldn't hesitate if need be :p
@Lunarceas he probably enjoys this "oh if I only could have so much fun on a dig without all the numbers and applications and bureaucracy" aspect of it even more as he knows how bothersome and tedious that can be.
Compared to 1940s standards he is really careful **laughs in mummy unwrapping party**
Yeah atleast he doesn't crush mummys of 750 B.CE. guys into the blood of gorillas and drink it...
At least he didn't use mummys as fertilizer for vineyards.
@@Volodimar At least he didn't bang mummies.
At least he didn’t burn Amelia Earhart’s bones
At least he didn't use mummies as paint.
So hey, Trey, it’s been a year and a half, (and I know, what a year and a half, right?) so is there ever gonna be a part 2? I’d love to see how spectacularly Indy does not redeem himself.
Two years...
@@CainMammadov you still owe me 16 dolla.. i mean part 2
@@ArowStone 19 doller Fortnite card
I wish I could like this comment more than once
Wait I think i'm going crazy, I swear this video had a part 2 3 and 4 lmao, I even saw it in my recommended, and it wasn't a similar video or smth the thumbnail used the same stock photo guy in different poses Mandela effect acting up again
For extra credit in my intro archaeology class at the end of the semester my professor hosted a movie night of the first Indiana Jones movie and asked us to write a paragraph of what Jones did horribly wrong throughout the movie. We had a good time laughing over the movie
I’m a simple Mongolian l hear someone say Chinggis khaan’s title correctly so l like
Chungus Con. Band name called it
@@h.r.9563 Time to learn some chords.
"Having broad interests is not a bad thing." Well, what a relief because I want to be a historian, physicist, astronaut, biologist, chemist, zombie fighter, biker, linguist, space and sea explorer, Emperor of the Universe, archeologist, astronomer, game developer, artist, musician, conductor, pilot, super-soldier, and author. I also want to be happy and have a girlfriend, but I'll start with the easy stuff first. Like swimming in the oceans of Venus.
Lord Odysseus love this comment, I’m guessing you should focus on attaining immortality first since all of this would take multiple lifetimes to learn lol
Oh which spot on Venus do you prefer the most? The Ishtar Sink nearby the Ishtar Collective is a personal favorite.
I make my own drugs(chemist) and take them (doctor and biologist) dress up my cats(fashion designer) fight dead mice that I see(zombie fighter) while meowing instructions to my cats(linguist) then try to find the dead mice in the toilet(sea explorer) all the while hallucinating enough to think that I am the universe(so I am god) drool over bella thorne (astronomer since she is a wicked hot star, and I am a hunter since I want to gab her rack), then eat a bunch of food(gourmand) which make me fart rhythms (musician) while stimulating myself with multiple 9 volt batteries in series(electrician, engineer, karma sutra author), then play video games with my cats (super soldier and general) and finally fall asleep( dream weaver). Did I mention that I am married to an Indian woman, am very unhappy and my name is marcus which is derived from Mars who is the boyfriend of venus. My wife's name is Purnima which means moon dancer in Bengali so I am polygamous with a planet and a moon at the same time. Luckily I am not as dumb as I am ugly and my best friends are cats, so you have potential too.
Start working on the Emperor of the Universe stuff. The rest should come naturally afterwards.
@@Dell-ol6hb unless you're a super genius😏😏😏😏
Maybe archaeologists in the far future can find the part 2.
Lost Media lol
It sucks the other parts were removed I remember watching them when they came out
@@groovyhoovy2606 do you know why they got taken down?
@@Me-vn3gz if I’m not mistaken copy right due to the footage
@@groovyhoovy2606 that's sucks, thanks for the info, I guess after all this years we're not getting a re edit and upload 😣
When I was younger I remember going to Springfield Illinois and two noteworthy things happened in my family. First, my sister ran off and jumped on Abraham Lincoln’s bed; bet most people can’t say that. But the second thing was related to me in which we were walking and I say something white in the dirt. Ended up pulling out a piece of glass maybe half a square foot large. We asked the tour guide what we should’ve done with it, thinking it was just some trash. Turns out nope, that was apart of Lincoln’s dining China. They ended up taking it and putting it in a shelf. Fun knowing that I can say I technically excavated and found things from Abraham Lincoln’s home.
