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chicken1616

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If an Indiana Jones type person actually existed today, what would he wear? Since this is on the "Hat" forum, we'll stick with hats, but feel free to branch out into the whole ward- robe. Please think about this before answering. It may not be as easy as you think.:)
 

scottyrocks

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If you mean a field archaeologist, I suspect he would wear what field archaeologists wear these days.

But then again, how many field archaeologists today have been influenced by Dr. Jones and wear at least some of the stuff he wore? And how close is close enough to what he wore to be called influenced? Wouldn't someone working out on a hot and sunny archaeological site wear a wide brimmed hat, long sleeve shirt, etc?

If the hat, for instance, was a fedora then that could be called heavily influenced. But what about a straw fedora or wide brimmed 'cowboy ' hat, or a gardening style hat? Not so much.

So I guess in answer to the original question, he or she would wear clothing and head gear that would keep the sun off them as effectively as possible.
 

GHT

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If you mean a field archaeologist, I suspect he would wear what field archaeologists wear these days.
But then again, how many field archaeologists today have been influenced by Dr. Jones and wear at least some of the stuff he wore? And how close is close enough to what he wore to be called influenced? Wouldn't someone working out on a hot and sunny archaeological site wear a wide brimmed hat, long sleeve shirt, etc?
If the hat, for instance, was a fedora then that could be called heavily influenced. But what about a straw fedora or wide brimmed 'cowboy ' hat, or a gardening style hat? Not so much.
So I guess in answer to the original question, he or she would wear clothing and head gear that would keep the sun off them as effectively as possible.
There's a program on our TV called "Time Team," one of the field archaeologists is a PhD fellow name of Phil Harding. Here's a couple of photo's of Harding, one in 1977 and one recent. The influence of Dr. Jones, methinks.
Phil-Harding-1.jpg
Phil Harding-2.jpg
 

chicken1616

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I think wearing a brimmed hat at all, in the modern era, may be influenced by Jones. When I was an adolescent and teen, in the late 1970's and early 1980's, no one I knew would have been caught dead with a hat of any kind. Then the hip hop came, and the baseball caps....
 

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