Indiana Jones In The First Film, Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Indiana Jones, the main character in the first film Indian Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, is an archaeologist that goes on a hunt for the tablets which contained the Ten Commandments. The purpose of this paper is to conclude that Dr. Jones is not a true archaeologist, but instead a looter. This paper will focus on his behaviors in the first movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark to give evidence to support the theory mentioned. The definition of archaeologist is “the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures, by analysis of their artifacts including inscriptions, monuments, etc. (Dictionary.com 2015).” In this sense of the definition, then yes Indiana Jones is technically an archaeologist. However, how he goes about finding artifacts, and study about culture is not how it usually happens. To be honest, archaeologists usually spend days...months....years digging until they finally find something interesting. It normally is not a solid gold head, if anything it is most likely pottery or tools left behind. Real archaeological digs are not as exciting as Indiana Jones makes them seem. In this movie …show more content…
The temple builders are using these amazing mechanisms of engineering and all he wants to do is steal the stupid gold statue."What is also interesting is that Jones automatically knows where the booby traps are placed, how to get around them, and they have magically not turned to dust. A real archaeologist would sit and try to study how these ancient people did this, an archaeologist would find out how they got a giant rock to the top of a hill. Instead of staying and trying to learn how all of their traps worked, he went straight for the most “valuable” thing there, the golden statue. As soon as he got to it, he left, without taking any photos or looking at the other