Not archeological but my sister accidentally stole a fossil from a protected digsite because my dad wasn't paying attention.
My sister volunteered giving ghost tours at a famous Civil War era house in my town that was used as a field hospital during one of the early battles of the Civil War and says that a ghost pointed out to her where to find a set of silverware that had apparently been hidden from would-be thieves. Said silverware is now on display in the dining room for all to see.
In the UK we had a show called Time Team where real archeologists would spend three days at a site on someone’s field or at on old Roman farm or something. Lots of knitted jumpers, rain and “Well we didn’t quite find what were were looking for but it was interesting anyway”. I think that had a huge effect on the public understanding of archeology here.
Agree. The series from Scotland about the forensic anthropologists was very good as well, especially the one about the 12th century Jews in the well in England. Damn, I wanted to cry over that one, knuckle-dragging engineer that I am.
I laughed so much when Tony pointed to something in the finds tent and was told "it's a baldric" :P
I loved Time Team. As much for the interaction between the Team members as for the archaeology.
I know Time Team was unrealistic, but I still loved it, especially when they would do things time period related - like the altar to a Roman diety. Plus, it's at least sort of like archeology, so people have an idea of what's involved.
Time team is great, one of my professors had us watch it a few times.
I always thought Indiana Jones specialized in Latin American pre-Columbian and early contact artifacts. At the beginning of the first movie the golden idol he takes is pre-Columbian. The golden cross he gets on his own time at the beginning of the third movie is from the early contact phase with it belonging to a conquistador expedition. Then you have the fourth movie, almost entirely about pre-Columbian cultures and features his close friend Harold Oxley who specialized in pre-Columbian cultures. The Ark of the Covenant and his foray into Egyptology was not part of his ordinary research but was essentially a military assignment in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". The same goes for his Medieval European & Middle Eastern foray in "The Last Crusade". I will admit his foray into Chinese history in "The Temple of Doom" is harder to explain, I guess, at best, one can say "dude really needed money" circa 1935. However, I could be wrong and I love your videos.
That's actually a pretty good theory! I really should have checked out what was hanging around in Indie's office in Last Crusade and see if we get any details about his main projects there. You're right that we never really see any of his "intended" research projects, it seems for the most part he is roped into other people's stuff unwillingly. and thanks man :) happy you like 'em!
@@TREYtheExplainer That's a great idea. One thing I could think that might throw a wrench in it (and explains he deep connections to people from Egypt to China) is, depending on whether you see it as cannon, his exploits from "The Young Indiana Jones". In that series, he really trots the globe and could have easily accumulated items outside of his specialty. The only other thing is I remember his office not really being a proper office but just a desk in the university's storage room. I remember in undergrad at Boston University a younger TA for an Archeology class I took had a similar office situation in the basement which was also full of carts containing pottery shards from sometimes vastly different cultures.
Let’s think your theory a little further: His scientific specialty is, as you said, pre-Colombian America. His second pillar is getting artifacts from the black marked to the museum where they belong. The latter is the reason why he’s recruited by the government. But at the beginning of the Temple of Doom he seems to be seeking a payday of his own...
@@yaff1851 Remember, the movies didn't come out in chronological order. Raiders of the Lost Ark is set in 1936, Temple of Doom is set in 1935, and the Last Crusade is set in 1938. I do agree that it makes sense if one of his "Specialties" is recovering archeological artifacts off the black market, for that to be a reason he is approached by the government in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Depending on how much stock you put into the Young Indiana Jones series being cannon, I always thought it was due to him being during World War I, and its aftermath, a soldier who did special missions and a spy.
WHERE IS PART TWO TREY, I NEED THAT SWEET ARCHEOLOGY ONLINE CONTENT PLS I WILL OFFER VARIOUS SENSUAL PLEASURES IF YOU RELEASE PART 2
*PLS TREY WJERE IS PART TO IM REALLY SHAKING FROM THIS RIGHT NOW PLS RELEASE IT I WILL TICKLE YOUR FEET IF YOU DO IT*
I can't help but notice that this is one of his worse-performing recent videos. (Only two videos released since have lower viewcounts, and one of those is his travel vlog; he only has one per year doing worse in the handful of years before 2019, too.) Can't blame him for focusing more on videos more people watch...
