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Archaeology inspires a diverse playlist! Here's 50 songs related to archaeology. McShanty points if you find the bogus link to an old-timey learn and know video (Ahhh the ubiquitous flute music - I remember it from Hinterland Who's Who).

Alice in Chains-Them Bones (from the album "Dirt", note that the song "Dirt" isn't really about dirt)
Arrogant Worms - History is Made by Stupid People (FYI the Arrogant Worms actually have an album called Dirt! but none of the songs are archaeology-related)
B52s - Mesopotamia (I also like "Rock Lobster")
Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
Bauhaus - Hollow Hills (also the song "In the Flat Field")
Because - Archaeology
Billy Talent - Rusted by the Rain (because, you know, shovels rust if you leave them out in the rain. Also, I wanted a new song on here)
Boz Scaggs - King of El Paso (from the album Dig)
Cannibal Corpse - Buried in the Back Yard (This is about zombies and cannibalism, I just figured I had too much indy stuff on the list)
Chris Rosser - Archaeology (the album is also named "Archaeology")
Clutch - Bottoms up, Socrates
D-Tent Boys - Dig it (Holes)
Don Henley - If Dirt Were Dollars
Downchild Blues Band - Dig Myself a Hole
Godsmack - Voodoo
Greenella - Archaeology With Dynamite
Gruff Rhys - The Court of King Arthur
Harvey Dent - Archaeology Today
Honkey Dorey - Archaeology
I Mother Earth - Levitate (Album: Dig)
Jack Johnson - Traffic in the Sky
Jars of Clay - Dig
JayZ - Dig a Hole
Johnny Cash - Hurt
John Williams-Indian Jones Soundtrack (of course)
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (Think about it! You may remember this song from previous posts)
L.B. Rayne - Indiana Jones (Ha Ha Ha! 80's theme song. Weee!)

Mediocre Folk - Archaeology
Millennium Falcons - Archaeology
Misfits - Dig up Her Bones
Modest Mouse - So Much Beauty in Dirt (this isn't about actual dirt but I think the feeling behind it is appropriate)
Mystery School - Archaeology
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus! Dig! (crazy song, mostly not at all about digging, but I like it anyway)
NOFX - Dig
Paper Lions - Bones
Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt
Popacatepetl - Archaeology
Randy Travis - Diggin' Up Bones (Ha! Just like at the track!)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Like Dirt (We want Chilly Willy!)
Skinny Puppy - Dig It (weird song with an incomprehensible video, but it repeatedly commands you to dig so it's OK)
Spinal Tap – Stonehenge (In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history...)
Steve Cruickshank - Archaeology
Steve Earle - Way Down in the Hole (I love this song so I put it on, even though it is more about putting Satan into holes rather than digging/taking things out of said holes)
The Hidden - Archaeology
The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
The Problems - Archaeology
Thunder Lords - I Like Dirt (Unlike the Chili Peppers song, this one is actually about liking dirt)
Wintersleep - Archaeologist

I Want to Marry an Archaeologist from the old computer game Laura Bow II:

p.s. There are artists out there who have engaged in archaeology and then wrote songs about it (like this guy).
p.p.s. Also, here's some bands, albums, and/or songs named archaeology (but actually have nothing to do with archaeology): Archaeology (album: Archaeology), Archeology (album: Change of Address), Pop Archeology Transmission (album: It Is What It Is), Archaeology (album: Booming Fiction), Mike Gibbons (album: Archeology), The Rutles (album: Archaeology), Thinking Machines (album: A Complete Record of Urban Archaeology). Also, the song named "Archaeology" by artists Salt Shaker, Dj Spooty, Lennie Buck, Mike Shorthouse Experience, Abortive Gasp, or Grumblefish. Further, I omitted an abundance of instrumental jazz, classical, experimental, electronica, etc. songs that have no lyrics, so I wasn't sure how they related to archaeology per se other than having an appropriate title like "Archaeology" or variations thereon (e.g. by National Boulevard, Charlie Reinertsen, the Rob Brown Trio, Roberto Anselmi, Chinese Puzzle, Lafayette, Wilgira, Shitmat, Indoor Life, People Of Water, etc.) Forbidden Archaeology's self-titled album. Also, curiously quite a few electronica bands have albums named "Artifacts".