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CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 41 JOURNEY TO FAITH
Faith or religion is the most complex phenomenon that man has discovered. What makes the discovery complex is that religion or belief has become a great metaphor that has enabled the emergence of vast cultures. In fact, faith is man's greatest helper in his struggle for existence against nature, the first power he discovered to protect himself against nature.
Faith or religion is the most complex phenomenon that man has discovered. What makes the discovery complex is that religion or belief has become a great metaphor that has enabled the emergence of vast cultures. In fact, belief is man's greatest helper in his struggle for existence against nature, the power he first discovered to protect himself against nature. Like a person who is afraid of lightning and then accepts lightning as God and believes in it... What gives meaning to religion is actually the filling of the same phenomenon with culture by man. Almost the vast majority of the cultural material created by man in historical and archaeological grounds are religious objects. Although many of them appear to us as artistic objects, these are religious reflections of their own era. In other words, a large part of the artifacts unearthed from archaeological sites or the statuettes we see when visiting museums today are the things that man has put forward in connection with his own faith. One of the most mysterious aspects of this process is the pilgrimage. Traveling for faith is arduous. Throughout history, people have set out on their paths in line with their beliefs at certain times of the year, as they do today. Since hunter-gatherers were constantly moving to find food, they returned to areas that were sacred or important to them at certain times of the year. The meeting point where they gathered during these returns was also probably a point of strengthening. In later periods, when people began to settle down, these first gathering areas turned into visited areas, forming the first beginning of journeys to faith. Enjoy reading! Archaeologists waiting for appointment and their struggles are once again in our minds... Recently, archaeologists who have graduated or will graduate from university are more preoccupied with the thought of what to do after graduation than their profession, cultural heritage, excavations, and scientific research. Because for a long time, the number of archaeologists who have been offered job opportunities cannot exceed the fingers of one hand. If we make a few general observations; - There are ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENTS in approximately 47 universities, including those that have opened rapidly. Quotas of 50-60 people are opened in formal and evening education. In other words, approximately 1,500 to 2,000 archaeologists who graduate each year embark on this life with the hope of finding a job. - There are 188 museums and 135 organized archaeological sites affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In addition to the guards at the archaeological sites, a total of approximately 1,500 experts work in the museums. - The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has accepted 13,000 areas as archaeological, urban, historical and protected sites by mid-2014. If we compare this number with a few countries in Europe; England has 200,000 and Hungary has 60,000 defined sites. - Approximately 300 excavation and surface research projects are being carried out with the permission of the Council of Ministers. This number varies between 5,000 and 10,000 in Europe. - There are approximately 3 million inventories of artifacts in museums affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Only 5-10 percent of these can be exhibited and the rest are kept in unhealthy conditions in warehouses. Each figure gives us a new result. Of course, the purpose of these findings is not to show archaeologists how to find work. It is to show that with the right initiatives, ideas and goals, Anatolia can be transformed into the world's most important open-air museum, research and application center. Otherwise, you will put TÜRSAB at the door of the archaeological sites that archaeologists have excavated for many years and ensure that all the money goes to a single private entity rather than to archaeology and archaeologists. In short, archaeology itself can be a great gain for Turkey. If this happens, instead of archaeologists knocking on the ministry's door looking for work, the ministry can call people for more recruitment.
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