@@timothymclean damn. I really wanted that second part I hope he comes back to it :(
I too just finished watching this video and I am in need of part 2
Me sitting here, looking for part two, realizing there is none
It’s almost hilarious that he can do site location and gum shoe survey excellently, can speak multiple languages, and has a relatively easy time making useful friendships for his work, but he can’t be bothered to communicate with people to ask if he can work on those sites and study those artifacts. It shouldn’t be that hard Indie! Just ask the locals, ask the natives, ask the librarian, it’s not like you got a language barrier in the way!
And risk them saying “no”? Are you crazy?
@@Falstaff0809 and doing so without asking anyway would only make things more difficult because suddenly the people living in and around those sites will have zero reason to trust or help you or even allow you to be there if you’re just gonna be stealing stuff and digging up shit like you own the place.
Well usually he is hunted by someone
@@scottylilacleona9193you forget he is on a mission from god
Indiana Jones: "Hey Mr Crusader, can you sign this paper so I can take the Grail back to the United States of America?" Crusader: "The wot?" Indie: "A Republic that broke off from Britain based on largely Protestant values and a secular worldview" Crusader: "...You put that back right now, heretic."
DEUS VULT!!!!!! *Pull Out Sword*
*Indie covers camera, transforms into like 90% of cultures on earth, beat drops and that "payback's a bitch" clip from tik tok plays*
Ronjay Rose vult*
"What's a Protestant?"
@@ghirahimlefabuleux8984 “Oh it's just a bunch of low ranking priests who told the pope to suck it and went on to break Christendom apart up to the point that most people don't even really believe in it anymo-” At that point his head would be rolling on the floor somewhere.
Trey, maybe: "If I'm buying the rights to this stock photo, by gollly I'm going to use it every other scene!"
Hehehe I love Trey.
So true. That got seriously annoying.
@@allanshpeley4284 i thought it was funny
@@gogolometro235 it was pretty funny in a absurdist kind of way. got a chuckle out of me everytime it showed up
I never considered him an archaeologist I always judged him as a treasure hunter, historian, and explorer
Which let me assure you is much more fun and much better than being a mere archaeologist.
Some of us are stung by The Adventure bug, man 😜
@@danielpitti6030 2. yrs. ago.
@@Itsdeadfrosty It's. on. here. forever. What. Your. Opinion. Changed. ?.
well he’s explicitly an archaeologist so your consideration is wrong
Oh boy, I can't wait for part 2 to come out
You should do « The biology of Skull Island from Peter Jackson’s King Kong »
I second this!!!
That sounds right up his alley. Kinda surprised he hasn't done it.
Yes! I’d love to see that!
And the new one.
There is a book all about that and includes several species that were not seen in the actual film
Indiana Jones : Finds an artifact that can suck your soul and melt your face. Trey : "His findings will probably be useless to scientific community".
My partner (an actual IRL archeologist) always says "Indiana Jones is an antiquarian, not an archeologist!"
I think it’s as they say in the movie “Expert of the occult” In all the movies he is hunting objects of significant “supernatural” value or power. When dealing with those forces there isn’t really anything to learn besides interacting with them. He often meets with experts in the fields he is touching on and they invariably have some level of respect for him. Clearly not something he would gain if he was just a “poser”. Objects of occult power would be incredibly rare and valuable. Their locations varied and well hidden and behind all manner of protection. He also continually has to race against others who are better equipped in every way to be going after these things. They do so for immeasurable profit whilst he basically just gives them away to be put into museums. He’s probably the best, and only, Occult Archeologist of his time.
dang that's a good analysis
He obv graduated from Miskatonic U
@@jeffbrownstaingreat reference
As an European archaeologist, gee does being an American archaeologist look like a legal nightmare.
Being an American is mostly a nightmare.
@@concept5631 Better than Canadian (I'm from Canada)
@@addictionsucks8848 Do tell
@@addictionsucks8848in what way?
