Which has a better scope and why: Archaeology or Economics ?

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Harsh Ranjan
8 years ago
Archaeology is a subject in which student learn about past history, how they lived and what led to their breakdown. They research about history of buried substance. They can work for Archaeological survey of India, Population Survey under the control of Central government. If we talks about the sco

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Devi singh
8 years ago
In India, archaeologists work in the Archaeological Survey of India, Department of the Ministry of External Affairs, Central Board of Dilm Censors, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Defence Services, Council of Cultural Relations, Indian Council of Historical Research, in its exploration, ex

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Aman Kumar
8 years ago
Hi, Both the fields are completely different from each other. Archaeology is a study of human history, pre-history through excavation of historical sites and analysis of artifacts and remains whereas economics is concerned with production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Econom

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Siddharth Bhardwaj
8 years ago
In India, if you are doing Archaeology, then you may land up to the job of teacher only. Mostly the job chances are in acadimic institution but when it comes to Economics, you have enormous opportunities to get placed not just in a good university (as a faculty) but in any gaint company. Various gov

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Archaeology has limited opportunities in India but there are ample opportunities abroad. In case of economics, you have a well-established career both in India as well as abroad. Career in archeology: The profession of Archaeology offers interesting job opportunities to those who have a fascinatio

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Sunil Soni
8 years ago
Archaeology is niche branch of Humanities with very limited opportunities as Archaeologists and Archivists. Most of the job in the field are in Government organisation or Educational Institutes. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeological Departments employs majority of graduates and pos

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8 years ago
There is no comparison in both the courses. Archaeology is the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains whereas, economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods a

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