Excessive drinking should be avoided although many archaeologists often indulge themselves in heavy drinking in the field.
7. Should field crews develop personal relationships with local people? How personal?
Yes, but those relationships should still remain within the confines of professionalism. The relationships should be personal enough to gain the deserved trust of local people.
8. How has archaeology changed since Flannery wrote the Golden Marshalltown parable?
Basic forms of approach, trying to make archaeological research as a scientifically rigorous discipline is still in place although this approach has been challenged and criticized by many scholars.
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