*a European
The thumbnail is just Joseph Joestar
Holy shit, it is
After banging avdol
*sniff sniff* do ya smell it? *sniff sniff* that smell, that smelly smell, that type of smell that's *sniff sniff* smelly. IT'S A JOJO REFERENCE!!
Yus yus yus oh my god.
It's because Joseph was based off indiana Jones
When I was young I wanted to be an archaeologist (specially an Egyptologist..I was crazy about it) or a paleontologist...both of these dreams crushed by my family...I still love those fields
go do it, why not?
as a grave robber, i really appreciate the representation
In other news, Jurassic Park is kind of unrealistic.
And like this, still awesome.
Yeah, but remember; it was based of the novel(s) "Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton
@@CyberKnightMiky And it was (mostly) accurate for the time period.
*Slaps Robin* Shut up and enjoy the movie
Haitaka123 “Nothing in Jurassic World is natural. We have always filled the gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals, and if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different, but you didn’t asked for ‘reality’, you asked for ‘more teeth’.” -Dr. Henry Wu, Jurassic World Until Jurassic World 3 would be released in 2021, and hopefully we’ll see accurate dinosaurs to prevent any Dino nerds from nitpicking the accuracies. If the filmmakers keep the dinosaurs the same, that’s fine despite more dinosaur nitpicking.
man I have no clue about archaeology but I’ve been binging your videos and can’t stop. The calm, unspectacular atmosphere, the info, delivery, the humor - I wish every academic field had a youtube channel like yours. (most of my maths subjects really lack at the very least the delivery and humor)
So... Where is part 2?
I almost flipped out at the title until I saw ‘archeologists’
Indiana Jones is kind of a bad
he seems more like a grave robber or artifact retriever than an actually scientist.
Those two things are VERY different
@@clink6017 eh.. no. if i would have written archeologist, then yes, but "retrieving" things does not translate into doing it legal. ;)
@@AkiSan0 yeah must museums where I live bought their items on the black market lol
To be fair archeologists during WWII were practically grave robbers, nobody gave a damn about permissions or ownership, and practically everyone believed that first world countries had the instant right to own every important artifact ever to put in their museums, so Indy is just doing what was considered normal back then (Hell he even does slightly better than others because he sometimes gives ownership of recovered items).
It's a 19th century view of archeology. Dynamite and shovels to find the baubles of kings.
it warms my heart to know that when i die people will care about me, to the archaeologists in a thousand year lov u a"ll
I always wanted to be an archaeologist myself when I grew up and I was shocked by the careless ways he treated historic stuff. Same goes for Lara Croft by the way.
TBF Lara Croft was always labeled a tomb raider so I’m not so surprised with her careless approach to archaeologist
I still want to see a modern remake of Indiana Jones where he's rescuing some ancient artifact from ISIS. *Indiana Jones and the Caliphate's Curse*
Indiana Jones and the suicide bombers golden goat
Indiana Jones and the Promised Virgins.....i think thats the x parody
cursed
That's actually a great idea. The inevitable controversy of depicting Islam (in any light) as the central plot of the movie would generate free marketing.
Was it that a plot point in the mummy reboot?
TBF, a lot of the time Indy is racing against bad-actor archaeologists who are trying to do worse with their artifacts than he would.
He's like an aggressive proactive reclaimer of black market artefacts, after they're out of context, but before they're in some rich arseholes office.
I hope you will make a part 2 of this!! I know you're super busy, but if you ever did make a part 2, I'd totally watch and be super invested.
I've always viewed him more as a professional academic archaeologist first, due to him being a professor and having such broad knowledge, and a relic hunter on the side, considering he hunts for specific artifacts and if I remember correctly in one of the movies he discusses the sale of artifacts.
I always wondered if Indy goes back to his lecture hall and contemplates how he straight up murdered people and now he's back to teaching like it's no big deal.
bro thinks hes Walter White
He fought in two world wars, many people in his time did.
"Scientists shouldn't have rivals." Appearently Marsh and Cope didn't get the memo.
Nor Edison and...well, everybody, really.
Marsh and Cope are exactly what I was talking about. They're stupid rivalry led to so much sloppiness and rushed excavations. Never let your egos get between you and conducting good, accurate, and careful research.
And also Richard Owen and... well, everyone he met, I guess.
@@TREYtheExplainer I'm pretty sure they also tried to sabotage each others dig sites, which is the worst thing you can do in a field like paleontology.
Minor note: at 18:36, you have "draught" instead of "drought." The former refers to a drink, while the latter refers to a lack of it.
Still waiting on part 2 😢
I'll list off the reasons why Indiana Jones is actually a GREAT Archaeologist: He punches people. He's intelligent. He's got money. He punches people. He sleeps with multiple women. He goes on amazing adventures. He punches people. He can shoot a guy and get away with it. He bangs his students. He punches people. He can kill 3 Nazis with a single bullet. He travels around the world. He punches people. AND SO ON.
Red Letter Media reference?
change Indiana Jones for james bond and it still works
I'll give him a few points for punching Nazis...
Funnily enough, had Indiana Jones existed today, a lot of american conservatives would be upset with him for punching nazis. How the times have changed.
@@timmd8766 Really? I never knew American Conservatives to sympathise with Nazis.
21:04 I love how you credited Belloq like you would a photo or bit of research.
😂 I hoped someone would notice that. Gotta use that Mla citation for the work he did
@@TREYtheExplainer hello 👋
I'm glad you mentioned Indys ability to find information from locals, i read a book about Indy when he was a kid traveling with his father around the world and it was established that he would learn every language he encountered. I really liked that concept and its really the only thing i remember about the book but the idea stuck with me and I've since tried emulating it, but I'm still nowhere near decent at Spanish or French a decade+ later lol So i say with his natural charisma and ability to connect with the locals no matter where he is that makes finding answers really easy setting him straight on the path towards the prize, so while he isn't a realistic archeologist his methods are and they work as a perfect setup for the adventure that follows.
Hablas español?
@@liamernst9626no
Before I even watch the movie, I'm gonna say he's more of a relic hunter than an archaeologist, but we'll see how this video continues. Not gonna lie, the Smithsonian Trinomial assignation made me so excited that I legit fangirled over it. That is so good, it's so easy to follow, document and find, that's amazing.
As an aside, would it have been cool if the Grail Knight, instead of dying in the collapse of the site, instead came back to civilization? What a historical resource he would be.
Some people I knew in college thought it would have been cooler if the Grail Knight had spoken in Chaucerian Middle English, and then Indy responded to him in fluent Middle English because Indy speaks all languages (except Hovitos).
@@johnhutchinson7343 But very few crusaders spoke English as they mostly were from HRE, France and papal state. It probably would have made most sense to speak Latin in that context.
@@cyan_oxy6734 Everybody knows Latin isn't real and was just made up in the late 1970s, stop trying to troll
@@johnhutchinson7343and moroccan arabic apparently
To summarize: No archaeologists would ever be as cool as Indy.
Exactly
Indiana Jones is just a rip-off of the character Harry Steele played by Charlton Heston in the 1954 movie 'Secrets of the Incas'.
Nor as in prison as Indy..
this brings back memories of my 7th (or so) grade HISTORY teacher complaining about the building of a new part of the school being delayed by archeological excavations as it is fairly common practice where I lived to have the archeologists come in first whereever something new is build or something old is demolished.
I am still waiting for part 2! This was a very interesting watch! 🙂
After receiving my Masters degree in Medieval Archaeology I pointed out some glaring flaws in the curriculum to our professor as I had not received any classes on fighting Nazis, avoiding traps or the proper use of whips. He assured me that my comments would be taken into consideration so I hope the next generation will be more prepared for the rigors of academic fieldwork. Also I noticed you have a very American view of archaeology. Here in Europe it is usually considered the sister-field of history instead of cultural anthropology although this New/Old World difference is taught and explained. But then there is the fact that historic sources go back millennia and cover most of the continent even some technically prehistoric ages/regions. For example Iron Age celts didn’t leave any writings of their own but the Romans sure mention them a lot...
15:38 okay but why is the Bocksten Man doing the Polnareff pose
Because Bocksten Man is a Stand User. Du Yu Understand?
Because obligatory JoJo references, muh boi
Stand Master: Bocksten Man Stand Name: [Sabaton]
Great video, Its so interesting having people talk in general about topics like these and your voice and style of presentation is very good and entertaining. Keep it up!
His dad wasn't an archaeologist, he was a medieval scholar and a writer. In fact if you watch the young Indiana Jones series (which was better than the regular movies) you'll find that his dad was not at all supportive of him becoming an archaeologist, seems strange considering the similarities but makes sense when you realize indie was always rambunctious going on at nature's and his dad thought he was nothing more than his wild nature rather than true passion for the past . -#1 indiana fan!
Could you continue this with other movie famous characters? Maybe do an "Is Alan Grant a good paleontologist?"
Inconsistencies over archeology and prehistoric stuff in Media: **exists** Trey: _wait, that's illegal_
The media will make it legal
Some experts on a Reddit thread I read once gave Indie a passing grade. Mostly for his academic teaching portrayal. They mention that since he was ‘protecting’ artifacts from Nazi’s or people who wouldn’t curate and protect it, his actions were justified. I.E. archeologists today will cut corners to retrieve artifacts quickly if they’re of the belief ISIS is going to destroy the site soon. They also made allowances for it being an action adventure movie.
Tbh having "rivals" for the time period was probably pretty common, after all the dinosaur wars were a thing,not GOOD for science, but plausible
I noticed that you didn't have the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in that DVD lineup😂😂 😂.
I believe that's on the Mendela Effect list soon, lmao
Because he didnt watch it when he was younger
@@petdadawg2339 Lucky him.
@@grapeshot cmon the movie isnt that bad
@@petdadawg2339 those CGI monkeys were.
I need a video of this style focused on how good is Alan Grant as a Paleontologist PLEASE,
Well he's certainly better than Indy is as an archeologist. If he were like Indy, he would probably grab the bones straight out of the ground without checking the surrounding stone.
hey! That's actually a really cool idea XD I might do that :D It'll definitely give me an excuse to see those movies again
TREY the Explainer I hope that video comes a reality and not to be forgotten like the WWD innacuracies
@@TREYtheExplainer trey, pls do. Show it to Sam Neill on Twitter.. Did you know there's a new jw movie in production?
@@TREYtheExplainer Starting to sound like this is a great idea for a series :D
Part.... 1? Am I crazy, or was there never a part 2?
Me: *Just about asleep* Trey: “Maybe an arrowhead was discovered by some kid, buried in the forest.” Me: 0-0; “some kid buried in the forest!?”
AN ARROWHEAD?! *Fighting Gold starts playing
At least he's not excavating using dynamite like they used to
I dropped everything (including a baby and a plate of food) to watch this
Dropping babies is dangerous
Now the baby can't watch too.
Shame on you..... wasting food in this day and age
@@eckohelmick1710 Not if you are a pro,like Anthony Jeselnik....
@@menschman1464 If you pick up a dropped baby in less than 5 seconds, you can still eat it, you know.
Part 2 belongs in a museum I guess bc I searched for it and wasn't able to find it.
Ill go ahead an say part 2 doesmt exist. I'll even write "References to a second part of this so-called "series" (implied by the used of 'part 1' in the title and multiple references to content yet to be explained that was never explain) did not produce an evident second part. Research through the chanel was made and no video seemed to align with the contents of this "part 1". This brings us to two theories: 1. The video never existed, or 2. The video was published, and since then, it was removed for one reason to another. Both theories have to be analyzed on their own, and it is encouraged to do so in future research".
*Instantly clicks without ever having watched a single Indiana Jones film*
Marly Blue That’s Relatable :D
you should waych at least a few, they're really cool
So true
It is wrong to harass strangers on the internet for not doing a thing you have done. Different people have different tastes, they may have very good reasons for not doing said things. BUT COME THE FUCK ON, THEY'RE SOOOOOOOOO GOOD. HOW HAVE YOU NOT WATCHED THEM?!
Blasphemy
My anthropology professor loved Indiana Jones, but he always called him a "glorified tomb robber".
I have been waiting for a sequel to this for a long time. I need to hear you talk about why Short Round's first language is Cantonese when he grew up in Shanghai in the 1940's. I NEED it!
I always thought of Indy as an adventurer. I never applied the label of archeologist to him because he was more about just going out into ancient sights and fighting bad guys and preserving any historical artifacts he finds. You're right though, the movie does portray him as an expert of every artifact he encounters.
It seems he’s kind of a specialist in finding objects so he’s more of a highly intelligent government sanctioned treasure hunter. Like the privateer of treasure hunters.
@@Javajavajav exactly like a pirate
Archeologist by day, tomb raider by night
@@Javajavajav a privateer is just a pirate that’s been hired and sanctioned by a country
Scientist man is an icon in his field I won't have you disgrace him like this
Part 2 but better amazing, the wait's been so long.
I really enjoyed this video! I hope part 2 comes outs soon! *posted a year ago* oh man
15:35 polnareff = the bocksten man
That pose tho
I love Indiana Jones! Also, a few video ideas: How scientifically accurate the movie alpha is (the movie about how dogs became man's best friend). Bunyip cryptid profile Hoop snake cryptid profile
Very good video, entertaining and educational! But will part 2 ever be released, lol?
Still waiting on part 2
I mean when you think about it Indy probably does specialize in Mesoamerica considering two, yes counting Crystal Skull and the opening of Raiders, take place in that area. As well, considering he probably grew up hearing about his father's research into Early Christian history and Judeo-Christian artifacts of folklore/scriptures he probably knows more than most of his contemporaries. Really only Temple is the outlier in its subject matter as it is tonally with the rest of the films. Great Video as always, I'm just a nitpicky nerd. Also, not an archeologist only a piss poor historian.
This is a fantastic and informative video. I’m not trying to “rebut” anything, I get the point and I loved every minute. I just feel like we have to remember Indy is a very singular type of man; he is an archaeologist but it would also be accurate to call him a professional adventurer. He’s after fortune and glory. There are actually people like this, that’s who those old serials are exaggerations of. I’d even suggest his day job as an archaeologist/professor may even be a vehicle for him to seek thrills, one that he just happened to inherit from his father. The time period matters, too (as you suggest yourself in the video). At any rate, of course this is all in fun either way. One issue I do take; I understand your point about how a real-life archaeologist having rivals is counterproductive (assuming they aren’t Indiana Jones; see original point), but you can’t fault him for not working with Belloc! He’s evil, lol! Same goes for crediting the Nazis for asking permission to seek the grail. They do worse stuff, lol! Indy has to race them to it or they will be invincible, he can be forgiven in this instance for not observing protocol. (Edit) That will teach me to comment before finishing the video. You show a quote from Lucas that pretty much confirms basically what I was hypothesising (that he started out a mercenary grave robber whom the museums eventually engaged professionally).
I could swear part 2 is alrdy out is it gone or am i imagining things? ö.ö
Wow what a great video, I can’t wait to watch part 2!
When you were talking about grading him as a modern archeologist I thought you were gunna say its wierd because hes from the 40s in universe Edit: was informed it's the mid-late thirties
30s
@@petdadawg2339 it cant be earlier than 39 could it? The enemies are Nazis
@@brokoblin6284 the Nazis didnt suddenly just appear after 1940, the movies take place in the 30s, the beginnings of them all say the year
@@petdadawg2339 yeah TEMPLE OF DOOM (1935) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1936) LAST CRUSADE (1938) KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (1957) INDIANA JONES 5 (1965) LOL JK 🤣
@@petdadawg2339 that's true, and I'm no expert, but I'd imagine they'dnt be quite as bold and active/militaristic as in the movies. Though I guess that could be artistic license, or its accurate and I didn't even know.
3:27 SECRET TUNNEL
24:55 That's true and in my country it had... Courious implications. I'm from Spain and before the 2008 economical crysis (wich ended with a inmobiliary bubble and then a rising of house prices because speculation) there were lots of urbanistic proyects that dealed with ancient roman houses and the constructions stoped. Or at least that was the ideal. There are histories about threats and agressions for the arqueologists and historians who had to deal with that. And lots of legal pressures for ending as fast as possible the proyect and end the construction. Also. In a mountainous country, where could you put the roads? On the roman roads, of course!
3:27 *Don't think I didn't catch that snatch of Secret Tunnel, you amazing man*